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Category: Election 2026

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It’s the Power, Stupid: Dancing in the Dark, Part 4

by Mark Medish & Joel McCleary | Aug 17, 2026 | Election 2026

The principle [of emergency power] lies about like a loaded weapon, ready for the hand of any authority that can bring forward a plausible claim of an urgent need. —Justice Robert H. Jackson, dissenting in Korematsu v. United States (1944) The president will do it. The predicate is being laid perfectly” [referring to President Trump’s […]

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The Wrecking Ball Comes For the Midterms

by Jonathan M. Winer | Aug 4, 2026 | Election 2026, National Security

Last October, I wrote in The Washington Spectator that the Trump administration was constructing an integrated system to constrain voting and criminalize political opposition. Claims of election fraud, domestic terrorism, foreign financing and organized political violence were being used broadly to recast the lawful administration of elections, political fundraising, protest against government abuses, and resistance […]

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Bad Faith Documentary

Bad Faith 2026. Christian nationalism in power. "A great and powerful and timely film" says Ken Burns. Host a community screening. Click here to contact us.

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