Aaron Blake: “As he’s pushed a number of executive and legislative actions in recent months — from nixing the Senate filibuster, to requiring voter ID and proof of citizenship, to eliminating mail ballots — he’s repeatedly pitched them as ideas that will help Republicans win the 2026 midterm elections.”“And this brutalist political strategy is getting less subtle.”Related from the Associated Press: Redistricting war accelerates winner-take-all politics straining American democracy.