Democratic Party • Elections • Executive Power
From Silence to Spotlight: How a Democratic Shadow Cabinet Could Break Trump’s Spell
Thom Hartmann
The Hartmann Report
Voters don’t rally behind policy papers: they rally behind leaders they can see and believe in. Democrats must end the era of weak, divided messaging and rise with a chorus of commanding voices…
Elections • Executive Power • Fascism • Legal
Steve Bannon just laid out the MAGA media playbook to subvert the midterms
John Knefel, Research Sophie Lawton
Media Matters
The right-wing media plan for undermining the 2026 elections includes pushing for ICE to stalk polling sites and sending a band of election deniers on tour
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.
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Trump Admin Circulating Plan to Transform Depopulated Gaza Into High-Tech Cash Cow
Under the proposal, the US would take control after "voluntary" relocation of Palestinians from the strip, where proposed projects include an Elon Musk Smart Manufacturing Zone and Gaza Trump Riviera & Islands.