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SCOTUS Must Be Weakened to Safeguard Democracy, Says Legal Scholar
Legal scholar Samuel Moyn says the U.S. was founded on minority rule and SCOTUS has long been a part of that picture.
Protests at Amy Coney Barrett Hearing Rail Against GOP Power Grab
At least 21 were arrested after staging a sit-in to oppose the Senate pushing through Barrett’s nomination.
Noam Chomsky: Trump Is Willing to Dismantle Democracy to Hold On to Power
The fact that Trump’s coup threat is even being discussed shows how effectively he has undermined formal democracy.
Trump’s Tax Returns Reflect Undue Privileges Given to Real Estate in Tax Code
The ongoing defunding of federal tax enforcement will further enable the shenanigans of wealthy folks like Donald Trump.
FBI Charges Men Involved in Whitmer Kidnapping Plot With Domestic Terrorism
Local Democrats have been warning for months about the threat posed by far right extremists.
Rev. William Barber: Republicans Can’t Win Without Voter Suppression
Barber says that voter suppression efforts ahead of the election amount to “surgical racism with surgical precision.”
City Apologizes 41 Years After Cops Allowed Klan, Nazis to Kill Anti-Racists
Forty-one years ago, Klansmen and American Nazis killed five anti-racist activists in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Trump Fans Flames of COVID-19 Misinformation Effort After Hospital Exit
Shocking medical experts, President Trump has returned to the White House while still infected with the coronavirus.
Breonna Taylor’s Family Demands a Special Prosecutor to Reopen Case
This comes as newly released grand jury tapes confirm the state's attorney general did not pursue full charges.
Amy Coney Barrett Would Ensure an Anti-Worker Supreme Court
The potential for mass strikes and FDR's threat to pack the Supreme Court helped to protect key labor law.