
Category: democracy

I suppose it’s fitting that Donald Trump, a lawless president, would saddle the country with a lawless Supreme Court. This isn’t merely a matter of “denying Biden the same deference&
Trump confirms what any sane person has already assumed. Former President Donald Trump said during a rally in Texas on Saturday that he would consider pardoning those charged in connection with th

Apropos of Scott’s previous post, the Brussels Sprouts podcast has a very good rundown with Dan Kelemen and Zselyke Csaky. You should give it a listen.
Well, then. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy told a federal court that hundreds of high-speed mail sorting machines he ordered removed cannot be returned to service because they were stripped for parts.

Ishaan Tharoor has a very good discussion of the broader context of Trump’s meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda. Though accustomed to lectures from Brussels, Duda and his allies are hopin
We really are living through Nixon redux. Except with an idiot playing the part of Nixon and a totally plaint congress. The Trump White House and its allies, over the past 18 months, assembled detaile

Nancy Pelosi has resumed her rightful role as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Discuss.
Unlike … many people apparently, I don’t think Trump’s rhetoric and embrace of hate groups makes him significantly more alarming than the rest of the GOP. But then, I don’t thi
- I guess they had some time to line this one up
- It happened here
- Elite complacency and Roe
- Supreme Court Dissents Are Worthless
- An Incorrect Prediction
- A day that will live in infamy
- A Scene from Japan
- Yesterday’s other Roberts Court atrocity
- The 7/11 Battle in Japan
- This Day in Labor History: June 24, 1867