Here we go again. Last week I wrote about the goons at the Smithsonian who took steps to erase the history of Donald Trump’s impeachments. This week the goons were in Philadelphia, at the President’s House site in Independence National Historical Park, a few miles from where I live, erasing information about slavery in America.

My neighbor Swamp Rabbit shook his head. “Trump erasing history is old news. Why don’t you fixate on some other story?”

“There is no other story, you dummy.”

I told him that Trump’s removal of the informational plaques at the site — crowbars and jumbo pliers were used to take them down — is in keeping with his efforts to erase much of his own shameful history. He would have us forget his impeachments, his attempts to invalidate the 2020 election results, his leading role in the Jan. 6 insurrection, his felony convictions, his involvement with the pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, his embrace of the tyrant Putin, his —

“Enough,” Swamp Rabbit shouted. “What’s the point of restating the obvious? His MAGA fans ain’t listening.”

“My point is he’s getting worse,” I said. “The removal of the memorial to the enslaved people that George Washington kept at that site is another test of how much longer sane people will allow Trump and his goons to falsify the past and the present. To remain in control, that is.”

“If you say so, Odd Man. What about the 25th Amendment?”

“Sure, Trump could be pushed out with a letter from his cabinet, or a Congress-appointed group, stating that he’s not a capable president. The problem is he chose his horrible cabinet members, and they’re not likely to turn on him. Neither will the Republican suck-ups who control Congress.”

“What about the midterms?” Swamp Rabbit said, sipping whisky from his broken cup. “The Democrats could go for impeachment again if they get a majority in Congress.”

“You’re assuming a dictator will allow free and fair elections. Dream on, dude, and drink up.”

Footnote: Documents drawn up in colonial Philly — the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution — were milestones in human progress, but that’s no reason to pretend there’s no nasty side to American history… For what it’s worth, Philly has filed suit against the Trump administration and the National Park Service regarding removal of the slavery exhibit.