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Posted inLaw and Justice
Can the House Clerk Lead a Midterm Coup?
It’s happened before. History underscores how rickety our elections and democracy are.
Posted inBooks
Who Enabled Trump’s Second Act?
From GOP leaders to titans of business, those who might have mitigated the president’s second term lawlessness instead bent the knee. Each had their reasons.
Posted inRussia’s War on Ukraine
Europe Struggles to Respond to Russian Attacks
Ukrainians warn their Western allies: “Putin is at war with you, too.”
Posted inNewsletter
Will a Wave of “Trump Regret” Lift Democratic Boats This Fall?
One in five Trump voters regrets their vote, according to a new survey from Navigator Research.
Posted inPolitics
The Tower Stones of 9/11
A taste of my experiences and writing from a quarter century ago.
Posted inBooks
25 Years After 9/11, What Have We Learned?
A new history of the war on terror shows how badly both America and its enemies misunderstood the consequences of their own actions.
Posted inPolitics
The Lost Journalistic World of 9/11
The mainstream press was far from perfect. But before the era of “hot takes,” information silos, steep budget cuts, and ugly charges of “fake news,” it had strengths that we need now.
Posted inPodcast
“Deceive, Disrupt, Deny.” The Looming Threat to This Fall’s Elections
Protect Democracy’s Beau Tremitiere offers tips on how citizens can do their part to ensure free and fair elections in November.
Posted inPolitics
Mental Health, Police, and The Death of Charles Adair
A man turns himself in to police for old traffic tickets, tells them he has schizophrenia, and after an altercation at a Kansas City, Kansas, jail, is dead less than 48 hours later.
