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Revelations by the House Select Committee risk drawing attention away from GOP legislators who aided and abetted a failed coup
January 6 was one part of a coup attempt planned out in the open. Its procedural component was widely reported in the weeks beforehand.
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What would John Dewey think of today’s ‘education reform’?
He believed the function of school was not to turn out students as quality products, but to cultivate individual creativity and, most importantly, incubate citizens capable of life-long learning.
Why do the storytellers whitewash Fox even when Fox becomes the story?
Three Fox hosts contacted Mark Meadows during the 1/6 insurrection. Jeremy Littau thinks that should change how the press does news.
Will the Democrats learn? When you think you’re winning against bullshit, you’re actually losing
On covid, the Republicans are swiftboating Biden.
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We’re deep into a cycle of political time that began with Ronald Reagan. It’s stinking and corrupt. When will it break?
Elizabeth F. Cohen: “Immigration is always a good litmus test.”
The president’s low approval is democracy working. Voters are holding him accountable
The problem is a Republican Party that’s not promising to do more to fight the covid pandemic. It’s promising to do less.
Cheney hints at criminal charges for Trump in panel vote to hold Mark Meadows in contempt
But perhaps the biggest news was that the vote was televised.
If last week’s carve-out to the filibuster rule can be done to raise the debt ceiling, it can be done to save democracy, too
Anoa Changa: the point of no return is fast approaching.