• Corruption • Democracy • Disinformation

    The Rule of Idiots

    Chris Hedges

    The Chris Hedges Report

    In the last days of all empires the idiots take over. They mirror the collective stupidity of a civilization that has detached itself from reality.

    Published On: 06/06/2025

  • Culture • Democracy • Legal • Resistance

    Our Silence Will Not Protect Us

    Diane Yentel

    Shelterforce

    You don’t know who needs to hear your voice right now, who needs to see your leadership, but I guarantee you that someone does, and that your courage will bolster theirs.

    Published On: 06/05/2025

  • Corruption • Democracy • Europe

    The US Right Is Coming for the UK—With Crypto in Hand

    Peter Geoghegan

    Democracy for Sale

    Nigel Farage, Peter Thiel and how authoritarian tech fantasies are becoming political reality

    Published On: 06/04/2025

  • Democracy • Featured

    Curtis Yarvin’s Plot Against America

    Ava Kofman

    The New Yorker

    The reactionary blogger’s call for a monarch to rule the country once seemed like a joke. Now the right is ready to bend the knee.

    Published On: 06/02/2025

  • Democracy • Legal • Recommended • White Supremacy

    What was the German Enabling Act?

    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

    The Act allowed the Reich government to issue laws without the consent of Germany’s parliament, laying the foundation for the complete Nazification of German society.

    Published On: 06/02/2025

  • Democracy • Featured • Threat Management

    ‘Nonprofit Killer’ Pulled From GOP Tax Bill—For Now

    Brett Wilkins

    Common Dreams

    "Because authoritarians love using censorship to silence opposition, it's likely gonna keep rearing its head," warned one rights group.

    Published On: 05/19/2025

  • Democracy

    Republicans Are Already Plotting to Steal the Midterms

    Ross Rosenfeld

    The New Republic

    With Trump’s help, Republicans across the country are sowing doubt about next year’s congressional elections—and gearing up for 2028.

    Published On: 05/06/2025

  • Democracy • Resistance

    A cure for Trumpism: Radical empathy and radical change

    Anand Giridharadas

    The.Ink

    Some reflections on Dr. Abdul El-Sayed’s playbook for a post-Trump America

    Published On: 05/05/2025

  • Democracy

    Trump’s Bizarre Campaign to Bend the Art World to His Will

    Dana Liebelson

    The New Republic

    The president and his allies want to use institutions like the Kennedy Center and the National Endowment for the Arts to challenge the left’s cultural power.

    Published On: 05/04/2025

  • Democracy

    What Happens if Stephen Miller Becomes National Security Advisor

    Closer to the Edge

    https://closertotheedge.substack.com

    Miller’s worldview is binary: loyal or enemy. He doesn’t understand diplomacy, nuance, or restraint. He understands retribution.

    Published On: 05/03/2025

  • Democracy • Legal

    A Massive Power Grab Could Help North Carolina Republicans Steal an Election

    ARI BERMAN

    Mother Jones

    A new GOP majority on the state election board could overturn a state Supreme Court race

    Published On: 05/02/2025

  • Democracy • Global

    Fascist Population Engineering: Yes to White Christian Births

    RUTH BEN-GHIAT

    Lucid

    If the goal is a White ethnostate, it is not enough to change the political system from democracy to autocracy: you also have to change the culture and the composition of the population.

    Published On: 05/02/2025

  • Democracy • Global

    An SOS From American Democracy

    Mike Brock

    https://www.notesfromthecircus.com

    Why the Global Democratic Community Must Respond Before It’s Too Late

    Published On: 05/01/2025

  • Democracy • Technology

    DOGE Is Building a Surveillance State

    Julia Angwin

    New York Times

    The creation of a huge government database of personal information about U.S. residents is dangerous and very likely against the law.

    Published On: 04/30/2025

  • Democracy

    Trump has used government powers to target more than 100 perceived enemies

    Tom Dreisbach

    NPR

    In the first 100 days of his second term, President Trump has moved aggressively to fulfill his promise of retribution against an extraordinary range of individuals and organizations, targeting political opponents, news organizations, former government officials, universities, international student protesters and law firms.

    Published On: 04/29/2025

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