On Dismantling Executive Branch Coercive Power
Three legislative attempts to future-proof the Republic against another Nixon—or another Trump—and why each failed or will fail. Nothing less than a constitutional amendment will do the trick.
Achievement Unlocked: Praetorianismus Americanus
Like a player grinding through levels to unlock new abilities, in less than a year into his second term Trump has apparently succeeded in turning the most formidable military on earth into his own personal instrument of lethal power.
Restoring the Republic: A Legislative and Constitutional Roadmap
Whether the governmental system that comes after Trump is gone is better or worse than what came before him is up to us.
The National Guard Must Not Become A Praetorian Guard
Trump v. Illinois is currently on the Supreme Court's "shadow docket." If the GOP-appointed majority should rule that Trump can use the National Guard (NG) as he sees fit for dealing with objectively nonexistent "rebellions," he will see it as a license to
On Starving Tyranny
Now is not the time for Jeffries or any other Democrats, especially Senate Democrats, to go weak in the knees over shutdown politics.
The President's List of Subversives
Week by week and step by step, Trump is creating his own list of "subversives"--organizations, individual people, even entire American cities.
For Senate Democrats, The Moment Of Truth Is At Hand
Senate Democrats must internalize the reality of the existential threat Trump represents to the survival of the constitutional Republic and then act accordingly.
Defund Trump's Repression Machine
Not since the Federalists controlled the White House and Congress at the end of the 18th century have we seen this kind of systematized, lock-step domestic political repression perpetrated in unison by the political branches of our government.
Starving the Feds: The Last Option to Peacefully End the Repression
Trump's militarization of immigration enforcement and "crime control" is, of course, nothing more than a smokescreen for preparing for further such political repression operations in other areas of the country under the control of elected Democrats.
Just Shut It Down
If you're a member of the United States Senate in 2025, you don't keep writing checks to the guy who's in the process of actively destroying a 250-year-old experiment in representative government.
Trump Trashes Rosie: Distraction or Opportunity?
The question right now is whether O'Donnell, who has engaged in high-profile legal battles in the past, wants to go after Trump for defamation in American courts, assuming the Supreme Court does not foreclose such an option.
On the Faithful and the Feckless
The American Republic cannot defend itself. This is especially true when members of one major political party decide to either pledge their loyalty to a would-be dictator masquerading as president or to slink away when that same tyrant-in-the-making says nasty things about them on social media.