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Editorial: Making Trump officials miserable doesn't accomplish anything. Vote them out if you want change

Five months into President Donald Trump's first term, The Times' editorial board warned that a "drumbeat of hatred, incivility and intolerance threatens our political system in ways big and small."

What a difference a year doesn't make.

Last week angry protesters confronted Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen at a Washington restaurant, then reconvened a few mornings later outside her home. On Friday night, the owner of the Red Hen restaurant in central Virginia asked White

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