So yes, the Russia cloud does seem to loom over everything — even this quasi-KKK rally that was rendered a tad ridiculous when the suburban protesters could only find Home Depot-style citronella tiki torches. But a scandal involving Russia shouldn't cloud the fact that a radical counter-revolution is taking place in this country, fueled by the likes of Trump and Sessions, aided and abetted by right-wing extremists like Spencer and Kobach — and by the quislings of the Republican Party in Congress, who are willing to tolerate any abuse of power or indecency as long as their Big Business and hedge-fund campaign donors get fewer rules and lower taxes. The front page of the Washington Post and the New York Times may chronicle chaos and back-stabbing in the West Wing, but turn to Page A17 and you'll learn that the war on your freedom and your rights to vote and breathe clean air is proceeding quite nicely.