A surge of youthful activism powered main liberal victories in Wisconsin and Chicago and a boisterous legislative rebellion in Tennessee this week, as Republicans absorbed a string of damaging political blows, starting with the arraignment of their main presidential contender on felony prices in Manhattan.
The drumbeat of stories appeared to batter the G.O.P.’s model by the hour: Donald J. Trump grew to become the primary American president to be led right into a courtroom to listen to his indictment. Voters…