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.
Two months ago, Texas Republicans were photographed meeting with neo-Nazi Nicholas J. Fuentes at a far-right consulting firm in Fort Worth.
The Republican presidential frontrunner declared, “The real threat is from the radical left, and it’s growing every day, every single day.”
Under the rubric of “Project 2025,” Trump aides are drawing up plans for authoritarian rule and the legal persecution of their enemies.
Johnson provided a quasi-legal cover for a majority of Republican House to oppose certifying Biden’s election in 2020.