Washington’s march from Independent swing state to solidly Democratic is well known. We have not voted for a Republican for President of Governor since the mid-80s. Less frequently discussed is the sorting that has driven this growing Democratic majority.
The current Trump-Kennedy Center is not the one we contracted with. It now represents a regime that has repeatedly demonstrated its hostility to many in the arts and to freedom of expression.
Alas, our land is being being given over to oligarchs, billionaires of a new Gilded Age. Trump is their authoritarian enabler, signing a succession of executive orders.