logical consequence not only of trump s belief that he escaped accountability and lying about, but his recognition that the republicans in congress would never confront him, never constrain him. they had been kowed. the dye had been dast cast. and as we saw during his first acquittal, each further proof of gop acquiescence in his immorality would lead to further abuses of his power. this new book from congress dumb schiff midnight in washington is a stunning look at what the trump years have done to us as human beings and congressman schiff s argument about where we go from here is that it is only human agency, the willingness of individual people to be brave and speak truth to power and bear the con agains of it. that is the only thing that will get us out of what remains an existential danger to us as a democracy. the book comes out tomorrow.