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.
political repression
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.
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.
Books
The Triumph of Fear: Past As Prologue
If all of this sounds eerily familiar and frightening, it's because Trump is clearly--and enthusiastically--blazing his own infamous trail of authoritarianism that already matches, and in some cases is poised to surpass, the outrageous conduct of those who came before him.
political repression
Political Repression, American Style
The story it tells is not, unfortunately, an April Fools joke.
Donald Trump
A Republic Under Siege
We are now witnessing, in real time, the price for not taking far more aggressive governmental reform and reorganization measures in the wake of successive presidents’ radical abuses of law enforcement and presidential powers.
2025
A Holiday Break and a 2025 Preview
Exposing and opposing would-be American authoritarians, regardless of where they fall along the political spectrum, will continue to be at the heart of the Sentinel's mission in 2025 and beyond.
Donald Trump
Trump's Very Own "Führerprinzip"
The demand for absolute obeisance to Trump is well understood by the already GOP controlled House of Representatives.
2024 election
How Far Will They Go?
This is the relative calm before the storm.
2024 election
Ignoring The Long-Term Threat: POLITICO's Unserious Take On "Never Trumpers" And A Post-Trump Era
If our Republic manages to escape a second Trump presidency (a big "if" at this point), the lessons of the last fifty years should not be squandered by a return to the kind of "politics as usual" bullshit being offered in the latest edition of POLITICO Playbook.
2024 election
The PATRIOT Act Turns 23: Constitutional Subversion Begets Political Repression
In the hands of an authoritarian president, the PATRIOT Act could be wielded as an instrument of domestic terror and political repression at scale.
2024 election
From "Police State Lite" to an American Gestapo: What a Trump Victory Might Bring
What makes the prospect of a Trump victory even more chilling is the kind of law enforcement and data collection tools that would be at Trump's disposal if he wins - tools he would be eager to use against his political opponents.