As MAGA celebrated Stephen Miller’s promotion from deputy to chief of staff in President Donald Trump’s White House, Democrats, liberals, and even some Republicans warned: “Everything is going to get worse.”

In a remarkable and historic week for American politics, Trump and the GOP saw their control of Congress crumble as voters flipped the House and the Senate blue in the midterm elections. Democrats also made major gains in state legislatures, handing them power not seen in some parts of the nation for decades.

Many understood it as a rebuke of Trump and his administration’s handling of a volatile and expensive war in Iran, and a rejection of the president’s aggressive deportation campaign – designed and executed by Miller.…