Archive - American Doom

One hundred days of authoritarian bludgeoning — and what comes next.

I care less about what's already been done and more about what they'll try to do next. Here are some predictions.

8 hrs ago •

Depravity and normalcy

Spring baseball, exciting TV, suspension of constitutional rights, and attacks on the independent judiciary.

Apr 27 •

Fighting Republican efforts to rig future elections, with Max Flugrath of Fair Fight

Republicans nationwide are engaged in a three-prong strategy to make it more difficult for Americans to vote, part of efforts toward absolute rule.

Apr 23 •

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26:26

'According to certified stuff'

The cases of a far-right white shooter and a random immigrant from El Salvador perfectly encapsulate the double standard of American life.

Apr 20 •

Marking immigrants for death, with Arturo Dominguez

Kilmar Abrego Garcia's life is under threat for no reason other than hatred of immigrants by the American right.

Apr 16 •

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Arturo Dominguez

36:47

Attacking elections and ignoring court orders

Authoritarianism demands that we all get tired. Here are some of the latest developments in the American right's efforts to beat the rest of us down.

Apr 15 •

Corruption and list-making

There is growing evidence that Musk and Trump are using their newfound data trove to engage in list-making. Political enemies beware.

Apr 9 •

Musk lies about immigrants getting Social Security numbers — which Trump helped to speed up

Lying or stupid? With everyone involved — Musk, Trump, congressional Republicans — we can assume both.

Apr 1 •

March 2025

DOGE is coming for your voter information

Places like Georgia, where Republicans are passing a new election denial bill, will welcome DOGE's infiltration of voter registration data.

Mar 30 •

New executive order is everything election deniers want

The Trump administration is setting the table to call future election results into question — again.

Mar 27 •

Trump's Social Security nominee in coordination with DOGE

Not yet approved by the Senate, Frank Bisignano is already on board with DOGE's gutting of Social Security.

Mar 25 •

The DOGE blame game

There are lots of theories about how DOGE is operating, but Republicans don't seem interested in learning the facts.

Mar 23 •

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