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Guillermo Trejo on Accountability, Impunity, and the Fate of New Democracies
Guillermo Trejo is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame and Director of the Violence and Transitional Justice Lab at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies. His latest book (coauthored with Lucía Tiscornia and Juan Albarracín) is Accountability Shock: Why Transitional Justice Prevents Criminal Wars in New Democracies. The Democracy Paradox is made in partnership with…Read More
Republican Scheme To Rig Midterm Elections Blocked In Alabama And South Carolina
Republican efforts to rig the 2026 midterm elections by further gerrymandering House districts at the behest of President Donald Trump were dealt two massive blows on Tuesday.In Alabama, a panel of three federal judges—two of whom were appointed by Trump—blocked the state from using a map that would eliminate one of the state’s two majority-Black districts. The panel ruled that…Read More
Trump Takes Cornyn's Scalp In Texas — And Terrifies Senate Republicans
President Donald Trump’s 11th hour endorsement against incumbent Republican Sen. John Cornyn seems to have paid off in Texas, as Trump’s champion Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton swamped Cornyn in the Senate primary, according to CNN and MS NOW projections. Cornyn conceded the election later that evening.Trump routinely targets Republicans he finds too independent by fielding or supporting more Trumpy…Read More
This May Be a Great Day for Texas Senate Candidate James Talarico
When the history of the 2026 Midterms is written, historians may point to the Donald Trump endorsement of ethically flawed, morally bankrupt, and criminally corrupt MAGA-loving and Trump Mini Me Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his primary runoff campaign victory over MAGA-lite incumbent Senator John Cornyn as the turning point on the road to … Read more Source link…Read More
Armed With Trump’s Last Minute Endorsement, Paxton Defeats Cornyn in Texas GOP Runoff Primary
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton defeated incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) on Tuesday in a Republican runoff election for the Texas Senate seat. The Associated Press called the race for Paxton around 9:00 p.m. ET, after Paxton secured 62.6 percent of the vote compared to Cornyn’s 37.4 percent. Source link talkingpointsmemo.com Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton won the Republican runoff…Read More
Saturation coverage of Trump’s fictional Iran ‘deal’ ruined my weekend
Any thinking journalist is aware by now that when Donald Trump says something – especially about the war in Iran – it may or may not be true. (And probably isn’t.) This has been well documented. Consider the April 29 Washington Post article headlined: “Trump’s statements on Iran increasingly contradict each other,” or the May 6 Associated Press article headlined…Read More
5/26/2026 — What You Can Do This Week
JOIN OUR LIST Every week, People’s Action shares actions you can take online and with our member groups For six more days, your gift to our election mobilization fund will be matched $1-for-$1 by one of our board members and group of donors. We have no time to waste. The House and Senate are in play, but the other side is doing all…Read More
The Logic of Taxing Great Wealth
Friends,The 2026 Billionaire Tax Act initiative recently submitted enough signatures to be put on the California ballot for the November 2026 elections. Its goal is to raise revenue by imposing a one-time 5 percent wealth tax on California billionaires to offset large cuts to California’s Medicaid caused by the Trump regime and Congress when, in July 2025, they cut federal…Read More
Líderes piden a Justicia investigar presunta trama de drogas por votos tras informe de ProPublica
El representante de Puerto Rico ante el Congreso y otros cuatro miembros de la Cámara de Representantes han pedido al inspector general del Departamento de Justicia que investigue por qué se abandonó una investigación federal sobre una trama de drogas a cambio de votos en una prisión después de las elecciones de 2024. “Las denuncias creíbles de fraude electoral descubiertas…Read More
Somehow, the Antichrist returned
A religious sign held up above fans outside of the stadium before a football game between Penn State and University of Michigan on October 19, 2019, in University Park, Pennsylvania. | Brett Carlsen/Getty Images In case you didn’t notice, the Antichrist is back. All right, forgive the hyperbole — this biblical agent of Satan hasn’t actually returned to lead a…Read More