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While much of the corporate media keeps trying to sane-wash Donald Trump’s behavior, including his call for Democrats to be hanged for reminding US troops that they don’t have to follow illegal orders, we believe it is important to highlight that the president is nuts, and that his rhetoric is dangerous.

Granted, after a decade of nonstop chaos and insanity, it’s not easy to muster the energy to care about the latest crazy thing that the president has said or done. And if you are tired of reading it, please believe us that we are also tired of writing it.

But it is important for us to spell this out and for people to understand what is happening. Because Trump is not going to stop doing illegal and un-American things, and letting him get away with authoritarian power grabs or incendiary rhetoric will only make things worse.

Ultimately, this is going to end one of two ways: He either succeeds in drastically remaking the United States and dismantling its democracy, or he fails before that transformation is complete because voters rise up and choose sanity.

And for that to happen, it is essential that they keep paying attention… which is why we refuse to normalize his behavior and will instead highlight what Trump and the GOP are doing in different ways.

Take the president’s threat to “lock up” half a dozen Democrats, all of whom are veterans of the military or former members of the intelligence community, for stating a simple fact: Troops don’t have to follow unconstitutional orders.

Trump believes this warrants the death penalty.

This has (appropriately) caused one of these Democrats to alert the Capitol Police of the threat against these lawmakers.

On its face, that seems to be a bit of a stunt. After all, Trump is the president, and, to be frank, most people have realized by now that he is crazy.

But not all, which is why the authorities should investigate him. His words clearly have an impact.

For example, after he called Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who used to be one of his most loyal supporters, a “traitor” for standing with victims of sexual abuse and demanding the release of Epstein files, the lawmaker indicated that she is now getting threats that are being fueled by the president.

Or, when Trump lambasted Indiana Republicans for not wanting to rig their electoral map on his behalf, at least four of them were “swatted” this week.

And, mind you, it’s not as though the Capitol Police is unfamiliar with the impact of the president’s words. After all, dozens of its officers were injured during the January 6 insurrection sparked by his Big Lie, one died the day after the attack, and two committed suicide in the following days.

So, for a minute, let’s forget about Trump. Let’s forget him being president and the complainant being a lawmaker.

Instead, imagine how a police officer would (and should) react if a regular American called to report a neighbor who has a history of erratic behavior and making threats, whose threats routinely resulted in people getting swatted.

When that cop does a search and finds out that the neighbor has had multiple run-ins with the law and was involved in the storming of a community center a few years back, do you think he would just let this go?

Of course not.

At a minimum, that individual would get a visit from the cops and would be told to cut it out.

Trump, however, is going to get a pass… from the authorities and from the press.

We think that’s wrong.

We believe it is important to keep calling out the president for this kind of behavior, and to not become desensitized to the chaos he is causing.

So that’s what we are going to keep doing.