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Trump Is Losing His Grip — And Republicans Can Feel It
Not rebellion. Not yet. But the incentives are changing—and Republicans are beginning to act like it.
Graham Baughman
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From Riot to Reward: A Payday for Trump’s “Very Fine People”
From pardons to payouts, a new federal fund could turn political loyalty—and violence—into financial reward
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The White House Is Turning Ideology Into a Security Threat
How a new counterterrorism strategy shifts from policing violence to policing belief—and follows the logic of competitive authoritarianism
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The Myth of Colorblindness at the Supreme Court
How the Court protects inequality by refusing to see it
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Liberty Briefs: If MAGA Is an Existential Threat, Act Like It
This Is Not the Time for Purity Tests
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Private Profits, Public Pain — The Logic of the Trump Economy
Why Trump’s economic chaos is working exactly as intended
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I’ll Tone Down My Rhetoric the Second Trump Does
The right’s cavernous silence on the stochastic violence of the inciter‑in‑chief
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The MAGA Playbook for Undermining Elections
How voter suppression, federal overreach, and legal intimidation are converging ahead of 2026 and 2028
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MAGA’s Quiet Embrace of Warrantless Surveillance
Section 702 and the unresolved danger of warrantless searches
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Liberty Briefs: Inside ICE and CBP’s Growing Threat to Civil Liberties
Liberty Briefs is a new series of brief, shareable essays on topics core to the pro-democracy mission of Liberty’s Lens. These pieces are always free to read, and readers are encouraged to share them widely—whether here on Substack or copied into other formats where personal text travels
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So, Trump is Unfit. What Now?
What comes next when removal is unlikely
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Are you on the Trump regime’s domestic terror watch list?
An editor’s essay on dissent, surveillance, and NSPM‑7