1. United States
2. Md.
3. Letter

Perhaps I’m wrong, but…considering the past 8 months as evidence, “Democrats,” as a whole, have not been unified, loud, strategic, aggressive, or proactive. Democrats MUST change their leadership. While effective pre-Trump, Schumer and Jeffries have to go. If Democrats want to regain public trust and boost their dangerously low polling, they should introduce a “firehose” of bills. To start, as a true act of good faith, they should: 1 rescind Congress members’ and other government officials’ free (lifetime?) healthcare (they should live like the rest of us citizens rather than as aristocrats). If government officials are forced to fend for themselves like the rest of us, they just might make healthcare a right instead of a privilege. 2 rescind Congress members’ and other government officials’ pensions (no “grandfather clauses). Hardly any citizens receive pensions now. ALL elected and appointed officials are public SERVANTS. Just like average citizens, they need to save for their own retirements. 3 put Social Security funds back in the “lock box” and repay the funds that have continually been “borrowed” from Social Security, starting, I believe, in the G. W. Bush Administration. 4 set term limits for SCOTUS and for Congress. …and Democrats must be loud in publicizing these efforts! Further, Democrats could regain trust by introducing bills to: 5 stop street kidnappings and enforce due process. 6 overturn both SCOTUS’s illogical and disingenuous presidential immunity ruling (in a country founded on the rule of law, NO illegal act can be an “official act”—OBVIOUSLY) and Citizens United (to stop billion-dollar campaigns as well as to stop any buying and selling of elections and those involved in them). (DEMOCRATS, where are the relentless, crafted lawsuits/challenges to those rulings? Have Republicans taught you nothing?) 7 force SCOTUS to stop hiding their decisions behind their “shadow docket” and provide a mechanism to enforce it quickly. 8 stop the violations of the emoluments clause and Hatch Act. 9 require, at a minimum, that each presidential pardon include a written justification that can be challenged in court BEFORE the pardon is issued or at the risk of the pardon being rescinded. 10 force Congress to stop abdicating their responsibilities to the (any) president. Even if such bills never get out of committee or reach the floor, they can be read into the Congressional Record, publicize corruption, and expose any who support nefarious actions.