The Lahaina Apocalypse is up to 96 deaths.  Read this NBC summary .   Watch Jeremy Greenberg , director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, describe disaster assistance to Maui Wildfire victims. Short  aerial video of the devastation . And a  longer one . By now 75% of Americans at least suspect Donald Trump of having attempted a coup to remain as president.  Only a third of Republicans actually believe Trump was right.  A small percentage of Independents and fewer Democrats likewise side with him.  Thus, only 25% of voters will stick with Trump into the 2024 presidential election year. What prevented The Donald from succeeding?  The list is a healthy indicator of the power of Democracy: Leading the list are the  10 living former U.S. defense secretaries  who on 3 January 2021 published in  The Washington Post  a forceful public letter declaring the U.S. presidential election is over, and the contention of Trump that he was cheated has no merit. They are:  Dick Cheney, James M