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COMMENTARY: The Protect Our Polls Act — When Democracy Must Defend Itself Against Itself
On June 18, 2026, four Democratic senators — Elissa Slotkin, Tammy Baldwin, Alex Padilla, and Ruben Gallego — stepped in front of
EDITORIAL: ICE at the Polls, or the Art of Killing Democracy with a Federal Badge
On June 14, 2026, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin was sitting across from journalist Kasie Hunt on CNN. The question
ANALYSIS: Trump Sabotages Mail-In Voting — Democratic Dismantlement Before the 2026 Midterms
On March 31, 2026, Donald Trump signed an executive order that immediately sent a shockwave through the entire American electoral system. The
REPORT: The SAVE Database Blocked — When a Federal Judge Says No to Voter Surveillance
On June 22, 2026, Federal Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan, a Biden appointee sitting in Washington, D.C., issued a 75-page ruling that immediately
INVESTIGATION: The Creeping Coup — Gerrymandering, SAVE Act and Locking Down the 2026 Midterms
There are brutal coups, with tanks in the streets and presidents in handcuffs. And then there are creeping coups — those that
EXPLAINER: ICE's $70 Billion — Trump's Deportation Machine Funded Through 2029
On June 10, 2026, Donald Trump signed the Secure America Act — a law worth nearly $70 billion designed to fund Immigration
ANALYSIS: Trump's 250 Denaturalization Cases — When America Strips Its Own Citizenship
There is a precise, solemn moment that millions of people cherish as the turning point of their lives: the American citizenship oath.
TESTIMONY: Bondi, Patel and the Silent Destruction of the DOJ and FBI from Within
There are moments in the history of a democracy when the institutions meant to protect it become its first casualties — devoured
EXPLAINER: The $1.776 Billion Anti-Weaponization Fund and the January 6 Pardons — Rewarding the Riot
On May 18, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the creation of a fund of $1.776 billion intended to compensate those