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With only their cell phones, medical kits, and the confidence to assert their rights, volunteer night patrols follow and record the armed troops who have taken over the capital.

Hans and Franz.

New York State is a case study in Democrats' failure to understand the evolving political landscape.

Buried beneath the bluster is a systematic assault on labor.

Even the Danes are getting angry. The Danes!

And here's how it can be done.

Many non-white communities increased their support for the president. He's targeting them anyway.

Rob Bonta, California's attorney general, is using the courts to rein in Trump and, for now, it's mostly working.

The president's targeting the Federal Reserve governor over a technicality is blatantly politically motivated.

The best counter to Trump's authoritarianism is a renewed commitment to secure full representative democracy in Washington.