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Aug 25
From our conversation with @RBReich: "I think people are so upset with feeling powerless that we are at a point in our nation’s history where they really do want agency."
Risks to American Democracy and Opportunities for Reform: A Conversation with Robert Reich
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Aug 25
We sat down with @RBReich - former Secretary of Labor under Clinton, and one of today's sharpest voices calling out the authoritarian drift of the #Trump era - for our series on the state of democracy. Here's what he told us:
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Aug 18
To recast the lawful administration of elections, political fundraising, protest against government abuses, and resistance by public officials as either threats to national security or actual crimes, #Trump has used claims of: - Election fraud - Domestic terrorism - Foreign
The Wrecking Ball Comes For the Midterms
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Aug 18
What happened to the Venezuelan oil money? @JonathanMaWiner reports on Trump's Two Oil Mysteries in The Washington Spectator.
Trump’s Two Oil Mysteries: Freedom Fuel and Venezuelan Crude
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Jul 15
Surely the most ironic feature of the celebration of the Declaration of Independence is that we are engaged, at the same time, in a massive expansion of the powers of the presidency. This development runs completely counter to the country’s founding principles.
John Roberts and the Unravelling of Democracy
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