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Merrick Garland thinks he’s being neutral in the face of Trump’s crimes. He’s wrong. He’s being complicit. Make him know it
We are not facing a “full-blown constitutional crisis.”
Donald Trump
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The Republican campaign to rifle through the people’s ballots to sustain the Big Lie is a frontal assault on democracy
We cannot afford to let it spread any further.
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The Eastman memo is another reason why we badly need election reform. It’s also reason why reform won't be enough
New laws won't stop people who hold themselves above the law.
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The Durham indictment isn't about justice. It's about sending a ‘stop snitching’ message
Snitches might get indicted.
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Let the Haitians in, all of them
The United States owes them that much.
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The GOP’s authoritarian voters have given up hope of taking over democracy. A new political rhetoric can keep it that way
The rhetoric of shut-the-fuck-up, part 2.
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Post-Trump America needs a new political vocabulary. Introducing the rhetoric of shut-the-fuck-up
Please forgive me my vulgarity.
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The civilian wing of the Republican Party has finally lost control of its paramilitary wing
Roger Stone and Trump operatives like to think of themselves as being in control. A new Reuters report paints a very different picture.
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We owe it to Afghans to let as many in as possible, but let’s avoid arguments over 'desirable' and 'undesirable' immigrants
People deserve refuge even if they didn’t help us.
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The battle over race is the cancer afflicting American civic health
Everything in politics has come to revolve around the question of whether the society should be governed b a white Christian minority.
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In the face of authoritarianism, don't lose hope. Normal partisan politics can save democracy
The Dems are pushing a fault line within the GOP to its breaking point.
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The least vaccinated religious group is also the most likely to believe in conspiracy theories
White evangelical apologists blame the young and the secular, though.