The blueprint for fighting Trump’s attempt to sabotage the election, drawn up in Minnesota

By: J. Patrick Coolican

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: July 17, 2026

Words: 1,768

Last Updated: 2 days, 9 hours ago

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The feckless response of American elites to President Donald Trump’s authoritarian attempt the past decade has often been a failure of imagination: Oh, surely he’ll leave office after he loses. Oh, his immigration officers surely won’t roam our streets racially profiling people and killing our neighbors.

Brazenness is a key tool of tyrants, both personal and political: Just as you’re shocked into inaction when someone cuts the line at airport security, so too Trump …

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