https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-strategic-poverty-of-shutdown

In particular, this quote:

• What's particularly frustrating is that this isn't a matter of partisan politics—it's about whether we maintain a constitutional system at all. There are principled conservatives who recognize the danger of an executive unbound by law. There are institutional actors across the political spectrum who understand what's at stake. A genuinely strategic opposition would have built bridges to these allies rather than retreating into partisan frameworks that limit rather than expand the possibilities for effective resistance.

resonates with me: as I've expressed earlier, we need _our_ guys in Congress to talk to their colleagues and get them to understand that giving up their constitutional authority has created a power vacuum that's being occupied by a mafia don.  They might agree with some of the ends, but they must disagree with the means.  Demonizing Republicans (both those that mistakenly voted for Trump and are horrified at the result, and those in Congress who are being cowed by their leadership) is not the way forward.