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IN AMERICA, WE DON'T DO KINGS www.nokings.org

"It’s a monstrous perversion of both patriotism and faith to justify hurting a young family who, after all they’ve suffered, still show courage and loyalty to Vance’s country." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

"In his first term, he made improper millions. In his second term, he is reaching for billions." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

"Like the inquisitors of old, who persecuted Galileo for daring to notice that the sun did not, in fact, revolve around the Earth, they believe that truth-seeking imperils their hold on power." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

"Despite their claims of having become a working-class party, Republicans are seeking to take away health insurance from millions of Americans, and they are doing it to give billions of dollars in tax cuts to the wealthy." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/o...

"Trump’s ventures—intending to accept the gift of a Qatari jet, profiting from the sale of a self-referential cryptocurrency, auctioning off a chance to have dinner with him—all reflect his disregard for the Founders’ concern." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The 47th president of the United States may wish he were a king. But in America, the law is king, not the president. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

"A tariff is a uniquely regressive tax, one that falls most heavily on the least affluent people in society." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

"We ought to be on high, high alert."

“This is taxpayer-funded, state-sponsored religious indoctrination. You’ve just got to call it what it is.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Yes, it's hard to get them out, but we can do it! We must do it.

"At minimum, he has cleared the way for systematic corruption. At maximum, he is laying the groundwork to ignore court orders that go against him and to construct an extralegal regime in which laws bind only his enemies." www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Congratulations CANADA🇨🇦

"One of the most notable things about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is how confidently he distorts the basics of health, safety, and well-being." www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...