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Category Archives: Charter 17
With Trump and Cruz, The Land of the Free Grows Harder and Colder
The Borderland
Like travelers, we are crossing a frontier into a different land, with a terrible king and ancient howling gods.
A-Change is Gonna Come: Trump and the GOP Plan to Sell The Country Off
There are people who gaze upon our shared heritage and think: we should drill here.
As bad as you thought it would be, it’s going to be worse
Democracy, the Deep State, and Trump
The CIA and NSA are equal parts venal and incompetent, and their heavy hand is inherently anti-democratic. So what happens when they meet unassailable corruption?
Confirmation Hearings Are Peak GOP Cynicism
He’s writing the real playbook
Reminder: they know that most of what they actually do is wildly unpopular
Trump, Tillerson, and Putin: A Politics of Pipelines, Power, and Ethnonationalism
Eurasian map centered around Russia. Get used to it.
The selection of Tillerson may have been haphazard, but it is exactly what Putin wants, and it is the culmination of his triumph.
Hatred Everywhere: Further Landmarks on the Road to Hell
The Presidency Doesn’t Mean Anything Anymore
Barack Obama will be the last President for whom is office is not a mostly-tainted joke.
Shooting Irrelevance 