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Il Duce, Eloni Muskolini as a De Facto Co-President and Manipulator
The Ukraine Rare Earth Deal
Trump's Historical Aspirations as McKinley
The Courts as the Last Line of Defense:
Insights from "Trump Country"
a chaotic political landscape with an executive branch operating in defiance of established norms. Elon Musk’s machinations, coupled with Trump’s ambitions, threaten to erode democratic institutions. The federal courts have emerged as a major player, offering a potential check on executive overreach, but with the possibility that those efforts may be futile, as everything will eventually end up in the Supreme Court. The public mood is complicated, with many citizens feeling alienated from the political process, which created an opening for a figure like Trump who promised radical change, even if they might not ...
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