Authoritarianism
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The 2026 U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy redefines who counts as a terrorist. The implications should unsettle every American. On May 2026, the White House released its new United States Counterterrorism Strategy. It is sixteen pages long and written in the language of strength and security. Buried inside its rhetoric of protecting Americans is a framework that…
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On March 25, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order 14248, ‘Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections.’ It’s eleven sections of dense legalese wrapped in the language of fraud prevention and election security. If you read it quickly, it might even sound reasonable. That’s the point. Because what this order actually constructs is an…
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Pam Bondi didn’t show up to seek justice for Epstein’s survivors today. She showed up to protect the powerful, smear a Holocaust victim’s granddaughter, and play to an audience of one: Donald Trump.
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An ICU nurse, legal gun owner, and peaceful protester, Alex Pretti, did everything this country says it values. The state killed him for it. His execution by federal agents in Minneapolis is not an aberration; it is the logical outcome of an administration that has turned a deportation force into a domestic army and is…