He has already tried to do so by disenfranchising likely Democratic voters (requiring seniors, young people and minorities to show birth certificates or passports to register to vote), ordering the US  Postal Service to send  mail-in ballots only to persons on a national voter list, and suing states to provide full voter lists.

The union has been on a winning streak both politically and in the policy arena, most notably in the passage of the state’s new income tax on its highest earners.

"It is hard to think of a more effective way for the USA to help Russia both offensively and defensively in one move," writes Phillips O'Brien, an American historian and professor of strategic studies at Scotland's University of St. Andrews.

There’s plenty of absurdity to crack up about: An egotistic moron failing to fix a pond, when his main mantra was to drain the swamp in DC is damn funny. But the ICE raids? Not so humorous.

Trump and his male allies seem dedicated to furthering sexist goals of Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation blueprint that’s set on keeping women at home.

We need to understand how bad this is, and how the Supreme Court has appallingly aided the purchasing of candidates and elections by well-heeled corporations and individuals. And we need to understand that ordinary people who play by the rules are not helpless.