Plus, why promoting democracy overseas isn't working, and more...

 
Thursday
August 12, 2021
Donald’s Plot Against America
Now, he and his GOP enablers are peddling the Second Big Lie: that January 6 was just legitimate protest. It’s the crucial ingredient in convincing America to return them—and him—to power.
by Mary L. Trump
 
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It’s tragic to watch the Taliban on the march. But the one unalterable truth we’ve learned is that we can’t create a nation out of gestures and statements.
by Walter Shapiro
 
Voting down the country’s best shot at climate legislation because you’re worried about inflation is pretty twisted.
by Kate Aronoff
 
Biden is convening a Summit for Democracy among friendly nations in December. It will only make China and Russia more hostile.
by Jordan Michael Smith
 
The state is making a breathtakingly cynical demand that the high court strip Native Americans of protections they were granted only last year.
by Matt Ford
 

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