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Over the past several weeks, as Donald Trump has made a show of expanding and redefining presidential power, Democrats have been anxiously discussing how to hold him accountable, both legislatively and politically, in text chains, conversations on the House floor, and closed-door caucus meetings. “No doubt about it, the military actions and threats and ICE’s gestapo tactics have added a lot of urgency to our conversations and deliberations,” one House Democrat told me. The killing of Renee Good by an ICE agent—captured in videos that have been viewed by 69 percent of Americans, according to a recent poll—has only added to the feeling that Democrats must find a way to push back.