Most people imagine that democracy ends with a military coup. But they are wrong

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US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts paused a federal judge's order requiring President Donald Trump's administration to pay foreign aid funds to contractors and grant recipients reut.rs/4hWDrIe

Apparently, allowing Americans to file their tax returns for free is a bad thing. A big gift to the Big Tax lobby and a big middle finger to Americans.

Murphy: "This is a constitutional crisis that we are in today. Let's call it what it is."

Putin is full out celebrating our idiocy.

Of course.

“Making the military a political tool of civilian leaders is also a threat, not only to democracy, but to the integrity of the military itself,” Kori Schake writes. A politicized military will struggle to maintain personnel and legitimacy:

🚨BREAKING: Pennsylvania Court REJECTS David McCormick and GOP lawsuit to discard Philadelphia provisional ballots. This victory ensures that 966 voters will have their ballots counted.

Congratulations to Team Casey who fought and won for these voters!
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Just had a great coffee meetup with some fellow local activists. We can't control the universe, but we can lobby our elected officials here in California to eliminate dark money from our state's politics.