Last week's news was dominated by the two debates. While they were important to narrow down the choices for Democratic primary voters, they weren't the biggest news of the week - or even the month. 

In the same week, the Supreme Court handed down critical decisions on gerrymandering and on the Trump administration's plan to add a discriminatory citizenship question to the US Census. The big picture and the ugly truth is that all of this is part of the GOP's plan to install and insulate all-White minority rule. They already have the mechanisms in place in the allocation of Senate seats and votes in the Electoral College; now they're trying to disenfranchise people of color in the House of Representatives to gain a permanent (or at least decades-long) hold on power in all three branches of the federal government.

Despite this grim backdrop, Democrats are still somehow debating whether the Donald should be allowed his illegitimate presidency into yet another year. The radical right never misses an opportunity to seize power, yet we're willing to wait for the next election? That can't be right...

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