Dispatches From the Culture Wars – August 26, 2025
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A busy summer
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Friday Nite Videos | June 23, 2023
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'Elect Clowns, Expect a Circus.' The Case for a 4-Day Work Week | Juliet Schor. Republican Grifting Exposed, Chief Justice John Roberts Confronted. 'Re-Indicted' - A Parody | Emma's Revolution. Former Cop's 'My Girlfriend Stole My Car' Excuse.
Republican Grifting Exposed, Chief Justice John Roberts Confronted
The high stakes in the widening Supreme Court scandal and Chief Justice John Robert's failure to fulfill his obligation to address it.
John Roberts’s Long Game
The Atlantic
Is this the end of the Voting Rights Act?
Donald Trump’s Fight to Hide His Tax Returns Has Failed - Supreme Court Set the Course - Trump Has No Immunity
Slate
Bad news for the president. Less than one month before some Americans begin voting, a New York grand jury is poised to see documents that may prove Trump to be the head of a criminal enterprise. He can blame John Roberts.
How Far Will Republicans Go to Destroy Democracy? And Can They Still Be Stopped?
Salon
Do Republicans value democracy or the rule of law? The answer is clear, but there's still time to fight back. Our political system could be in peril. Democracy probably cannot survive if one of two major political parties is indifferent to its fate.
books
Give Us the Ballot
Barnes & Noble Review
The Voting Rights Act (VRA), passed by Congress in July, 1965 and signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson fifty years ago this month, has had a storied history. This basic achievement of the Civil Rights Movement has also seen conservatives, including long-time anti VRA campaigner and now U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts, fight it tooth and nail. Ari Berman tells this story, in a book Michael O'Donnell calls both a "depressing" and a "galvanizing" read.
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