A president slipping in the polls ordered four red-state legislatures to redraw their congressional maps to save his House majority. A pliant Supreme Court let him do it. The question now is no longer whether the 2026 election will be fair — it is whether the country still has the institutional muscle to call this what it is.
The Lines That Bind: Trump’s Mid-Decade Map War Read Post »
While millions of Americans struggle with the real costs of inflation, tariff-driven price hikes, and evaporating health coverage, the president of the United States is spending upward of $400 million — and counting — on a palace wing attached to the people’s house. The ballroom is not merely a construction project. It is a self-portrait: impulsive, grandiose, structurally flawed, and profoundly disconnected from the country it purports to serve.
The Ballroom and the Broken Promise Read Post »
