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.
illegal immigration
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.
2024 election
The Worst Case Scenario: Another Look
Earlier this year, I posted four pieces about the potential for another Trump term and what I've called Civil War 2.0. I thought the worst-case scenario I wrote on February 5 was dire enough. It wasn't.
2024 election
How Far Will They Go?
This is the relative calm before the storm.
2024 election
The Threat Response Differential: 9/11 versus January 6
Our failure to roll back 9/11-driven executive power grabs and "coup proof" our government against internal authoritarian political threats may come back to haunt us, and soon.
Border Patrol
Supreme Court Follies: Internal Checkpoint Edition
Marshall and Brennan were certain that the majority's ruling in the case would ultimately lead to Fourth Amendment rights violations at scale at these internal checkpoints. History has proven them right.