Democracy • Legal
Texas GOP flexes power to shut down Democrats’ last tool of resistance
Eleanor Klibanoff
The Texas Tribune
“To one degree or another, to be successful as a Republican, you have to emulate Trump’s speech, his attitude and take directions from the White House.”
Published On: 08/12/2025
Culture • Democracy • Global • Human Rights • Recommended
Hostile Takeover
Kenny Ausubel
Bioneers
At this hinge moment when the climate emergency demands an immediate systemic civilizational overhaul, this retrograde counter-revolution is working to drill, baby, drill, make feudalism great again, and colonize Mars.
Published On: 08/06/2025
Democracy
Trump’s Domestic Use of Military Set to Get Worse
The New Republic and Greg Sargent
The New Republic
A Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by TNR signals top-level discussions about a potential escalation of the Pentagon’s domestic anti-immigration role, and lays out new details.
Published On: 08/02/2025
Democracy
Corporate America has largely abandoned its post-January 6 promises on democracy
Esther Eriksson von Allmen
CREW
“By continuing to financially support anti-democratic lawmakers, these companies and trade groups fail to grasp the serious business consequences of such a dangerous political trajectory.”
Published On: 07/29/2025




