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John Bolton's testimony is gravely important, but his coordinating his revelations with pre-orders for his book while the country burns is indicative of an insidious disease afflicting America in the Trump Era: profit over duty and basic humanity.

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Like everyone in Trump's orbit, Bolton has managed to adopt a philosophy of getting the money while the getting is good. This is true of Trump, his kids, his allies, and even our news media, which is addicted to chaos and destruction as high-demand products.
If we're ever lucky enough to get out of this crisis and find a way forward, we're going to look back on this time period in abject horror as we see a Constitutional and societal crisis that everyone was too busy profiting off to end the madness.
Time and time again Republicans with knowledge of Trump's crimes, serious people and so-called public servants who witnessed him endangering our lives and rule of law, made a decision to call their agents to see what deal they could land instead of testifying to the people.
What we’re witnessing with the dismantling of American democracy and law is a group of people who took oaths to protect the country looking at a house engulfed in flames and asking how to best translate the heat into profit.
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