With one fell swing, Donald Trump has ideologically axed the American political establishment. The recent government shutdown in the United States bigly highlighted the growing fracture in our political system, whether through attacks on SNAP benefits or simply flight safety. Although the shutdown has ceased, its effects are certainly to be felt by Americans  going into the holiday season. We are at a crucial juncture in the United States’ national story. Populism has surged

For the Senate Judiciary Committee to work, there must be a gap between the requisite information and the Senate’s ultimate decision. The committee should have a concentrated body of senators to discover information about a candidate to make a just decision. Pam Bondi’s recent hearing  would need to reveal something the Senate did not already know, and that new knowledge would have to play a decisive role in the political judgment.  As expected, this did not occur. Instead, w

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