Our Recovery Starts Here
In a guest article on American Purpose at Persuasion, Michael McFaul chronicles President Donald Trump's assaults on democratic institutions — media restrictions, personnel purges, and litigation against opponents — and the resistance to them, culminating in the Democratic Party's November 2026 midterm sweep, including 255 House seats, amid near-record turnout and record turnout concerns about corruption. McFaul writes that democracy bent but did not break, that Trump's autocratic project is winding down though the Stephen Miller promotion suggests he may keep fighting, and that the erosion of voting rights will take years to reverse.
