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Federal judge stops Texas’ abortion vigilante law after dismantling it in written opinion
Robert Pitman is your new favorite person.
Merrick Garland thinks he’s being neutral in the face of Trump’s crimes. He’s wrong. He’s being complicit. Make him know it
We are not facing a “full-blown constitutional crisis.”
How the right wing uses the Constitution and the Supreme Court to squeeze liberty out of Americans they don’t like
The right to harass, intimidate and threaten whomever they want.
After one big failed coup, the GOP has regrouped to launch countless mini-insurrections
The right wing has cynically declared war on easy targets like teachers and nurses in the hopes they will quit out of fear or frustration.
Your neighborhood sociologist: You are not an algorithm
It’s time to “disrupt your feed.”
They are not peaceful protesters. They are death-threat squads. The US attorney general is absolutely right. He must act
Don’t let the Republicans con you.
The GOP told the biggest business lobby it’s time to choose: business or politics
The US Chamber of Commerce chose politics.
The state of our bail system is so corrupt you don’t need to be convicted to lose your rights — or face a death sentence
How can we claim people are innocent until proven guilty?