And this is not about America’s fascist internal security forces. We will prevail, and then we will have to rebuild.

One problem with the Democratic Party–and I write this as a Democratic primary voter myself–is, well, Democratic primary voters. We need to do a better job of choosing candidates–and for the love of Gritty, we must stop engaging in parasocial fanboi relationships with Democrats; they are just means to ends, nothing more.

First, Senate candidates must commit to ending the filibuster. Second, both House and Senate candidates must commit to significant reform of the federal judiciary, including the Supreme Court. Without these policies, Republicans–who are a collection of fascists and fascist appeasers–will have a de facto veto over all sorts of policy. Rebuilding America will require Democrats who are not afraid of governing, and these are two very good litmus tests for which candidates actually are willing to do the work.