中期选举前夕，看来如果民主党和无党派选民大批投票，我们可能将迎来众议院和参议院的民主党多数席位，并有机会开始扭转特朗普总统及其顺从的国会共和党人两年不受约束的统治给国家造成的伤害。
On the eve of the midterm elections, it appears that if Democratic and independent voters turn out in strong numbers, we could be heading toward Democratic majorities in the House and Senate — and an opportunity to begin undoing the harms inflicted on the country during two years of unchecked rule by President Trump and subservient congressional Republicans.
反对共和党继续执政的理由有很多。许多选民将受到该政府的残忍和腐败，以及特朗普对其政策导致汽油、杂货、住房和医疗保健负担能力受影响而伤害人们的漠不关心所激励。也有很多理由投票支持民主党作为MAGA治理的替代方案。
There are many reasons to vote against continued Republican rule. Many voters will be motivated by the administration’s cruelty and corruption as well as Trump’s indifference to people being hurt by his policies’ impact on the affordability of gas, groceries, housing and healthcare. There are also many reasons to vote for a Democratic alternative to MAGA governance.
其一是对问责制和法治的肯定。面对特朗普政府的专制主义和肆无忌惮的违法行为，国会共和党领导人拒绝对总统或其团队进行任何严肃的监督。如果民主党获得国会多数席位，这肯定会改变。
One is an affirmation of accountability and the rule of law. In the face of authoritarianism and reckless lawbreaking by the Trump administration, Republican congressional leaders have refused to engage in any serious oversight of the president or his team. That will definitely change if Democrats are given congressional majorities.
考虑一下共和党领导人为保护特朗普免于全面披露爱泼斯坦档案所采取的极端手段。现在与众议院司法委员会民主党人发布的新50页报告形成对比，该报告披露了特朗普的额外强奸和性侵指控，并详细说明了政府掩盖特朗普与爱泼斯坦关系以及阻止未来调查的努力。
Consider the lengths to which Republican leaders have gone to protect Trump from full disclosure of the Epstein files. Now contrast that with the new 50-page report released by House Judiciary Committee Democrats, which revealed additional allegations of rape and sexual assault by Trump and detailed the administration’s efforts to cover up Trump’s connections to Epstein and stifle future investigations.
特朗普及其家人令人震惊的财务腐败和利益输送行为，呼吁进行国会监督调查和刑事移送。移民与海关执法局及其他国土安全部门的残暴滥权行为也是如此。自特朗普重新掌权、共和党人为他们提供几乎无限预算以来，这些行为已导致数百名美国公民被非法拘留，以及数十人在移民与海关执法局拘留中死亡。
The mind-blowing levels of financial corruption and self-dealing by Trump and his family cry out for congressional oversight investigations and criminal referrals. So do the brutal abuses of power by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other Homeland Security agencies. Those have resulted in hundreds of illegitimate detentions of American citizens and dozens of deaths in ICE custody since Trump returned to power and Republicans gave them a virtually unlimited budget.
此外，参议院民主党多数将大大削弱特朗普将数百名不合格的MAGA活动人士转变为终身联邦法官的能力。这将避免对美国人民权利和福祉造成无法估量的伤害。民主党多数可以开始推进必要的改革，确保法院履行捍卫所有美国人权利的职责，而不仅仅是富人和有关系的人。
In addition, a Democratic majority in the Senate could dramatically slow Trump’s ability to turn hundreds of unqualified MAGA activists into lifetime federal judges. And that would prevent untold harm to Americans’ rights and well-being. Democratic majorities could begin the process of advancing needed reforms to ensure that the courts fulfill their role of defending the rights of all Americans, not just the wealthy and well-connected.
民主党国会多数还可以开始修复特朗普、埃隆·马斯克、政府效率部的DOGE小子以及拉塞尔·沃特的“2025计划”团队在科学研究、公共卫生等领域对公共利益基础设施造成的灾难性破坏。
Democratic congressional majorities could also begin the process of repairing the catastrophic damage that Trump, Elon Musk, the Department of Government Efficiency’s DOGE boys and Russel Vought’s Project 2025 brigade have done to common-good infrastructure in scientific research, public health and more.
据报道，众议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党人哈基姆·杰弗里斯（Hakeem Jeffries，D-N.Y.），预计将担任下一任众议院议长，已为新国会制定了一些立法优先事项。
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), who is likely to serve as the next Speaker of the House, has reportedly mapped out some legislative priorities for the new Congress.
该议程包括通过恢复共和党在其名为“大而美法案”中取消的《平价医疗法案》补贴，使健康保险更加负担得起，并扭转共和党近1万亿美元的医疗补助削减，这些削减即将使许多国家最脆弱人群的医疗保健变得更加负担不起、更难以获得。该议程还将通过重申国会对关税政策的宪法授权，限制特朗普通过鲁莽和随意的关税政策变动造成经济混乱的能力。
That agenda includes making health insurance more affordable by reinstating the Affordable Care Act subsidies eliminated by Republicans in their misnamed “big, beautiful bill,” and reversing the nearly $1 trillion in Republican cuts to Medicaid that are about to make healthcare less affordable and less accessible to many of our country’s most vulnerable people. It would also limit Trump’s ability to wreak economic havoc with reckless and random changes to tariff policy by reasserting Congress’s constitutional grant of authority over tariffs.
其中一些项目可能会得到跨党派的大力支持。但现任众议院议长、路易斯安那州共和党人迈克·约翰逊（Mike Johnson，R-La.）已证明自己完全不愿挑战白宫。事实上，他多次让众议院议员回家，以阻止可能让总统感到尴尬的投票。这不是美国人应得的领导力。而且，看来我们可能不必再长期忍受这种领导力了。
There may be significant bipartisan support for some of these items. But the current Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson (R-La.), has proven himself utterly unwilling to challenge the White House. Indeed, he has repeatedly sent House members home to try to prevent votes that might prove embarrassing to the president. That is not the kind of leadership Americans deserve. And it seems likely that it is not the kind of leadership we will have to put up with for much longer.
当然，这些乐观预测也有需要注意的地方。民调此前也出过错，而且可能无法捕捉到右翼暗金以史无前例的规模涌入选举的全部影响。而这个白宫足够腐败和不光彩，会尝试各种非法手段干预选举、推翻选民的意志。从选举日到新一届国会宣誓就职，我们可能会经历一段艰难时期。
There are caveats to these positive predictions, of course. Polls have been wrong before and they may not capture the full impact of right-wing dark money flooding the elections in unprecedented amounts. And this White House is sufficiently corrupt and dishonorable to try all manner of illegal schemes to interfere with the elections and override the will of the voters. We may be in for a rough ride between Election Day and the swearing-in of a new Congress.
但所有迹象，包括热烈的提前投票，都表明明天的选举将成为一个明确的转折点，指向积极的变革，以及一个将人民利益置于腐败潜在统治家族的任性和财富之上的政府。
But all signs, including energetic early voting, are pointing to tomorrow’s elections marking a definitive pivot point toward positive change and a government that places a higher priority on the interests of the people than on the whims and riches of a corrupt would-be ruling family.
一场宏大而美丽的蓝色浪潮可以带来许多美好的事物。让我们让它成为现实。斯万特·迈里克是人民为美国方式组织的主席。
So much good can ride in on a big, beautiful blue wave. Let’s make it happen. Svante Myrick is president of People For the American Way.