Notes to My Future Self
by Brad Rourke
Shining a light on the things we will want to remember when we wonder what happened.
THE RECORD
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Armed Agents at the Polls
The upcoming midterm elections, who gets to vote in them, and how they are conducted, are shaping up to be one of the most important battles for the future of our democracy.
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Trump Arch to Have Snipers
Who are these snipers supposed to protect Washington from?
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Press Banned From the White House
We may well look back on these press attacks as yet another step in our vanishing democracy.
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Kennedy Center 30-Day Demolition Warning
“If we don’t do that,” he said, “it’s going to close. It’ll end up being ripped down.”
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Abortion Battle’s New Front
The battle over abortion has reached the fight over our water supply.
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The Trump Loyalty Question
More than 140 years after the Pendleton Act began dismantling the spoils system, nurses and firefighters applying for federal jobs are facing “loyalty tests,” being asked how they will help advance the president’ priorities.
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ICE Brings Batons to Suburbs
We are now watching where they go next.
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Armed Man Rushes Candidate
Political violence does not have to succeed to erode a democracy. It needs only become ever more ordinary.
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Sand in the Gears
You do not have to do everything. Pick one thing. Then do it. Be sand in the gears.
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Trump’s $5 Billion Threat
Authoritarianism does not always only silence the critic. Sometimes it teaches everyone else to lower their voice.
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Trump vs Ballot Envelope
Why, one wonders, does the administration want the Postal Service deciding which envelopes carry a vote?
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Career Soldiers Want Out
When the people who have served longest start asking to leave on moral grounds, one may well ask: what are they seeing that is causing this?
