"Beat Trump and His Minions:" A Manifesto

I am a member of the “Beat Trump and his Minions” faction of the Democratic Party.The “Beat Trump and his Minions” faction is opposed to making non-negotiable demands of candidates who are running against MAGA Republicans, which in this election means any Republican (that Susan Collins is “concerned” does not count). To the extent we might have non-negotiable demands, they concern matters on which we suspect all Democrats (and Independents) agree. We think the United States should be governed consistently with some notion of the public good and not for the financial benefit of governing officials and billionaires, that democratic government is better than autocratic rule, that Americans ought not to operate institutions that bear too close a resemblance to concentration camps, that policy should respect the findings of a united scientific community, etc. We are also certain that every candidate running against MAGA Republicans endorses these positions, so need exist to demand a pledge…