Senate Democrats’ surrender on the shutdown deepens a crisis of moral leadership.
The GOP’s alliance with authoritarians like Orbán and Putin reveals its contempt for democracy.
The fight to defend rights—from voting to equality—now depends on citizens, not institutions.
In their Veterans Day conversation, Susan and Edwin draw a direct line between Trump’s lawless power and the fragility of American democracy. Pardoning coup plotters while flirting with commutations for predators like Ghislaine Maxwell and election deniers like Rudy Giuliani exposes a governing ethic of cruelty and self-preservation.
The outrage only sharpens as Senate Democrats cave on the shutdown, rewarding the very forces that hold Americans hostage. From ICE terror in Chicago to the Supreme Court’s slow dismantling of voting rights, they argue the assault on freedom is coordinated and deliberate. Yet amid despair, they insist the coalition that marched, voted, and protested still holds the power to resist.
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