
Tag: democratic backsliding

Denmark is a real country. In comparison even to most other European states, it is a robust social democracy – albeit one with features that the American left would consider “neoliberal.”
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

I think it’s fair to say that ‘the establishment’ treated Trump with smug cluelessness in 2016. I’m not sure why, but the thing I most associate with this attitude is the mocke
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

I agree that arguing about which twenty-first century national election was “the most important” is a bit of an intellectual parlor game. The answer really depends on your prior theory of
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
Senate Republicans appear poised to block a bipartisan investigation of the first non-peaceful transfer of executive power in modern American history. McConnell has found some procedural objections to
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
- Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,288
- The torn legacy of Bobby Hull
- LGM Film Club, Part 340: Hackman and the Beetle
- Images from American History, Part 21
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- Circumcision?
- “Elite” police units increase both police and non-police crime
- Baseball HOF Discourse
- Who Are the Union Busters?
- The Enemy Gets A Vote