He said it out loud yesterday. He does not care about the midterms.

Not I am focused on governing. Not the midterms will take care of themselves. He does not care about them. A sitting president who has repeated the stolen election mythology one hundred and seven times in six months told reporters he is not worried about the next election.

Today a federal judge declined to block the executive order restricting voting by mail. The judge is a Trump nominee. The order restricts the voting method most used by elderly Americans, disabled Americans, and rural Americans: a demographic that skews heavily toward his own base but also happens to be the demographic most likely to vote against him if the economy keeps hurting them.

The same week the Justice Department launched a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll for winning a lawsuit against him.

The same week the Acting Attorney General who a federal judge found directed a vindictive prosecution against Abrego Garcia for winning a lawsuit against the government is now overseeing an investigation into the woman who won eighty eight million dollars against the same government.

He does not care about the midterms.

The motivated buyer does not check the receipt until the salesman is already gone. The salesman is not gone. But he has already decided what happens if the numbers do not come out right. He told everyone. One hundred and seven times. He is still telling them.

The con artist does not worry about losing the game. He worries about whether the table will still be there when he needs it.

The pattern is this consistent. -- Barron St. John, The Decoder Ring