By validating extremists and normalizing lawlessness, Trump transformed the GOP into an illiberal, rightwing party opposed to democratic governing. Even worse, his authoritarian brand of politics has trickled down into their states throughout the nation. We must turn out a massive vote at the midterms to protect our democracy.

A constitutional democracy is challenged when a lone judge, can unilaterally dismantle a nationalwide policy, as Judge Mizelle did last week and MAGA judges have been doing since day one of the Biden Administration. To prevent ultra-right groups from being able to effectively judge shop, our Members of Congress must streamline the confirmation process, expand the number of judgeships that can be filled by Biden’s diverse nominees, and work hard to consolidate their control of Congress in 2022.

The most rabid culture warrior is Florida governor Ron DeSantis who, last week, signed a bill limiting discussions of race. One outraged state senator said: “The governor is on his bogeyman tour of issues that are not issues. The Republicans continuously cloak themselves in freedom, but clearly pick and choose which freedoms and for whom they support said freedoms …They sure don’t support the freedoms of Black people.”

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Some in Congress still hope portions of Biden’s domestic agenda, like the Child Tax Credit, student debt cancellation, childcare and universal pre-K, can be passed through reconciliation, but time is running out. In this period of soaring inflation, struggling Americans need help, and so do the Dems heading into the midterms. If Congress cannot quickly provide this relief, Biden must do so through executive action.

At this time two years ago, the United States counted one million American COVID cases. This month, we will face another milestone: one million American COVID deaths. One million deaths has to be transformative. We need a “playbook” guided by public health experts and coordinated by federal institutions that we protect from political dismantling.

A total embargo on Russian oil and petroleum products together with a rapid transition to renewable energy is not only smart environmental policy but can help Ukraine and reduce our dependency on petro-dictators. The surprisingly rapid changes have alarmed scientists that the United Nations Secretary-General put it bluntly. “Delay is Death”

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s attack on “woke-ness” is a page from the Republican playbook. Avoiding substantive debate, the GOP takes social wedge issues and, using fear-mongering and lies, further drives Americans into opposing camps. But woke means to be aware of issues of racial and social justice. So his attack on those of us who are woke is another example of Republican racism in new clothes.

Congress must intervene to prevent the Supreme Court’s ultraconservative super-majority from constraining both the executive and legislative branches and destroying our democracy in the process.