Politics

Associating far-right ideas with the margins of society ignores how mainstream politicians have normalized such politics

The Unite the Kingdom march was the climax of operation raise the colours

Raise the colours contributed to an emboldening of the far right

There were acts of vandalism against mosques and ethnic food restaurants as well as racist graffiti

Keir Starmer's pledge to lead the progressive fightback is long overdue

Starmer must abandon his failed strategy of chasing the Reform vote in favor of a bolder more hopeful narrative

Starmer has helped embolden the politics he claims to oppose

Starmer's speech comes after Britain's largest ever far-right mobilization

The Freedom to Vote Act had a program to give block grants to states to fund campaigns.

The money is golden handcuffs.

Do a lot of work to build support to get the court to end super PACs.

Apply real conflict of interest in this case.

Democratic Party organizations would have to rewire and 99% of nonprofit organizations would have to rewire to be less reliant on billionaires.

Progressive organizations in Maine were told super funders would back out if they passed the initiative.

In the Democratic primary the party ought to adopt a rule that no candidate will accept and will actively block support from super PACs.

Seattle experimented with a voucher program to fund campaigns and Oakland and LA are considering it which would change the attention members of Congress give to the wealthy.

The courts are stuck and Lessig does not know where we go.

Donald Trump does not have a clue about the constitutional order.

Nixon had a deep respect for the integrity of the American legal constitutional order.

The interviewer asked Berger what he would have done if Nixon had said no.