authoritarianism
On Starving Tyranny
Now is not the time for Jeffries or any other Democrats, especially Senate Democrats, to go weak in the knees over shutdown politics.
Patrick G Eddington
Past: CIA analyst, House senior policy advisor, USAR officer. Present: Think tank guy, dog dad. Always: Author, writer, researcher, Bill of Rights defender, 21st century Anti-Federalist.
authoritarianism
The President's List of Subversives
Week by week and step by step, Trump is creating his own list of "subversives"--organizations, individual people, even entire American cities.
authoritarianism
For Senate Democrats, The Moment Of Truth Is At Hand
Senate Democrats must internalize the reality of the existential threat Trump represents to the survival of the constitutional Republic and then act accordingly.
political repression
Defund Trump's Repression Machine
Not since the Federalists controlled the White House and Congress at the end of the 18th century have we seen this kind of systematized, lock-step domestic political repression perpetrated in unison by the political branches of our government.
political repression
Starving the Feds: The Last Option to Peacefully End the Repression
Trump's militarization of immigration enforcement and "crime control" is, of course, nothing more than a smokescreen for preparing for further such political repression operations in other areas of the country under the control of elected Democrats.
Government shutdown
Just Shut It Down
If you're a member of the United States Senate in 2025, you don't keep writing checks to the guy who's in the process of actively destroying a 250-year-old experiment in representative government.
Rosie O'Donnell
Trump Trashes Rosie: Distraction or Opportunity?
The question right now is whether O'Donnell, who has engaged in high-profile legal battles in the past, wants to go after Trump for defamation in American courts, assuming the Supreme Court does not foreclose such an option.
On the Faithful and the Feckless
The American Republic cannot defend itself. This is especially true when members of one major political party decide to either pledge their loyalty to a would-be dictator masquerading as president or to slink away when that same tyrant-in-the-making says nasty things about them on social media. Both are forms of
It's Different This Time
The tactics used by civil rights and anti-Vietnam War protesters during the 1960s and early 1970s had a political effect because JFK and LBJ were at least somewhat responsive to the political pressures the groups generated. Trump is overtly contemptuous of his political opposition, using lawfare against a Democratic mayor,
Donald Trump
The Monster Screaming the Loudest
In the weeks and months ahead, it may be necessary for each of us to make a life-altering decision: whether to confront the regime ourselves, in concert with like-minded people loyal to the constitutional Republic.
immigration
Targeted Escalation
Federal senators, along with state and local officials across the country, should be prepared to utilize all available tools to the maximum extent possible to thwart regime actions that are unconstitutional, illegal, or otherwise endanger public safety.
Alien Enemies Act
Musk Is A Symptom. Trumpism Is The Disease
If you live in a state with one or more Democratic Senators, tell them to refuse unanimous consent on any Trump-desired legislation or Trump nominees until he obeys federal court decisions barring his unconstitutional acts.