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Mitch, please
Don’t wait until next week. Don’t play games. Bring the Senate back now and hold a trial on the impeachment of President Trump.
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Sign the climate bill, governor
Charlie Baker could pocket-veto an urgent, pathbreaking climate bill passed by the Legislature. He shouldn’t.
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The rush of pre-inaugural executions must stop
A new Department of Justice policy that makes it easier to conduct federal executions should be reversed.
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Move fast and break things
Facebook, Google, and Twitter currently pose a danger to democracy. The government must break up the big companies, and philanthropies and public agencies should invest in new online public squares.
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Anatomy of an insurrection
The American people are entitled to know how the Capitol was breached and why law enforcement failed to protect the seat of government.
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Will federal law enforcement finally take the right-wing terror threat seriously?
The Capitol siege was the foreseeable consequence of an America where white supremacists and radical conspiracy theorists are given wide latitude to wreak havoc.
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Impeach Trump again. Now
The president should resign immediately. But even if he does, Congress must hold him accountable for sedition.
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American carnage
Republicans should not be surprised that a dangerous monster was unleashed on the Capitol. They created it.