Economy • Elections • Executive Power • Fascism • Human Rights • Social Justice and Equity • Threat Management
It’s Time for Americans to Start Talking About “Soft Secession”
Chris Armitage
The Existential Republic
Blue states are finally learning what red states have known all along: you don’t need federal permission to govern.
Democratic Party • Economy • Elections
Establishment Democrats Are Going to Torpedo the 2026 Midterms
Aaron Regunberg
The New Republic
Having failed to learn the key lesson from last year’s defeat, party leaders are promoting moderate candidates to run against populist progressives in next year’s elections.
Democratic Party • Elections • Executive Power
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.”
Elections • Financial
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.”
Elections • Executive Power • Regulations
Timeline: Tracking the Trump Justice Department’s Anti-Voting Shift
Democracy Docket
Democracy Docket
Today, rather than standing up for voting access, Trump's DOJ is supporting and defending voter suppression laws and bringing new lawsuits to impose stricter voting rules.





