How Trump Screwed Rural Americans to Help Musk Become a Trillionaire
Trump’s rewrite of rural broadband rules helped Musk steer public money toward Starlink to strengthen SpaceX and screw rural Americans.
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admin Stopping Trump’s Rolling Coup
A fictional but plausible dispatch from 2027 shows why Trump’s rolling coup against the midterms will likely fail.
As Threat Level Reaches “Highest It’s Ever Been,” Trump Sidelines Key Counterterror Program
Trump's refusal to reauthorize FISA Section 702 unless it’s linked to a voter suppression bill leaves America vulnerable to terrorist…
How to Contain the Oligarchs
Rule by the rich looks inevitable, but it’s not. From ancient Greece to New Deal America, democracies have found ways…
The Myth of the “Independent Creator”
Much like the economy at large, the platforms like Substack operate on superstar economics, favoring big players over independent creators.
The Exiles Who Sold Trump’s Wars
Iranian and Venezuelan émigré networks made the case for U.S. intervention. Then President Trump cut them loose.
The Power of Vote at Home
Voter turnout under California’s vote-at-home system was off-the-charts. That’s a far more important story than waiting a week for results.
Trump’s Dangerous Litmus Test for NIH Grants
A new OMB proposal stipulates that every federal research grant adhere to administration ideology, mixing science with political preference.
Are the Elderly Holding America Back?
Samuel Moyn’s Gerontocracy in America treats old age as the central crisis of modern politics. The framing obscures more than…
Remember When We Used to Take World War III Seriously?
In the 1980s, serious people feared World War III. Today, our slouch toward World War III is being orchestrated by…