The Rose Garden Is Dead

As Trump paves democracy for profit, foreign wars burn, ICE cashes in, data gets rigged, and one Senate rule keeper quietly holds the line.

Good morning! The Rose Garden is gone. Paved over. Concrete poured where once flowers bloomed, because apparently what America needed in this dark chapter was a permanent Mar-a-Lago gift shop annex at the White House. Trump, true to form, has decided that even the physical symbols of democracy must be replaced with his personal branding opportunities. A…