Biden and the secrets of the national security state
The real victims of “national security” secrets are the American people, who are denied knowledge of the crimes committed by the American government.
The real victims of “national security” secrets are the American people, who are denied knowledge of the crimes committed by the American government.
In the first days of 2023, the reactionary and repulsive dynamic of American capitalist politics has been on full display. The Democratic Socialists of America and its congressional representatives play a critical role in this right-wing process.
In the aftermath of the November midterm elections, media pundits proclaimed a “victory for democracy” and “return to normalcy” in American politics. The events of Friday, however, the second anniversary of the January 6, 2021 storming of the Capitol by a fascist mob incited by the sitting president, have well and truly exploded all such fantasies.
Two years after former president Trump and his Republican allies tried to overturn the Constitution, the aspiring dictator and the social and political forces that supported him remain free and are openly plotting their next coup.
Navarro was sentenced to four months in prison last year for failing to comply with a subpoena issued by the now-defunct January 6 House Select Committee.
A trove of court documents released on Monday show Wisconsin attorney Kenneth Chesebro and former judge Jim Troupis were instrumental in formulating the strategy of Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 elections through court cases that generated “a cloud of confusion” combined with the appointment of “alternative” electors in seven key states.
The unanimous ruling in favor of Trump, clearing the way for him to appear on the ballot in the 2024 US presidential election despite the fact that he led a violent coup attempt after he lost the 2020 election, is another milestone in the decay of American democracy and in the normalization of the far right.
The Supreme Court’s decision Monday is a milestone in the decay of democratic norms in the United States, as well as in the legitimization of the fascistic far right.