On July 3, 2025, the GOP-controlled House of Representatives barely passed convicted felon President Donald Trump’s (big but not beautiful..) tax-and-spend bill, after much pressure on the part of Trump and Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson (R-LA). In a valiant attempt to delay the vote, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) held the floor […]
Democracy Coalition
Veritas, Disinformation and Trump 2.0
Veritas – Truth – is the motto of Harvard University. Harvard is not a perfect institution, but in its current battles against the Trump Administration, it has Veritas on its side, at least when it comes to its lawsuits. As pundits, legal scholars, academics and left-leaning politicians have been stressing for as long as Trump […]
The Democracy Coalition Reclaiming Patriotism
Conservatives, Republicans and commentators on the right have been fond – for decades – of claiming that they are the true American patriots. Donald Trump (our President who is also a convicted felon, has been impeached twice, has been indicted in three other jurisdictions, and has been found liable for sexual assault) has followed in […]
The Democracy Coalition Fighting Back – and How the Rest of Us Can Help
Millions of Americans are in an uproar over the “chainsaw” that the Trump Administration has taken not only to federal departments and employees but also to the Constitution and the rule of law. Lawmakers all over the country are fielding thousands of calls asking their Senators and Representatives to “do something” to stop the carnage. […]
The Numbers Don’t Lie – And They Don’t Tell the Whole Story
Much is being made in some circles of the supposed “mandate” that the convicted felon, President-Elect Donald Trump has won to do what he wants to do when he gets to the White House. The phrases being used include “an unprecedented and powerful mandate” (Trump in his victory speech); “a clear mandate to fix what […]