Category: Politics
Fascism is not Patriotism
by Mark Green | Apr 16, 2024 | PoliticsApril 19, 2025. WASHINGTON (AP)—At the direction of Donald Trump, forty-seventh president of the United States, Attorney General Ken Paxton yesterday sent teams of FBI agents to the residences of General Mark Milley, Eric Holder and Hillary Clinton. Knocking on their doors at precisely 9 a.m., the lead agents identically told each of their targets, […]
Dancing in the Dark, Part 2: The Paradoxical Risk of Senate Filibuster Reform
by Mark Medish & Joel McCleary | Apr 1, 2024 | Election 2024One reform proposal that many progressives curiously have in common with the presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is their call for an end to the Senate filibuster. The prospect of quicker passage, or any passage, of popular legislation is alluring for self-evident reasons. Yet in view of Trump’s aggressive plans for radical policy and […]
Hit ‘em Where It Hurts: Rachel Bitecofer on How to Stop Trump, MAGA — and Save Democracy
by Art Levine | Mar 15, 2024 | Election 2024Despite a surprisingly good showing by many Democrats in 2022 and recent special elections — due in part to the backlash against the Supreme Court’s 2022 abortion ruling and extremist GOP candidates — there are good reasons to fear the very real possibility of a Trump victory in November. Just look at Trump’s lead in […]
Project 2025: The Latest Plot Against America
by Anne Nelson | Mar 13, 2024 | Election 2024“Project 2025” has been winning an increasing amount of attention in its own right, but it’s actually the opening salvo of “The 2025 Presidential Transition Project.” This comprehensive playbook was produced under the auspices of the Heritage Foundation and supported by over 100 partner organizations. Officially titled “Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise,” its perverse […]
What If We Gave an Election and Everyone Came? Time to Think about Universal Voting
by Miles Rapoport | Feb 27, 2024 | Election 2024Among people who care about protecting and improving American democracy, there is deep concern about the low rates of electoral participation in the United States. As the world’s oldest democracy, turnout rates in the United States are pitiful. In the 2020 Presidential election, democracy advocates celebrated the record-breaking turnout of 169 million people, or 66% […]