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Trump can't escape the original sin of his presidency: his bond with Putin

submitted 9 days ago • 23 comments

You have to see this. PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.

submitted 68 days ago • 605 comments

Unconscionable

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

Important listen.

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

"'We've slid into some form of authoritarianism,' says Steven Levitsky, a professor of government at Harvard, and co-author of How Democracies Die. 'It is relatively mild compared to some others. It is certainly reversible, but we are no longer living in a liberal democracy.'"

submitted 45 days ago • 51 comments

Popok: This is not just about Abrego Garcia—and they’re right. It’s not about whether he is or isn’t MS-13. This is about the rule of law and our co-equal branches of government. This is about greater principles.

submitted 50 days ago • 230 comments

The "freight train" coming for the separation of church and state is receiving scant coverage. Before I left my job at POLITICO, I was heavily researching the case at the center of it all -- started in Oklahoma. Justice Barrett's good friend helped seed it, which I reported. I have more to share 👇

submitted 58 days ago • 51 comments

“It’s the most extraordinary attack on voting rights in American history,” Wilentz said. “This is an attempt to destroy American democracy as we know it. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/the...

submitted 58 days ago • 449 comments

Help us spread the word about Saturday’s nationwide mobilizations. Share your story on why you’re hitting the streets: http://bit.ly/April5...

submitted 65 days ago • 19 comments

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

submitted 65 days ago • 952 comments

I just called my GOP Rep. Nick LaLota to ask if he supports the Trump tariffs. His DC office wouldn’t tell me, since they claim he’s given them no direction on what to tell his constituents. But the staffer said they’re being flooded with angry calls. ☎️ Call YOUR congressman today at 202-224-3121.

submitted 65 days ago • 31 comments

The Trump EPA is using an obscure section of the Clean Air Act to create a loophole that lets coal and oil burning power plants bypass clean-air safeguards. This new exemption would increase the amount of mercury, arsenic, and lead in our air.

submitted 71 days ago • 2 comments

This should INFURIATE you

submitted 76 days ago • 407 comments