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The Erosion of the Guardrails: A Comparative Historical Analysis of the Rise of National Socialism and the Trump Presidency I. Introduction: The Fragility of Democratic Experiments The comparative analysis of the rise of Adolf Hitler in Weimar Germany...

In April 2022, US authorities extradited Juan Orlando Hernández from Honduras to stand trial for running a violent drug trafficking conspiracy and helping to smuggle hundreds of tons of cocaine to the US. In 2024, he was convicted by a New York jury...

Shocking as this moment is, none of us should pretend we weren’t warned. When Donald Trump installed Pete Hegseth — a television provocateur whose public record is soaked in belligerence, booze, and culture-war performance — as America’s Defense...

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Yesterday was probably, politically and spiritually, the darkest Thanksgiving for our nation in our lifetimes. So how about a quick story out of America’s earliest history that eerily echoes this moment and may give us some hope? Donald Trump has told...

It was funny, in hindsight, seeing how excited Republicans were before the meeting between President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.� “Mamdani is acting like he is the ...

The Trump administration may turn to an obscure data-sharing network for access. By Jonathan Shorman �for Stateline The Trump administration wants access to state driver’s license data on ...

Crossposted from The Journal of Uncharted Blue Places You can also catch me at meteorblades.bsky.social In a devastating new report —Trump, Crypto, and a New Age of Corruption — the House Judiciary Committee staff paints a portrait of a presidency...

In this story we will briefly explore why originalism is complete BS. [At the end we will hear from Sir Matthew Hale, creator of the ‘marital rape exemption’ 350 years ago, who was cited in the Dobbs decision. Stayed tuned.] Originalist theory asserts...

No end to tacky with Mango Mussolini US president Donald Trump fired the six remaining members of independent federal agency the Commission of Fine Arts, a group of architects and urban planners meant to review projects such as the planned triumphal...