I have never in my adult lifetime seen this yawning a chasm between the Democratic Party’s activist base and its rank and file.

There no constitutional requirement to vote here, of course. But there’s a strong political case for doing so.

A lie is when you cover up or deflect. But proclaiming the opposite of the truth to be true is something else.

As always, what Trump says is the direct opposite of the truth, and he is describing not his opponents but himself. The “deep state” story is Trumpland’s Plan B.

None of them are top-drawer presidential candidates. I don’t say that with pleasure. Quite the opposite. I say it with regret. But they aren’t.

Here’s one simple rule for the Democratic debate: Say nothing that could come out of Trump’s mouth in 2020.

With this man in office and with an authoritarian political party behind him, as we inch closer to justice, we also inch closer to our worst nightmare.