The veil is lifted. The D’s and R’s are really the same party playing “good cop, bad cop”.
Their common enemy is the conservative TEA party supporters.
IOW, us.
They’ve declared themselves openly. They must either think they have nothing to lose and it’s an act of desperation, or they think their overthrow of America is complete. Was it Caligula who thought his power was so solid that he could declare himself god? Shortly after he was assassinated?