The New York Times editorial board, recently squarely under the thumb of the Trump administration, finally clearly states the obvious: Trump and his schophants are bald-faced liars. And that Congress must use its power to hold the administration accountable through its control of federal spending.

If the administration is allowed to act with impunity and avoid even the most basic accountability, more Americans will die.

The administration is urging Americans to reject the evidence of their eyes and ears. Ms. Noem and Mr. Bovino are lying in defiance of obvious truths. They are lying in the manner of authoritarian regimes that require people to accept lies as a demonstration of power.

Even worse is that all of this feels so terribly familiar. Earlier this month, a federal agent shot and killed another Minneapolis resident, Renee Good. In that case, too, the Trump administration has demonized the victim and has blocked a state investigation of the killing.

You see it here (well, I only see some graylings quoted by others) as republicans lie to portray Renee Good and Alex Pretti as terrorists who got what they deserved rather than average Americans exercising their constitutional rights and looking out for their neighbors and their city.

The time is now to put a stop to these secret police that wear masks, that are unidentifiable, that are unaccountable, that have leadership in the Trump administration blatantly lying to allow them to murder Americans without accountability.

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