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PragerU's Confederate classroom propaganda: Co-opting history to prop up modern insurrectionists ( www.salon.com )

It’s ironic that the team at PragerU hates communism so much since they produce dishonest agitprop that rivals anything the Soviet Union’s most shameless propagandists produced. The “curriculum” — a word that really overrates what’s now being used as educational materials in public schools in Florida and Oklahoma —...

[Opinion] Trump's plans to become a dictator: It's time to get real about Project 2025 - Chauncey DeVega - Salon ( www.salon.com )

Donald Trump is a dictator in waiting. Like other dictators, he is threatening to put his "enemies" in prison – and to do even worse things to them. These are not idle threats or empty acts of ideation: Donald Trump is a violent man who is a proven enemy of democracy and freedom....

[News Analysis] GOP waging a "coordinated national effort to undermine American elections," says leading official ( www.salon.com )

Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, a Democrat viewed as a national leader in voting rights, has received 67 death threats and over 900 threats of online abuse within just three weeks, according to a system used by her office that tracks harassment and threats against election workers....

"Sounds like Rudy flipped": Giuliani evades Jan. 6 target letter after meeting with prosecutors ( www.salon.com )

Former President Donald Trump received a target letter from special counsel Jack Smith in the January 6 investigation but his former attorney, ex-New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, evaded a similar fate after meeting with prosecutors....

"War on Mexico": Republicans ramp up calls for military action as they blast Democrats as warmongers ( www.salon.com )

Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Wednesday that the Democrats are going to drag the country into a full-scale war to “unite the country behind Biden.” The Republican said it would “be horrific” and would infuriate the country “but make no mistake, they want war.” Donald...

[News] “Dark” right-wing network recruits MAGA “army” to replace 50K federal workers Trump plans to purge ( www.salon.com )

A network of conservative groups is gearing up for the potential reelection of Donald Trump, actively enlisting an "army" of Americans to come to Washington with a mission to disassemble the federal government and substitute it with a vision that aligns more closely with their own beliefs and ideas, according to The Associated...

Hey, Republicans! It's Trump who "criminalized politics," by turning the GOP into a two-bit mafia ( www.salon.com )

It’s true that the list of 19 names Willis read out Monday night — "Jenna Ellis, “Sidney Powell,” “Robert Cheeley” — sounded more like the membership roster at a tony suburban golf club than like characters on “The Sopranos.” DeSantis and Giuliani are clearly leaning into stereotypes that frame “organized...

[News & Opinion] "Already an embarrassment": Legal experts shred Judge Aileen Cannon for granting Trump "delay" ( www.salon.com )

The federal judge presiding over Donald Trump's classified documents case on Friday temporarily paused a series of significant pre-trial deadlines pertaining to prosecutors' sharing of sensitive materials that the former president is entitled to while building his defense, The Messenger reports....

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