Something’s shifting in American politics, and this week made it impossible to ignore. Peaceful sidewalk chalk protests in Arlington forced Stephen and Katie Miller to put their $3.75 million home on the market, highlighting how even the architects of harsh policies can be unsettled by simple acts of community resistance. Meanwhile, Trump spent days challenging elected officials to IQ tests, claiming the power to fire D.C. leaders, and threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act against peaceful protesters, all while forgetting his own point mid-rant, a clear sign of cognitive decline. Small acts of resistance are colliding with increasingly extreme rhetoric from the GOP, and Loren Piretra ( @iamlorenp ) breaks it down, showing how ordinary citizens and symbolic gestures still matter even as guardrails in politics continue to erode.
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