• Democracy • Legal

    The Government Can Empty Your Bank Account Tomorrow. No Judge Required

    W. A. Lawrence

    Glass Empires By W. Lawrence

    How Miller's Legal Architecture Ensures Constitutional Protections Arrive After They Matter.

    Published On: 12/15/2025

  • Democracy • Legal

    Humphrey’s Who? The Big SCOTUS Case Few Understand

    The Big Picture and Jay Quo

    The Big Picture

    A decision over who Trump can fire will reshape how our entire government functions.

    Published On: 12/09/2025

  • Corruption • Disinformation • Legal

    Trump’s FBI Spent Nearly $1 Million on Redacting Epstein Files

    Hafiz Rashid

    The New Republic

    A new report reveals the FBI’s frantic “special redaction project” when they thought the Epstein files would be released.

    Published On: 11/26/2025

  • Democracy • Europe • Human Rights • Legal • Resistance

    My Afternoon With The Last Living Prosecutor of Nazi War Criminals

    Michael Moore

    Michael Moore

    Basically, the Nuremberg idea was: No one is above the law — not even states. Not even powerful leaders.

    Published On: 11/21/2025

  • Corruption • Legal

    Follow the Money: The Epstein Files They Didn’t Want You to See

    Closer to the Edge and Rook T. Winchester

    Closer to the Edge

    That deal wasn’t justice; it was choreography. The money-laundering indictment that could’ve exposed his financial enablers was boxed up and buried...

    Published On: 11/01/2025

  • Human Rights • Journalism • Legal • Press Freedom

    ICE detains British journalist after criticism of Israel on US tour

    Michael Sainato

    The Guardian

    Trump ally Laura Loomer took credit for Sami Hamdi’s detainment in move denounced as ‘affront to free speech’

    Published On: 10/26/2025

  • Corruption • Democracy • Legal

    Fifteen years after Citizens United, the Montana Plan poses the latest challenge to dark money

    Natalie Jonas

    Open Secrets

    The proposed amendment to the state Constitution redefines what is considered legitimate business activity and acceptable corporate donations by limiting corporate charters.

    Published On: 10/25/2025

  • Human Rights • Legal • Violence • White Supremacy

    More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days

    Nicole Foy

    ProPublica

    When federal officers roll through communities in the way the Supreme Court permitted, the constitutional rights of both citizens and noncitizens are inevitably violated

    Published On: 10/16/2025

  • Democracy • Legal • Recommended

    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: 10/07/2025

  • Democracy • Economy • Legal • Resistance

    We Need to Talk About Soft Secession

    Christopher Armitage

    The Existentialist Republic

    Is it legal? Is it possible? And can we afford to wait and find out?

    Published On: 10/03/2025

  • Democracy • Exile • Legal • Resistance

    The Trump Administration Is Coming for Nonprofits. They’re Getting Ready

    Vittoria Elliott

    Wired

    As the Trump administration threatens them, liberal nonprofits have been quietly preparing to do everything from surrendering 501(c)(3) status to relocating outside the US.

    Published On: 10/02/2025

  • Legal • Press Freedom • Technology

    The speech wars come for Wikipedia

    Aaron Mak

    Politico

    It’s Wikipedia’s turn in the “free speech” washing machine.

    Published On: 10/02/2025

  • Democracy • Economy • Legal • Resistance

    Workers Sue Vought for Threatening to Use Shutdown to Fire Them

    Whitney Curry Wimbush

    The American Prospect

    Multiple labor unions sued the OMB director for abusing his position and pushing an extremist Project 2025 agenda.

    Published On: 09/30/2025

  • Disinformation • Legal • Resistance • Threat Management

    Rubber Glue Fascism

    Jeff Sharlet

    Scenes from a Slow Civil War

    A close reading of "NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-7: Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence"

    Published On: 09/26/2025

  • Democracy • Legal • Resistance

    What Happens When Trump Tries to Cancel the Election?

    Christopher Armitedge

    The Existential Republic

    Here's how we stop it from happening.

    Published On: 09/26/2025

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