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Politics | World

Trump Tore Up the Deal, Then Claimed the Road
ByBrick Tungsten June 9, 2026

Trump tore up the Iran deal, and now he wants a parade like he personally laid fresh asphalt. That’s not statesmanship; that’s the guy…

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Be In the Room, Not Bought at the Door

Justin Jest here, with a smoke alarm in one hand and a visitor badge in the other: if the public is invited into democracy’s…

Politics | World

Trump Tore Up the Deal, Then Claimed the Road

By Brick Tungsten

Trump tore up the Iran deal, and now he wants a parade like he personally laid fresh asphalt. That’s not statesmanship; that’s the guy…

America's Got Governance | Politics

Why the Lobbyists Still Get the Front Row

By Brick Tungsten

I’ve got no quarrel with representative democracy in principle. The whole point was to let more folks be in the room without everybody crowding…

America's Got Governance | Politics

No Riders, No Excuses

By Harlan Quill

One law. One vote. That is not a revolutionary demand; it is the minimum standard for pretending a legislature is doing adult work. If…

America's Got Governance | Politics

Keep It in One Piece

By Brick Tungsten

I’m a simple man with a simple rule: if a law can’t stand up straight without a suitcase full of extras, it ought to…

America's Got Governance | Politics

Democracy, Now With a Login Screen

By Harlan Quill

If democracy arrived in 2026, the first surprise would not be that people had too many opinions. We already knew that. The surprise would be that no one had ever built a serious place for those opinions to go.