MEDIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A bipartisan group of nearly four dozen former senators warned current and future members of the Senate on Monday [12-10-18] that the United States is ‘entering a dangerous period,’ and urged them to defend America’s democracy by serving national interests rather than political ideologies…The senators — 32 Democrats, 10 Republicans and two independents — also stressed the importance of casting aside party differences in confronting impending challenges, noting that during their time in Congress, ‘we were allies and at other times opponents, but never enemies’…Though the op-ed did not refer to President Donald Trump by name, its ominous tone and solemn appeals were reminiscent of another opinion piece that recently riled up Washington — the anonymous letter published by The New York Times in September alleging that a “quiet resistance” within Trump’s executive branch had banded together to ‘frustrate parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations.’”
–Quint Forgey, “44 ex-senators warn U.S. is ‘entering a dangerous period’,” Politico, December 10, 2018 9:36 pm