Politics The Democracy Papers Nineteen There’s no version of this fight where we sit it out and still win. We're already in the line of fire. And if we are to survive it, we have to become the steel that reshapes the nation.
Politics The Democracy Papers Eighteen We told ourselves the system would hold. That democracy had guardrails. That if things got bad, rules would kick in and stop them from getting worse. But rules don’t enforce themselves. Not that bad guys care about rules anyway.
Government The Democracy Papers: Paper Seventeen Silence will not save you. It will not save your children. It will not save your rights. It will only ensure that those in power act without resistance, without consequence, without fear.
Government The Democracy Papers: Paper Sixteen Don't Be Afraid. America has always been a nation of fighters. The resilience of its people is woven into its very foundation and has been tested in every generation by those who sought to dismantle its promise.
Government The Democracy Papers: Paper Fourteen Valentine's Day Massacre The Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE, under Elon Musk’s leadership, has taken a chainsaw to the federal workforce, eviscerating agencies under the guise of "efficiency."
Government The Democracy Papers: Paper Thirteen A Hostile Government Takeover What happens when powerful elites don’t just influence the federal government but seize it outright? Not to govern, not to serve but to dismantle it piece by fucking piece.
Government The Democracy Papers: Paper Twelve A Republic on the Brink. When a government turns against its own people, when it seeks to strip away the institutions meant to serve them, when it consolidates power into the hands of the few at the direct expense of the many, what do we call that?
Government The Democracy Papers: Paper Eleven This paper was meant to be about our role in a global economy and the dangers a disunited America would face by allowing billionaires, corporations and their lobbyists to control the economy. The reality, however, is so much worse than our Founders could have imagined.
Politics The Democracy Papers: Paper Seven Today we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who dreamed of a nation united by justice, equality and shared prosperity.
Politics The Democracy Papers: Why We’re Doing This We need to talk about democracy It’s messy, complicated, and, let’s be real, it feels like it’s on life support right now.
