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For years, the boundaries of American politics had felt fixed, even settled. But now they are falling.
Ezra Klein • Abundance
Matt Rutherford
@mattr
But that is the situation. A power-mad president possessed of radical theories of executive authority and convinced of his own royal prerogative has given de facto control of most of the federal government to one of the richest men on the planet, if not the richest, whose own interests are tangled up in those of rival governments and foreign autocr... See more
Opinion | There Is No Going Back
Clay Hebert
@clayhebert
Bagley suggested, were two very real concerns: legitimacy and accountability. How can a government as powerful and vast as that of the United States maintain legitimacy? How could it maintain accountability to citizens?
Ezra Klein • Abundance
What was Trump? A fascist? A white nationalist? A malignant narcissist? A conservative with very bad manners? Once he became president, his only legislative achievement—a huge tax cut that heavily favored the rich and corporations—fit right in with Republican orthodoxy. His court appointments were friendly to business interests and also to religiou
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Progress Report | Jordan Zakarin | Substack
progressreport.newsCory Maran
@corym