INFORMED DISSENT by Jeffrey Billman

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A Modest Proposal for Fixing a Failing Democracy
More than half of Trump voters want red states to secede. Biden voters aren’t far behind.

August 2021

Hypocrisy Dressed Up as Indignation
Before Republicans whip themselves into a frenzy calling for Biden’s head, let’s remember how Afghanistan became a case study in Murphy’s Law.
How to Lose a War in the Graveyard of Empires
First gradually, then suddenly
We Made a Deal!
The infrastructure bill’s bipartisan support didn’t come cheap.

July 2021

When Someone Shows You Who They Are …
The point isn't what the thing looks like. It’s what it is.
Misinformation Nation
The White House’s well-intentioned war on social media misinformation sets a dangerous precedent—and targets the wrong villain
We're With Stupid
Anti-vaxxers, climate change, and how the most powerful nation in the history of the planet is killing itself through willful ignorance

June 2021

Race to the Bottom
The 2024 primary has already begun, and it's worse than you think
The Hollow Gesture of the Juneteenth Vote
The same Congress that made Juneteenth a holiday won't lift a finger to actually help Black people—even to protect their right to vote.
Who’s Afraid of Critical Race Theory?
And what it tells us about the effort to undermine elections.

May 2021

The Post-Roe America
The right to choose will soon depend on Brett Kavanaugh, known respecter of women’s autonomy
By the Company They Keep
Published May 17, 2021: You can learn a lot about modern politics by what Republicans tolerate—and what they don’t
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