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Joshua Holland
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Unlike Republicans, Democrats don’t have deep ideological divides. The conflict has endured because it’s wrapped up in identity.
It’s easy to understand the appeal of simply adding two (or four or six) liberal justices. But that’s just one potential reform, and this is a moment when all options should be on the table.
Impunity always breeds more lawlessness, and there’s plenty of evidence that Trump plans to continue to act without regard for the law.
During his confirmation hearing, Attorney General William Barr vowed to be as transparent as he could. He hasn’t kept his word.
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None of the people decrying the lack of manners in American politics has batted an eye over the truly outrageous charges of “infanticide.”
No human being on Earth has done more to keep the Trump-Russia narrative in the news than Donald Trump.
Backlash is inevitable. So Democrats should be bold.
In other countries, locking out hundreds of thousands of public servants would lead to strikes. But not here.
Trump doesn’t want to fold because it would bruise his ego; Democrats can’t fold without undermining the separation of powers for the remainder of Trump’s presidency.
If Democrats enjoyed the same structural advantages as Republicans, Tuesday’s vote would have been a tsunami.
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