• Democracy • Human Rights • Safety • Violence

    ICE Believes it will Never Face Accountability Again

    Garrett Graff

    Doomsday Scenario

    The Trump administration is letting an unaccountable secret police form at the heart of our democracy.

    Published On: 06/20/2025

  • Corruption • Democracy

    The Three C’s of the Apocalypse

    George A. Polisner

    Leadership Matters

    But sure, let's have a parade!

    Published On: 06/20/2025

  • Democracy • Violence

    This Is What Trump Does When His Revolution Sputters

    Anne Applebaum

    The Atlantic

    At each obstacle, after each catastrophe, the turn to violence becomes that much swifter, the harsh decisions that much easier.

    Published On: 06/11/2025

  • Democracy • Legal

    The Insurrection Act Explained

    Joseph Nunn

    Brennan Center for Justice

    The law, which lets the president deploy the military domestically and use it for civilian law enforcement, is dangerously vague and in urgent need of reform.

    Published On: 06/10/2025

  • Democracy • Threat Management

    Martial Law Explained

    Tim Lau, Joseph Nunn

    Brennan Center for Justice

    Martial law has been declared more than 60 times in U.S. history, mostly by state and local officials. However, the concept has no established definition.

    Published On: 06/09/2025

  • Democracy • Human Rights • Resistance

    Sunday Thought

    Robert Reich

    Robert Reich Substack

    To be brave and nonviolent in the face of tyranny, to be strong and restrained, to resist with our hearts filled with anger but not succumb to that anger — is terribly difficult.

    Published On: 06/08/2025

  • 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

  • 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

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