In all fairness, there are still a number of members of our House and Senate who have shown great fortitude and sound judgment throughout the often-horrific actions of this lawless administration; they are just nearly all Democrats.

The Republican members of the House and Senate, nearly to a person, have collectively abdicated their morals and power, and have chosen to blindly follow and support Donald Trump, regardless of how many norms and laws he ignores, which is decidedly NOT how a co-equal branch of government is supposed to work.

In EVERY case it amounts to gross dereliction of duty, or setting aside the legalese, of not abiding by their oaths of office and doing the jobs they were elected (or in some cases appointed) to do.

One of the things I remember fondly about growing up in the 1970s was that political discussions back then didn't automatically devolve into partisan shouting matches.

In the 70s, we still remembered how to discuss matters calmly and politely, how to ask questions and make statements without belittling one another, how to actually learn from our disagreements, and how to agree to disagree, if in the end it was necessary.

Which is why it was particularly egregious to me when Trump, in yet another display of appallingly bad judgment, gave the Congressional Medal of Freedom - our nation's highest civilian honor - to Rush Limbaugh, the divisive (and frequently fact-free) former radio talk show host, who was a singular instigator of "shout politics," and normalized treating disagreements as a reason to treat the other party with utter disrespect and disdain.

I don't wish cancer on anyone, including Rush Limbaugh, but karma's a bitch.