John Bolton, by his own admission, is a coup plotter. What does this mean? He has blood on his hands. As we know from our own experience on January 6th, coups, even failed ones, lead to violence and death.
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Republican leadership across this country is declaring open war on diversity, on education, on the legitimacy of our elections. Our checks and balances have been compromised—and Democrats are warring with one another.
Unelected judges shouldn’t have the power to take away rights most Americans support. The Constitution begins with “We the People...” because we are ultimately responsible for realizing its promise.
Originalism is the idea that we should interpret the Constitution with its original meaning. But what, exactly, is the Constitution’s “original meaning”?
Democrats are placing bets all around the country, running ads in Republican primary contests in hopes that the candidates they consider the least electable in the fall will win nomination.
Instead of practicing justice, the Supreme Court has descended to the practice of prejudice—something we have all trusted that it would never do.
A whimsical look into a future where after a couple of years in prison, Trump is moved to the psych ward because his ranting about a stolen election becomes unbearable to the prison personnel. “He won’t shut the f.. up about it.”
I’m never uneasy about Muslims or undocumented people or migrant families passing me on the street. No, it’s pissed-off, entitled, gun-toting, professed Christian white bigots emboldened by our former President who terrify me.
The phrase "use it or lose it" never meant as much as it does now. A concentrated effort is underway in more than half our states to curtail our ability to vote or simply ignore our choices. We can't let this happen.
This scenario isn't just plausible: it’s probable. GOP-controlled states are already changing their state laws to allow for it, regardless of how their people vote.
Despite he and his party’s relentless efforts, Donald Trump could not quite successfully manage a bloodless or bloody coup in the wake of the 2020 Presidential election, but it turns out he didn’t need to.
The Supreme Court's recent decisions are insanely unpopular; we have to make that matter. We must change the political dynamic that has been sending us towards some variety of right-wing theocratic fascism.
The judicial coup coming from this court is by no means over. Next term, the Supreme Court will hear a redistricting case that could make it far easier to concoct a legal pretense for overriding the popular vote in elections.
Guns were commonplace in the post-Civil War Old West, but actual gunfights were rare. Contrary to the mythology, many frontier towns had strict gun laws, especially against carrying concealed weapons.
Trump's criminal conspiracy attempted to overthrow our government with a violent insurrection as well as fraud and forgery. Ironically the actual conspirators also relied on fake conspiracy theories to distract attention from their crimes.
Marches are awe-inspiring, goosebump-inducing, breathtakingly cathartic moments. But marches don’t vote. We need to march all the way to November, all the way to the polls—and for all our lives.