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In which I try to answer your questions about modern politics.... From Politics Chat, May 26, 2026 The live streamed...

A Supreme Court so fundamentally hostile to the rights of minority voters places the Court at odds with democracy itself....

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“Best of the best”? If that were true, their paramilitary forces wouldn’t have murdered two innocent American civilians. And “worst...

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Folks, I don’t want to sugarcoat this — the Supreme Court's decision in Louisiana v. Callais today is devastating news....

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Trump is not merely claiming fraud. He’s claiming his pressure forced election officials to act. It's a threat to every...

May 28, 2026 Trump is treating the nation’s capital as his property, Trump is lashing out, filing suits against E....

You've probably heard a lot about general strikes. But how exactly do they work? And is America on the verge...