J.D. Vance
See It Now: The Miseducation of J.D. Vance
He studied the Constitution. Now he’s undermining it—for power, not ignorance. J.D. Vance knows he’s lying. The mask is ambition, not belief.
Writing in the spirit of Edward R. Murrow—offering principled, historical commentary on democracy, media, and truth in a time of noise, distortion, and decay.
J.D. Vance
He studied the Constitution. Now he’s undermining it—for power, not ignorance. J.D. Vance knows he’s lying. The mask is ambition, not belief.
Stephen Miller
As courts prepare to rule on Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act, this article explores how the administration uses Stephen Miller to deflect legal responsibility and test extreme claims in public.
habeas corpus
Stephen Miller’s call to suspend habeas corpus in response to immigration is not constitutional, not historical, and not acceptable. The rule of law is not optional.
SupremeCourt
The Supreme Court must decide if the Privacy Act still protects Americans—or if political appointees can seize Social Security data under the guise of efficiency. This isn’t modernization. It’s surveillance—and it may soon be irreversible.
DataPrivacy
A quiet revolution in American surveillance is underway—not by law, but by unchecked access. Whistleblowers are being silenced. Data is being centralized. And the question is no longer if it will be misused, but when.
McCarthyism
I remember what a real witch hunt looked like. Guilt without proof. Loyalty oaths. Lives destroyed for dissent. It’s happening again—with better tools.
DueProcess
A president shrugs at due process. Migrants vanish without hearings. A reporter remembers when this happened before—and what it cost the country.
Democracy
The real coup is quiet. As the FEC shuts down and oversight fades, democracy erodes not by force, but by vacancy.
American Politics
Once, they warned us. Now, they enable him. JD Vance and Marco Rubio traded conviction for proximity to power. This is not strategy—it’s surrender. And America is paying the price.
News
Across oceans, two strongmen use the same script. One rules with silence, the other with noise. Both blur truth into theater—and both test the limits of what we’ll believe.
News
In Moscow and Washington, young spokeswomen become the fresh-faced front for authoritarian decay. This post unpacks how political theater is replacing public truth, and why democracy cannot survive the performance.