Normally, when one’s thoughts turn to superpowers – as mine so often do – things like spontaneous flight, astounding strength and/or speed, and the ability to deflect bullets with what appear to be simple metal bracelets spring to mind. In today’s United States, however, one of our two major political parties, led by an orange-domed supervillain, has developed twin superpowers that stem, not from something they can do, but something they
