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Topic: checks and balances

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The dangerous symbolism of Trump coins

Heather Digby Parton
Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is sworn in to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee during her confirmation hearing for U.S. Attorney General in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on January 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Bondi's “shocking” strategy will cost

Sabrina Haake
President Donald Trump and Chief Justice John Roberts (Leah Millis-Pool/Getty Images)

Owning the libs is now policy

Austin Sarat
US President Donald Trump and Supreme Court Justice John Roberts (Getty Images/Salon)

Roberts can't control a monster he made

Lucian K. Truscott IV
US President Donald Trump and Supreme Court Justice John Roberts (Getty Images/Salon)

Roberts can't control the mess he made

Heather Digby Parton
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Robert Reich is still hopeful

Robert Reich - RobertReich.org
George Conway (Getty/Chip Somodevilla)

Conway: White House is "a dumpster fire"

Shira Tarlo
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America's in peril: Don’t blame the bots

Steven Rosenfeld - Independent Media Institute
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R.I.P., checks and balances

Marcy Wheeler