Tag: Executive Power
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Building a Permanent Guard in DC
Our national capital has what appears to be a permanent occupying force.
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Trump Nepo Government
Would-be kings assemble royal courts and hand out titles to family and friends.
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National Guard Detains Veteran
Troops trained for combat, stationed in neighborhoods, produce exactly this.
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Ballot Emergency?
The emergency appears to be that too many people might vote in a way the leader does not like.
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Trump Confession
A government that funds its friends and defunds its opponents is using public money as an instrument of loyalty.
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Trump Sells Wall Street Faster Access
The president is selling a subscription service to milliseconds of access.
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Trump Sowing Vote Doubt
It’s easy to see what appears to be the aim of the speech. Leaders in autocracies like Hungary and Venezuela spread doubt about elections they feared losing, then cited that doubt to reject the results. Our midterm elections are coming up in November. The doubt is being sown now.
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Trump Blacklist
On his first day in office, the president signed an order that purported to end federal censorship. A government blacklist now punishes journalists for telling the truth.
