Greg Abbott has consolidated power like none before him. Introduction Days after being elected Texas governor in...
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Too many federal officials are overseeing policies where they have a direct financial interest. Between the legislative effort to...
The two-term governor’s donors enjoy access, political appointments, and a chance to bend his ear. By Patrick...
Rather than cover their bad behavior with a veneer of hypocrisy, they revel in it. Introduction There...
They’re for free and fair elections — unless they lose. To hear Democrats and left-leaning pundits tell...
“This is an order of magnitude we have never seen before.” Ralph Nader, the legendary consumer advocate and...
In a recent campaign video, U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican from Georgia, likened Democrats to destructive...
The level of civility in political discourse has reached a new low. Introduction When former Vice President...
The GOP has swindled $50 trillion out of the American working class and given it to the...
A world in which people change their minds as they deny they are doing it. After Jefferson...
Outgoing presidents of both parties used to place a high priority on helping the next president in...
Senate Republicans tanked a bill that would have required dark money groups to disclose their donors and...
“It’s a snake eating its tail at this point.” Republican candidates have questioned the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential...
Republicans are pushing to regain control of the chamber to frustrate Biden’s agenda. By Ali Harb Americans...
Conspiracy theorists subverting elections in several states could doom the whole republic. Some states are comparatively isolated...
There have been numerous reported incidents of poll workers being threatened, harassed or assaulted by Trump supporters....
Introduction The 2016 U.S. election was a wake-up call about the dangers of political misinformation on social...
As of September 2022, Donald Trump has been credibly accused of committing at least 55 criminal offenses...
The decision is solely up to the U.S. Attorney General, Merrick Garland. Thursday’s final hearing of the January...
“You can’t be a party of law and order and call the people who attacked the police...
The conspiracy has continued to gain supporters and mainstream publicity through viral campaigns. Introduction QAnon is a...
Researching the role of ideology as justification in mass violence. Since the start of the twentieth century,...
There are dozens of these groups on both sides of the Atlantic with martial names drawn from...
There are genuine political disagreements, and then there are time-worn strategies for selling denial to the public....
His ramblings make it clear that he has neither the temperament nor character to become a senator....
They are trying to put one over on those independent voters they need to win. As early...
The fact that election deniers around the country are running for office is just part of Trump’s...
Voters in some states are facing new barriers as they cast ballots in the midterms. Introduction As...
Multiple states have moved since 2020 to impose more harsh voting restrictions. The first gutting of the...
Why are so many people now embracing demagogues around the world? Voters in Sweden this month gave a...