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Cheney hints at criminal charges for Trump in panel vote to hold Mark Meadows in contempt
But perhaps the biggest news was that the vote was televised.
Donald Trump
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He was set to testify about a PowerPoint outlining step-by-step Trump’s failed coup. Then Mark Meadows chickened out
He’s invoking privilege he doesn’t have.
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America's future: less democracy nationally, more democracy locally, plus violence and blood
My interview with Sea Change Radio's Alex Wise.
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The good news is we’re on the cusp of a new way of ordering the American polity. The bad news? We could fall short
Thomas Zimmer: Multiracial democracy will be expanded or aborted.
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The midterms will be decided by swing voters ready to reward the GOP for trying to kill them
Why democracy is its own worst enemy.
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History doesn't care if the GOP is on the wrong side
Progress is a consequence of politics.
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Your friendly neighborhood sociologist: What we talk about when we talk about white supremacy
It’s not what it used to be.
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Are Republicans heirs of Lenin?
Not quite, but the comparison is instructive.
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Our crisis is one of humility
Pride, shame, hate, violence, fascism -- all from the same source.
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The Republicans are taking their terror campaign to the next level
The Wisconsin GOP is mad about election officials following the law.
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The inside game and the outside game: procedure plus a mob
John Eastman co-wrote the blueprint for how Donald Trump could use the military, the police and criminal gangs to hold onto power.
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Whiteness is working hard to vindicate Kyle Rittenhouse
Please don’t pity him.