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February 2025

The Unbearable Normality of Creeping Authoritarianism
The U.S. government is under attack from within, the Constitution isn't really in effect, but if you don't follow politics and aren't directly targeted…
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Alan Elrod
Trump Has the U.S. Switching Sides in Ukraine, and NATO Could be Next
Picking fights with longtime friends instead of working with them against joint adversaries is a recipe for American weakness and global instability
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Nicholas Grossman
Trump and Musk are Usurping Congress's Power of the Purse
The Trump administration is illegally blocking authorized spending. If Congress lets them, the U.S. doesn't have Constitutional government.
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Nicholas Grossman

January 2025

Kash Patel's Job is to Corrupt the FBI
Trump picked Patel to end impartial law enforcement—his record isn't subtle—and if Senators have any respect for rule-of-law, they'll reject his…
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Nicholas Grossman
Trump Threatening American Allies is All Downside for the U.S.
The United States gets all it needs from Greenland, Denmark, Canada, and Panama via treaties and good relationships. Undermining that is self-defeating.
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Nicholas Grossman
America's Local Authoritarians
Trump may be bringing patrimonialism to D.C., but across America’s heartlands, a thousand little chieftains reign
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Alan Elrod
The January 6 Attackers Won
The fourth anniversary of the Capitol attack marks a dark day in American history
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Nicholas Grossman
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December 2024

Don't Let the Enemies of Truth Ruin Wikipedia
Elon Musk and other reactionary liars hate the "last good website" because it won't go along with their distortions
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Nicholas Grossman
For Christians, Political Power is the Golden Calf of Trumpism
Jonathan Skrmetti, Ryan Walters and the weapons of this world
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Alan Elrod
Corporate Leaders Caving to Trump is Bad, Democrats Normalizing Him is Worse
Disney folded in the ABC lawsuit, but why are these Democrats caving to Trump too?
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Nicholas Grossman
You'll Miss The World Order When It's Gone
A dark and all-too-plausible scenario for Trump's second term, as the United States effectively switches sides from democracy to authoritarianism
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Nicholas Grossman
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