Politics

“We’ve blocked any new federal leasing in California in court for eight years now, and we’ll fight this too.”

Corporate money is dominating our democracy. So how do we get rid of it?

Portions of the wall were in danger of overturning if not fixed due to extensive erosion just months after it was built.

Research on public security in countries that use this tactic finds militarized federal interventions can have unintended—and often negative—consequences.

“It’s like saying, ‘We’re going to remove the radar guns and remove speedometers, but you still have to comply with the speed limit. That doesn’t make sense.”

Lying (to correct worse lies) thus morphs into truth-telling, failing is success (showing how worthless is government), and perfidy to his own Constitutional oath is greatness (because the ends do justify the means).

“With another Trump presidency, the left would have few options and could face new levels of government repression.”

It's beginning to seem like history is simultaneously repeating itself as both tragedy and farce.

What we need now is to see a plethora of other states joining in these lawsuits that are charging Trump and DeJoy with deliberate voter suppression.

We are in the midst of an existential political crisis, one that too many Americans blithely shrug off because they do not—or cannot—believe the kind of power seizures, purges, and police-state repression that has happened in many other countries can ever happen here.