President Trump’s confession to Bob Woodward proves he knew how bad COVID-19 was. While Trump hid inside his bubble of 100 percent, 15-minute COVID testing, he and his Republicans pushed the rest of us into pointless danger. The GOP is still knowingly and deliberately infecting Americans with the Coronavirus.
As dangerous as Trump is to democracy, and as violently as he acts out for the cameras, I worry about the Republican silence. Is there any crime or corruption they won’t quietly accept? Whether they’re cowards or the party of imbecilic compliance, we need to vote them out of office up and down the ticket.
The Transition Integrity Project (TIP) is wargaming the 2020 election. They gave four election scenarios to a bipartisan group of politicians, experts, pollsters, and strategists. Their results were detailed, plausible, and frightening, but they suggest how to soften our worst vulnerabilities.
This is a Trump corruption update. A month ago, I predicted Trump would attack democracy. I suggested several possible angles he might use to split our society down fracture lines. How’s it going so far?
Democrats still defer to Republican lies. By repeating idiotic arguments, Democrats position themselves based on those bad-faith Republican lies. Don’t accept or repeat lies. Instead, speak the truth. They’re liars, dishonest and corrupt.
Counterattack.
Republicans spent months stoking Coronavirus into a wildfire. They want sick Americans. What do they want to do to us while we’re busy trying to survive?
The news media persistently misreport Trump, elevating him to the main subject. They haven’t learned many lessons from 2016. Trump learned how to make everything about him, and our reporters still go along. But it’s easy to fix, if we choose.
How to recover America after Trump crashes and burns? We can’t arrest ourselves into peace. I recommend a Truth Commission. Confess to crimes committed under Trump and you get immunity. Use that testimony to prosecute any liars, then use the results to build the full story.

