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Three days before rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol, Utah Republican Mike Lee warned White House chief of staff Mark Meadows that some of his Senate colleagues were up to no good. “I have grave concerns with the way my friend Ted [Cruz] is going about this effort,” Lee wrote to Meadows, referring to the Texas senator’s decision to join 13 other Republican senators in objecting to the electoral count. “This will not inure to the benefit of the president.” In another text he suggested that an ongoing... Читать дальше...

It is quite possible, even likely, that abortion rights as we’ve known them in America for half a century will no longer exist two months from now.

In 1955, C. Vann Woodward, the nation’s preeminent historian of the South, published a brief history of Southern segregation that Martin Luther King Jr. would call “the Bible of the civil rights movement.” The Strange Career of Jim Crow, as the book was titled, was intended to counter a common defense of segregation at the time—that it had “always been that way.” By showing that legal segregation emerged only in the 1890s, and only after attempts at interracial democracy during Reconstruction were overthrown... Читать дальше...

The end of a lengthy political career is almost invariably sad, whether the final act is defeat, infirmity, or death.

Midterm elections rarely get as much attention as a presidential contest. But the 2022 contests could decide whether future elections are conducted fairly, and whether they can proceed without being overturned by partisan actors. Over the past year, Republican state lawmakers, egged on by former President Donald Trump, passed a wave of voting restrictions. In the midterms, we’ll find out how far the party will go to hold power—particularly when voters want to give it to someone else. Look to these... Читать дальше...

Here’s what happened this week

Members of the select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection frequently portray the panel as a well-oiled machine. But The New York Times reported this week that committee members may not be in lockstep over whether to issue a criminal referral to the Justice Department, fearing it may complicate the agency’s wide-ranging investigation. Committee members denied any internal dissension. “There’s not really a dispute on the committee,” Representative Liz Cheney... Читать дальше...