The great sleeping giant of America has awakened | Robert Reich
In a Guardian column, Robert Reich, a former US labor secretary, argues that anti-establishment populism — not the usual midterm pendulum — drove the 2026 midterms, as voters who once backed Donald Trump abandoned him over corruption and his turn into the very establishment he railed against. He says Democrats will control Congress in January, that Trump is likely to veto their initiatives but will set markers for a populist 2028 race, and cites winners such as Sherrod Brown and Adam Hamilton, who rejected corporate Pac money.
