
Tag: democratic backsliding

Paul already posted about the new Jonathan Swan report, which details how the people who tried mount a coup d’état on January 6th are planning to turn the entire Executive Branch into an extens
Here’s a #funfact about William Rehnquist, the previous Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court: in the 1960s he worked to suppress black and hispanic votes in Arizona. On November 3, 1964, The

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
On Wednesday, I participated in a Quincy Institute virtual roundtable on “The Summit for Democracy” It was a bit odd. I’m pretty sure that I was supposed to play “liberal inter

I am “attending” the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association next week. By “attending” I mean that I am cancelling my tickets and my hotel room and partici
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.

We spend a lot of time talking about the structural barriers that Democrats face, most notably the malapportionment of the Senate and, relatedly, the Electoral College. Democrats must also contend wit
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.
- Getting the message
- Know when to walk away, and know when to run
- Lamont Dozier
- The post-Hobbs political landscape
- Probably not someone who has been listening to Republicans shriek TREASON! for the past few days
- “Argument is an intellectual process. Contradiction is just the automatic gainsaying of anything the other person says.”
- Biden meets with historians to discuss perils to democracy
- There’s no room to work with these people
- Eggplant Marinara Sandwiches Recipe Review
- Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,173