The Consultants Who Cried Democracy

And the myth of a return to normal.

“This week feels different—we talk every week—this escalation in Chicago and Portland does feel different,” said the perpetually concerned MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace to The Bulwark’s Tim Miller. She’s not wrong; the past few weeks have felt different. The Trumpian project has arguably displayed its most fascist act yet in the form of Black Hawk helicopt…