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Musk Might be the First Domino to Fall in Trump’s Unwieldy MAGA Coalition
Now that Trump has to govern, his massive political vulnerabilities are becoming apparent
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Berny Belvedere
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Three Postliberal Paths to Autocracy: A Video Roundup
Our late-June collection of clips on where tech monarchists, NatCons, and Catholic integralists want to take America
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Landry Ayres
2
Abraham Lincoln Wasn't Born an Abolitionist, He Became One
We live in polarized times when freedom is threatened but this Juneteenth we should remind ourselves that we have overcome far worse
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Manisha Sinha
15
Trump Commandeers the National Guard to Militarize the Immigration Police State: An Executive Watch Roundup
Our mid-June selection of the president's latest and greatest assaults on the rule of law
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Robert Tracinski
5
The Judiciary Will Become Virtually Powerless in Protecting Your Rights if the Current Budget Bill Becomes Law
Senate Republicans have proposed an even worse version of a House provision that will require citizens suing the government to post enormous sums in…
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Clint Bolick
16
Trump’s Birthday Military Parade Destroys the Very Purpose of Our National Rituals
They are meant to get past even bitter disagreements and affirm collective values, not divide and conquer
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Michael G. Holzman
3
How America Created an Enormous and Abusive Surveillance State: A Conversation with Patrick Eddington
Even as this state has grown, the guardrails around it have weakened, giving presidents a dangerous tool to wield for illiberal and undemocratic ends
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Aaron Ross Powell
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Gavin Newsom: 'Democracy Is Under Assault Before Our Eyes. This Moment We Have Feared Has Arrived.'
The besieged governor of California issues a stark warning about what Trump's military crackdown on his state portends for the country
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Don't Be Fooled, Courts Can't Really Stop Trump From Assaulting Law Firms
He has too many means to intimidate them that judicial relief cannot touch, scaring them away from representing politically disfavored clients
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Walter Olson
4
An Effective Resistance Strategy Against Trump’s Constitutional Assaults Needs to Mobilize Both Courts and Public Opinion
History shows that the two work in tandem and we shouldn’t pick one or the other
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Ilya Somin
South Africans of All Hues Are Laughing at Trump’s Ridiculous Claims of ‘White Genocide’
But that cannot stop the damage he is doing to their economy and psyche
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Eve Fairbanks
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Trump Feeds Grift, Graft, and Greed from the White House: A Video Roundup
Our early-June collection of clips on the administration's corruption bonanza
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Landry Ayres
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