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What happens when a power designed for mercy and healing gets used as a loyalty reward? The founders had an answer: impeachment would keep it in check. That answer isn't working anymore. My latest looks at the pardon power and the reforms that could restore its original purpose.
The Mercy Loophole: Can America Fix the Pardon Power Without Breaking It?
Presidential clemency was built for mercy and national healing. Restoring that purpose requires the one thing it has never had: accountability.
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February 15, 2026 at 4:40 PM
What happens when a power designed for mercy and healing gets used as a loyalty reward? The founders had an answer: impeachment would keep it in check. That answer isn't working anymore. My latest looks at the pardon power and the reforms that could restore its original purpose.
If your plumber told you every other plumber was part of a conspiracy against your pipes, you'd get a second opinion. So why, when one politician tells you that every expert in every field is lying, is that the one you believe? Read more on the latest installment of The Unfinished Work.
The Boy Who Cried Hoax
How a tyrant and his lackeys trained a nation to ignore the wolves at the door
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February 15, 2026 at 2:22 AM
If your plumber told you every other plumber was part of a conspiracy against your pipes, you'd get a second opinion. So why, when one politician tells you that every expert in every field is lying, is that the one you believe? Read more on the latest installment of The Unfinished Work.
How many cases of non-citizen voting did the conservative Heritage Foundation document over the past 40+ years? Fewer than 70.
How many eligible citizens would the SAVE Act block from voting? 21 million.
Fair and free elections are at risk. Non-citizen voters aren't the reason.
How many eligible citizens would the SAVE Act block from voting? 21 million.
Fair and free elections are at risk. Non-citizen voters aren't the reason.
The Big Lie About the Big Lie: How a Manufactured Crisis Is Being Used to Undermine American Elections
There is a word for what is happening to American elections right now, and it is not "reform."
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February 8, 2026 at 3:28 PM
How many cases of non-citizen voting did the conservative Heritage Foundation document over the past 40+ years? Fewer than 70.
How many eligible citizens would the SAVE Act block from voting? 21 million.
Fair and free elections are at risk. Non-citizen voters aren't the reason.
How many eligible citizens would the SAVE Act block from voting? 21 million.
Fair and free elections are at risk. Non-citizen voters aren't the reason.
This is a preview from GLORIOUS? America’s Past Writes Back—a book I’m writing in which historical figures respond to the Trump administration’s “America 250” proclamations.
Glorious? America's Past Writes Back - A Preview
Epilogue - We Were Not Demigods: The Founders Reply
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February 4, 2026 at 1:50 AM
This is a preview from GLORIOUS? America’s Past Writes Back—a book I’m writing in which historical figures respond to the Trump administration’s “America 250” proclamations.
The Unfinished Work
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The Unfinished Work | Jeff Renshaw | Substack
Exploring how we can rebuild trust, restore democratic norms, and carry forward the unfinished work of freedom, equality, and self-government in America. Click to read The Unfinished Work, by Jeff Ren...
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October 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The Unfinished Work
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Reposted
1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC
1/31: Crash in Philly
2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle
2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska
2/10: Crash in Scottsdale
2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego
2/16: Crash in Covington, GA
7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
1/31: Crash in Philly
2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle
2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska
2/10: Crash in Scottsdale
2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego
2/16: Crash in Covington, GA
7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
February 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
1/29: First plane crash in 16 years in DC
1/31: Crash in Philly
2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle
2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska
2/10: Crash in Scottsdale
2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego
2/16: Crash in Covington, GA
7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
1/31: Crash in Philly
2/5: Delta flight struck in Seattle
2/6: Flight wrecks in Alaska
2/10: Crash in Scottsdale
2/12: Military jet crashes in San Diego
2/16: Crash in Covington, GA
7 crashes since the WH congratulated itself for “restoring aviation safety”
Everybody feeling good about Elon Musk and Big Balls upgrading the nation's air traffic control system? Bonus video in the comments for anyone on the fence. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVSZ...
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket lands, then falls over and explodes
YouTube video by Guardian News
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February 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Everybody feeling good about Elon Musk and Big Balls upgrading the nation's air traffic control system? Bonus video in the comments for anyone on the fence. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVSZ...
Now who could this possibly be about?
February 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Now who could this possibly be about?