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Democracy is not a state: It is an act that requires each generation to do its part

Democracy is not a state: It is an act that requires each generation to do its part

Posted by | Jan 6, 2022

On January 6, insurrectionists trying to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election stormed the U.S. Capitol and sent our lawmakers into hiding. Since President Joe Biden took office on January 20, just two weeks after the attack, we have been engaged in a great struggle between those trying to restore our democracy and those determined to undermine it. Biden committed to restoring our democracy after the strains it had endured. When he took office, we were in the midst of a global pandemic whose official death toll in the U.S. was at 407,000. Our economy was in...

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None Dare Call It Treason: Why co-conspirators in Trump’s Capitol attack are still serving in Congress

None Dare Call It Treason: Why co-conspirators in Trump’s Capitol attack are still serving in Congress

Posted by | Jan 5, 2022

January 6 will be the first anniversary one of the most shameful days in American history. On that date in 2021, the United States Capitol was attacked by thousands of armed loyalists to Donald Trump, some intent on killing members of Congress. About 140 officers were injured. Five people died. Even now, a year later, Americans remain confused and divided about the significance of what occurred. Let me offer four basic truths: 1. Trump incited the attack on the Capitol For weeks before the attack, Trump urged supporters to come to Washington for a “Save America March” on 6...

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Minority Rule: Trump Republicans do not need to form their own country since they can dominate this one

Minority Rule: Trump Republicans do not need to form their own country since they can dominate this one

Posted by | Jan 5, 2022

One year after Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol in Washington DC, the hard right, anti-democracy faction of the Republican base that led the attack threatens to overtake the party for the long term. This hard-right faction, loyal to former President Trump, minimizes, or supports, the violent storming of the Capitol on January 6. They have worked to systemically undermine America’s democracy in the months following the attack by installing into positions of power loyal proponents of Trump’s Big Lie and by passing a flurry of voter suppression bills. The few Republicans who oppose Trump or acknowledge the wrong...

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Big lie, big anger, and big money: The War on Democracy that Congress faces after a holiday break

Big lie, big anger, and big money: The War on Democracy that Congress faces after a holiday break

Posted by | Jan 4, 2022

With the Senate adjourned for the holidays and Joe Biden’s Build Back Better social and climate package stalled, the president’s remaining agenda is at the mercy of the 2022 midterm election year. So the practical question is: what should be his, and the first priority of Democrats, when Congress returns in January? Biden obviously wants to get his spending package passed. But swift action on voting rights is essential. Republican state legislatures will soon begin drawing partisan congressional maps that federal legislation would outlaw. Several states have already changed election laws in ways making it harder for people in...

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Disgraced ex-president plans to reiterate false claims on anniversary of deadly January 6 attack

Disgraced ex-president plans to reiterate false claims on anniversary of deadly January 6 attack

Posted by | Jan 4, 2022

Ex-President Donald Trump has said he will hold a news conference on January 6, on the first anniversary of the deadly riots that attacked the Capitol to protest his electoral loss, repeating unfounded claims about election fraud. With a congressional panel investigating the riots seeking answers from several of his associates, a defiant Trump slammed the committee on Tuesday, calling the attack on the Capitol a “completely unarmed protest of the rigged election.” Trump’s supporters had violently breached the Capitol on January 6 to prevent the certification of President Joe Biden’s victory, halting procedures and sending lawmakers into hiding....

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Opportunism and Cowardice: Why Republican falsehoods were designed to destroy democracy

Opportunism and Cowardice: Why Republican falsehoods were designed to destroy democracy

Posted by | Jan 4, 2022

At hand is a plot to destroy American democracy from within. Its organizers have infiltrated the highest echelons of state and federal government, and have instigated and condoned acts of violence directed against our elected officials. This might sound far-fetched. But the threat is real and the seditious group is none other than the Republican party. Its target is the 2024 presidential election. A year ago, Donald Trump limped from the White House a badly discredited figure, roundly condemned for having instigated a shocking attack against a coordinate branch of government. The January 6th insurrection seemed like a wake-up...

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