re: How do we divorce ourselves from the Democrats?

Oh, is that what life was like before the 17th Amendment? We didn't agree on direct election of senators for a reason at the start. They were supposed to be elected by experienced legislators who could see through and support, or deny, the BS tricks employed by the senatorial campaign.

And now we have Kamala and Cornyn (and plenty of others). That control may have helped. People that voted for AOC apparently think she can solve their garbage issues, as a federal employee? Never quit not reading, lefties.