By Kent Nishimura,Nick Catoggio

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They’re clamoring for it because they want to punch the fascist bully in the nose. They’re scared and demoralized by America’s turn towards authoritarianism, as they should be, and are frantic to exert what little power they still have in Washington to stop Donald Trump from getting his way once again. They’ve chosen to frame the fight in terms of health care rather than creeping Caesarism because they’ve digested the grim lesson of the 2024 election, that modern Americans don’t care about democracy. They care only about their own bottom lines.