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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.

In a North Carolina lawsuit challenging the Republican gerrymandering of congressional district map, lawyers discovered links to the Trump Administration effort to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census.

Remind them that many of the most popular US programs were once called “socialist.”

Reader Comments: Immigration and Borders; Wisconsin GOP Attempt Coup; Books About Food; George H.W. Bush; 2018 elections; Impeachment Dilemma; Fighting GM Closings; Break Up Facebook, and ...; Marc Lamont Hill; Lots of Resources and Announcements;

"Apparently, neither Saudi Arabia's brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi nor its mid-summer bombing of a school bus packed full of children were enough to break the ice surrounding House Majority Leader Paul Ryan's heart."

Donald Trump’s appeal to racial resentment worked better than it should have. The results from Tuesday suggest that his strategy might have been an effective one, even if it promises to destroy the country’s social cohesion.