Democrats feel like they just beat former President Donald Trump again, after a California blowout where Gov. Gavin Newsom framed the recall race explicitly against Trumpism.
But Trump has not and is not going anywhere -- and the aftershocks of his presidency continue to be felt across both parties and inside the White House.
President Joe Biden is dealing with a chunk of the fallout regarding the actions of Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, whose conduct in the final days of the Trump administration are explored in the new book by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa of The Washington Post.