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Oligarchy is always a transitional system, typically a mere way station in the shift from democracy to fascism or some other form of authoritarianism.
In a tortured shredding of logic, attorneys for Ron DeSantis are trying to defend his gerrymandered destruction of a black majority district by comparing the restoration of it to apartheid.
The calculus of invasion is grim in the extreme. If Israel launches an all-out invasion of Gaza on the ground, complete with infantry, tanks, artillery, and air support, thousands will die, both Hamas fighters and Palestinian civilians.
In addition pay increases, the agreement will convert many temporary workers to full-time status, higher pay for temps, the right to go on strike over plant closures, and increases in retirement plans.
Election officials brace for surge in AI-generated misinformation, and lawmakers face complex challenges in containing it.
Might Oppenheimer's idea of a world republic have provided humanity with the tools to get a grip on perils like the climate emergency, runaway artificial intelligence, and new weapons of mass extermination?
Ron DeSantis spoke at the Koch-funded Heritage Foundation to clearly delineate how far out of his depth he is on foreign policy issues.
Although major social media platforms have community guidelines prohibiting incitement to violence and sharing of graphic content, those prohibitions are difficult to enforce.
In MAGA Mike Johnson (what Trump calls him), Republicans have found the perfect embodiment of their deplorable basket of hatreds. The only “loves” they have are rightwing billionaires and the fossil fuel industry. And, of course, Trump’s good buddy Vladimir Putin.
Florida isn't convincing the best and brightest to come teach or study here and too many of the best and brightest already here are getting out.
Not only a staunch Trump supporter and election denier, new Speaker Mike Johnson is in lock step with the rest of the Republican Party in targeting Medicare and Social Security for major cuts.
Leonard Leo was instrumental in packing the US Supreme Court with the conservative supermajority. But he has also been busily at work packing state supreme courts as well.
Scientists are turning to nonviolent climate protest, including civil disobedience, to demand that governments take bold action to snuff out the use of oil, gas, and coal.
Meadows was in the West Wing during the entire assault on the Capitol and can provide more information to prosecutors about what Trump was doing and who he spoke to as he watched the Capitol assault on TV.
As Russia and Hungary have shown us, once a country has lost the institutions that maintain its democracy, it’s damn hard to get them back.
Though voter fraud has not been a problem, getting in the way of people voting isn’t a new phenomenon in Alabama. Neither is using election security to justify it.
