Editorials & Other Articles

Trump's ignoring the Constitution he swore to defend and protect and ongoing destruction of American institutions just delights Putin.

I just finished reading Maddow's Prequel -- the source of her chilling podcast of the same name -- and it lists the names of prominent senators and representatives (all Republicans) who promoted Nazi philosophy and praised Hitler. The Nazis had them utilize their congressional perogatives (especially the franking privilege) to distribute their propaganda, and even provided them texts for speeches given on the House and Senate floors. The Nazis knew then -- as our adversaries do now -- that the only way to defeat the US is internally, to encourage and amplify divisions between race, class, and color.