2025 will go down as one of the bleakest years in the history of American democracy. US president Donald Trump’s first term in office was disturbing mostly for the things he said, but his second term has been alarming for things he has done. With a dedicated team of right-wing loyalists behind him, Trump moved with a shocking swiftness – and a total disregard for legality – to implement his agenda. He called the National Guard and even the army to the streets of US cities. ICE arrested more than 200,000 suspected undocumented migrants, many of them abducted in raids...