Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America

Not the WSJ having the only even moderately acceptable push alert here.

NYT and NBC with basic journalism fails here.

Sending the National Guard to Kent State in 1970 was, famously, the savvy solution that turned American sentiment in favor of the Vietnam War, and made Richard Nixon the beloved president that he remains today.

excel screws with me in lots of ways every work day, but opening in micro miniature is my favorite.*

This should be the top story in Axios’s morning read. But it isn’t. It’s the FIFTH top story.

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Creepy as hell. 🤡

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When Rep. Victoria Spartz says “if you break the law you don’t deserve due process,” she’s either dangerously ignorant of the Constitution or deliberately misleading people. Due process isn’t about protecting criminals. It’s about protecting everyone from abuse of power.

The FBI and Justice Department will do exactly nothing about the national security fiasco.
They exist now to serve a man and his personal agenda(s) only and not the people nor their oaths of office.