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Five Forces Driving the Rise of Fascism in 2019
The forces driving fascism are strong. We have to be stronger.
NRA May Have Illegally Coordinated With GOP Senate Campaigns
At least two Republican Senate candidates -- including one who was elected -- apparently got illegal help from NRA.
Trump Is Building a Great Case for His Own Impeachment
If this thing drags on, the shutdown itself will become an absolute justification for impeachment.
In Mueller Probe, the Bodies Are Washing Up on the Beach
A redaction error reveals Paul Manafort's Russian collusion, and a mystery company fights Robert Mueller's subpoena.
Partisan Gerrymandering Back at the Supreme Court
Will the justices finally curb the practice of using control of redistricting to rig electoral maps?
Trump Writes Sad Ballads as the New House Majority Arrives
What a perfectly ridiculous way to ring in a new year.
What Fresh Hell in 2019? Your Guess Is as Good as Mine.
We have the power to tilt this sad, strange world ever so slightly on its axis.
In 2019, Let’s Resolve to Organize With Love in the Face of Apocalypse
Love shows us what to move toward to both free and protect what we so deeply care about.
The GOP Will Keep Developing New Ways to Subvert Public Will
Writer and activist Paul Rosenberg discusses Republicans' post-election power grabs.
Trump’s Policy of Chaos Sends US Spiraling Toward Shutdown
Bedlam is the policy, confusion is the goal and attention is the byproduct.