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Not mentioning any names here, but one of the dangers of committing crimes to win an election is losing and not having the friends in high places to cover them

There may be more or less about Kerry's "loose lips" re Iran and Israel, but he's always had a problem dealing with dictatorships. That he's currently boasting of "progress" with

Putin is in no hurry to acknowledge Biden’s victory because there’s no benefit. But showing loyalty to Trump, like a Godfather to a foot soldier, still bears fruit and likely

While most concerns about the US becoming like Putin's Russia focused on an authoritarian president, I'm starting to worry about an enfeebled Congress with extremist wings like Russia's: Nationalists and

Democrats participated in McConnell's charade of a confirmation instead of boycotting because they didn't want to "politicize" it. Now Trump has a party with Barrett, proudly desecrating the separation of

Trump's entire point is to remove the distinction between him and the state, as with all autocrats. And once again, America is finding out its laws against such corruption are

Stupid headlines like this in the free world, and the thinking behind them, are why dictators like Lukashenko still bother with 'democracy theater'. Don't use the vocabulary of democracy for

As someone with extensive personal experience with the suppression of debate by ideological conformity, I'm happy to see names from all over the political spectrum signing this open letter about

Good piece. "The demonization mob" in the US isn't centrally controlled like the USSR's, but it's influenced by extremists who see it, accurately, as a path to personal power. They

Trump's assault on global institutions, like NATO and the EU, has always matched the position of Putin and other dictators. WHO is a corrupt mess, but the US simply walking

Indeed. Zuckerberg had a chance to show solidarity among social media giants and boldly advance the cause of truth. Instead, he's siding with his bottom line and betraying any responsibility

When more people voting is bad for you, the autocratic solution is to make voting more difficult. When that is not enough, the real message becomes that democracy is bad,