With Donald Trump as president, living in a body has become a dangerous thing.

We’re much more at risk of death by gun violence, even those of us who travel with security, such as conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who died Wednesday after being shot in the neck at a rally at Utah Valley University. Despite making political hay out of so-called “American Carnage” in order to blame it on Democrats—always baselessly (for example, in Kirk’s murder, both perpetrator and motive are still unknown)—Trump has gutted laws that are supposed to protect us against such carnage, making it easier for criminals to buy guns by weakening the definition of a “fugitive from justice,” purging half a million names from the federal background-check database, and lifting prohibitions on gun purchases by the mentally ill.

Then there are the toxins that imperil nearly all life forms. Republicans are notoriously soft on pollution, but even compared to past conservative administrations, Trump has been alarmingly permissive on air and water polluters. For example, Trump is delaying the implementation of Biden’s 2024 methane standards for oil and gas facilities, a move that the Environmental Defense Fund says will add millions of tons of methane to the atmosphere. Methane contributes to respiratory illness, neurological damage, and cancer.

And how about infectious diseases? Whether you’re a chicken, a wild animal, a human preschooler, or a........

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