Andy Kroll

Under Trump, Russ Vought wants to deploy the military against protesters, defund the EPA and villainize civil servants.

Private videos reveal Trump adviser Russ Vought's “shadow” plans for using the military on protesters, defunding the EPA and villainizing civil servants.

This story was originally published by ProPublica. A key ally to former President Donald Trump detailed plans to deploy the military in

Russell Vought’s plans track closely with Trump’s campaign rhetoric about using the military against domestic protesters, or what Trump has called the “enemy within.”

Russell Vought, former Trump administration official, has privately shared plans to reshape government if Donald Trump is re-elected, advocating measures including deploying military forces domestically, defunding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and undermining protections for federal workers.

If you’re like many of my friends, I know what you’re thinking: OMG, how is it even possible that half the country is going to vote for that guy? And there’s a slightly less common

Donald Trump was the worst president for Black people in the modern era, if not the nation’s history. Given a life of unremitting racial animus, under no circumstances should he receive a single vote from the Black community or other communities of color. After all, he’s never moderated his white nationalist sentiments and count on this: he never will.

In a private video training session, a top Pennsylvania Republican National Committee official reassured a new poll watcher that undocumented people could not possibly vote in the state.

The official assured poll watchers-in-training that the electoral system has safeguards to prevent illegal votes.

My Instagram feed is full of anger and “the arc of the moral universe bends slow but…”