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1 American Authoritarianism
The US is still a democracy, but political scientists Ziblatt (co-author of “How Democracies Die”), Lucan A. Way (“Competitive Authoritarianism: Hybrid Regimes After the Cold War”) write in a Foreign Affairs essay that America has slid into “competitive authoritarianism>2
The US is still a democracy, but political scientists Ziblatt (co-author of “How Democracies Die”), Lucan A. Way (“Competitive Authoritarianism: Hybrid Regimes After the Cold War”) write in a Foreign Affairs essay that America has slid into “competitive authoritarianism>2
December 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
1 American Authoritarianism
The US is still a democracy, but political scientists Ziblatt (co-author of “How Democracies Die”), Lucan A. Way (“Competitive Authoritarianism: Hybrid Regimes After the Cold War”) write in a Foreign Affairs essay that America has slid into “competitive authoritarianism>2
The US is still a democracy, but political scientists Ziblatt (co-author of “How Democracies Die”), Lucan A. Way (“Competitive Authoritarianism: Hybrid Regimes After the Cold War”) write in a Foreign Affairs essay that America has slid into “competitive authoritarianism>2
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Would it surprise you that the FBI finding a suspect in an infamous crime at the center of a conspiracy theory only intensified the conspiracy theory?
The J6 Pipe Bomber Arrest Only Made the Conspiracy Theories Worse
MAGA has had the most predictable response to learning the suspect is an election truther.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Would it surprise you that the FBI finding a suspect in an infamous crime at the center of a conspiracy theory only intensified the conspiracy theory?
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These days, it's notable whenever a major media company ignores Trump's pressure and stands with talent. So let's note that Disney has renewed Jimmy Kimmel's contract for another year
December 8, 2025 at 11:56 PM
These days, it's notable whenever a major media company ignores Trump's pressure and stands with talent. So let's note that Disney has renewed Jimmy Kimmel's contract for another year
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This could probably be done with simple legislation. Article 3 says almost nothing about how the Supreme Court operates. It mentions that a chief justice will exist, but that’s about it. There are essentially no constitutional rules about how they hear or decide cases.
I'm going to keep saying this in my effort to speak it into reality: Supreme Court should have at least 100 Justices with rotating panels (and maybe an en banc option). No single Justice should have so much power and they shouldn't be names everyone knows.
A court with a normal-ish conservative majority would have been tolerable. I'm not eager for court packing, impeaching justices, and other such options. But this court sticking around post-Trump is untenable. They've already torched their own legitimacy, the only question is what do we do about it.
December 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This could probably be done with simple legislation. Article 3 says almost nothing about how the Supreme Court operates. It mentions that a chief justice will exist, but that’s about it. There are essentially no constitutional rules about how they hear or decide cases.
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NEW: Carol Loennig tells Nicoll Wallace on MSNOW that the DOJ intends to try and indict Letitia James a THIRD time.
The trouble with that is these multiple tries help James prove her vindictive and selective prosecution bid, and bolster a case to get the grand jury materials.
The trouble with that is these multiple tries help James prove her vindictive and selective prosecution bid, and bolster a case to get the grand jury materials.
December 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
NEW: Carol Loennig tells Nicoll Wallace on MSNOW that the DOJ intends to try and indict Letitia James a THIRD time.
The trouble with that is these multiple tries help James prove her vindictive and selective prosecution bid, and bolster a case to get the grand jury materials.
The trouble with that is these multiple tries help James prove her vindictive and selective prosecution bid, and bolster a case to get the grand jury materials.
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There's a pattern here.
December 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
There's a pattern here.
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This was my ship, the USS Point Defiance (LSD-31). I was a radarman and didn't handle the guns. There are six 3"50 caliber gun mounts and a shell could destroy a boat. No shell was ever fired without a log entry. A gun crew had 3-4 enlisted and an officer responsible. Interview those sailors.
December 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This was my ship, the USS Point Defiance (LSD-31). I was a radarman and didn't handle the guns. There are six 3"50 caliber gun mounts and a shell could destroy a boat. No shell was ever fired without a log entry. A gun crew had 3-4 enlisted and an officer responsible. Interview those sailors.
Would prefer this sentence conclude with him still in the DoC custody , but only one conviction was sustained , but he got the special program for offenders who couldn’t be held, but were still a danger . youtu.be/wWWbtwiGBTQ?...
‘South Hill Rapist’ Kevin Coe dead just months after being released from prison
YouTube video by KREM 2 News
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December 4, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Would prefer this sentence conclude with him still in the DoC custody , but only one conviction was sustained , but he got the special program for offenders who couldn’t be held, but were still a danger . youtu.be/wWWbtwiGBTQ?...
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In case you’re in the mood for some good news . . .
November 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
In case you’re in the mood for some good news . . .
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Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor.
Some changes that they can look forward to:
Some changes that they can look forward to:
November 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor.
Some changes that they can look forward to:
Some changes that they can look forward to:
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Oh my. When you've lost the Babylon Bee …
November 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Oh my. When you've lost the Babylon Bee …
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Investments in public transit have failed to provide the right incentives for infrastructure projects to get completed in an affordable and timely manner.
Join this webinar to learn how reforms to the shape, type, and speed of investment can transform project delivery and service outcomes.
Join this webinar to learn how reforms to the shape, type, and speed of investment can transform project delivery and service outcomes.
Full Steam Ahead: Funding Transformational Transit
Transit and passenger rail investment in the United States struggles for adequate investment. Despite some improvements in top line figures for transit and passenger rail, federal and state transporta...
actionnetwork.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Investments in public transit have failed to provide the right incentives for infrastructure projects to get completed in an affordable and timely manner.
Join this webinar to learn how reforms to the shape, type, and speed of investment can transform project delivery and service outcomes.
Join this webinar to learn how reforms to the shape, type, and speed of investment can transform project delivery and service outcomes.
The class was first ordered in his first term. I was expecting two to be renamed, because someone, not understanding the namesakes, would call the Galvez and Alvarez woke. The former was a Spanish Governor/General who was an ally of the Continentals, latter was the first
www.twz.com/sea/navy-sin...
www.twz.com/sea/navy-sin...
Constellation Class Frigate Program Cancelled By Navy Secretary (Updated)
The original plan to build at least 10 of the delayed Constellation class frigates has been axed by Navy Secretary Phelan
www.twz.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:43 AM
The class was first ordered in his first term. I was expecting two to be renamed, because someone, not understanding the namesakes, would call the Galvez and Alvarez woke. The former was a Spanish Governor/General who was an ally of the Continentals, latter was the first
www.twz.com/sea/navy-sin...
www.twz.com/sea/navy-sin...
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When the GOP has lost *checks notes*… Ron Paul, we’re really living in the upside down
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
When the GOP has lost *checks notes*… Ron Paul, we’re really living in the upside down
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Take pride in our fellow American, Sen. Mark Kelly, vigorously standing up for the Constitution and against a violence-inciting White House occupant who is failing to intimidate this good man and honorable public servant.
Mark Kelly: "My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head. Six people killed around her, a horrific thing. She spent six months in the hospital. We know what political violence is and we know what causes it too, The statements that Donald Trump made incites others."
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Take pride in our fellow American, Sen. Mark Kelly, vigorously standing up for the Constitution and against a violence-inciting White House occupant who is failing to intimidate this good man and honorable public servant.
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Kitsap Transit fast ferries crossing paths on a cloudy day in Seattle, Washington
📸Jerry Simmons 5/22
📸Jerry Simmons 5/22
November 24, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Kitsap Transit fast ferries crossing paths on a cloudy day in Seattle, Washington
📸Jerry Simmons 5/22
📸Jerry Simmons 5/22
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Senator Ruben Gallego didn't mince words. Read the full daily bulletin: www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p...
November 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Senator Ruben Gallego didn't mince words. Read the full daily bulletin: www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p...
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The Bush Administration crafted fear, so Americans would willingly submit to being overly surveiled. And now Dump is manufacturing bullshit, so that surveillance can be ramped up.
November 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The Bush Administration crafted fear, so Americans would willingly submit to being overly surveiled. And now Dump is manufacturing bullshit, so that surveillance can be ramped up.
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"According to the opinion from Judge Brown, a Trump appointee, 'it’s challenging to unpack the DOJ's letter because it contains so many factual, legal, and typographical errors'....”
www.vox.com/politics/469...
www.vox.com/politics/469...
Trump’s Justice Department may have accidentally handed Democrats five House seats
Oops.
www.vox.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:07 AM
"According to the opinion from Judge Brown, a Trump appointee, 'it’s challenging to unpack the DOJ's letter because it contains so many factual, legal, and typographical errors'....”
www.vox.com/politics/469...
www.vox.com/politics/469...
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Past is prologue.
In 1933, during the Great Depression, a group of wealthy businessmen tried to overthrow the US government and install a fascist dictator to protect their own interests.
And everything that led to it feels way too familiar right now.
This is not a history lesson, it’s a warning.
In 1933, during the Great Depression, a group of wealthy businessmen tried to overthrow the US government and install a fascist dictator to protect their own interests.
And everything that led to it feels way too familiar right now.
This is not a history lesson, it’s a warning.
November 20, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Past is prologue.
In 1933, during the Great Depression, a group of wealthy businessmen tried to overthrow the US government and install a fascist dictator to protect their own interests.
And everything that led to it feels way too familiar right now.
This is not a history lesson, it’s a warning.
In 1933, during the Great Depression, a group of wealthy businessmen tried to overthrow the US government and install a fascist dictator to protect their own interests.
And everything that led to it feels way too familiar right now.
This is not a history lesson, it’s a warning.
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The White House is close to implementing a new rule that would effectively eradicate congressionally approved whistleblower protections.
newrepublic.com/post/203409/...
newrepublic.com/post/203409/...
Trump Guts Federal Protections for Whistleblowers
Donald Trump is about to make it a lot harder for whistleblowers to come forward.
newrepublic.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:58 AM
The White House is close to implementing a new rule that would effectively eradicate congressionally approved whistleblower protections.
newrepublic.com/post/203409/...
newrepublic.com/post/203409/...
Glad this made it through the border. It’s an annual thank you to the People of Boston from the people of Nova Scotia for their help in the wake of the Halifax Explosion. Feared it would be held at the border while Trump’s people assessed it for tariffs.
www.boston25news.com/news/local/b...
www.boston25news.com/news/local/b...
Boston’s official Christmas tree arrives in the city from Nova Scotia
Thanksgiving might be a week away, but it’s already begining to look a lot like Christmas in Boston.
www.boston25news.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Glad this made it through the border. It’s an annual thank you to the People of Boston from the people of Nova Scotia for their help in the wake of the Halifax Explosion. Feared it would be held at the border while Trump’s people assessed it for tariffs.
www.boston25news.com/news/local/b...
www.boston25news.com/news/local/b...