Odious Monopolies: Founding-Era Anti-Monopoly Principles as a Basis for State and Municipal Antitrust Enforcement

Fewer and fewer companies run more and more of your life, and a handful of states are proving the laws to stop them still work.

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Four People Have Begun the Process to Convene Grand Juries Over DOGE, the Make Corrupt Politicians Pay Act Is in the Mail to 1,519 Legislators, the Calls Start This Week, and More

Also: the Sign-Up Form for New Petitioners, the Oppositional Federalism Paper Free on SSRN, a New Form for Your Questions, and the First ER Designs Retiring September 30.

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The Most Important Election of Our Lifetime?

For most of my 34 years on this Earth, I’ve been told that every presidential election is the most important election of our lifetime.

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Todd Blanche Knowingly Disobeyed a Federal Court Order on the Epstein Files, So I Filed for His Disbarment in New York

Note from the author: The full 17-page disbarment complaint can be found by clicking on this sentence.

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Is the Manhattan DA Prepping Prosecution Against Trump? Because Money Laundering Is Not an Official Act.

Capital One notified Trump-affiliated entities on March 8, 2021 that their accounts would be closed by that June, and roughly 385 accounts tied to the Trump Organization and Eric Trump were shut down by mid-2021, after more than a decade at the bank.

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The Value of Orientation

A quick message.

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Trump v. United States Didn't Make the President Above the Law. Nothing Ever Has.

The law itself is surprisingly uncontested that nobody gains total and complete immunity as a matter of their employment, job title, or appointment.

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Hundreds of FBI and Justice Department Employees Are Executing Orders to Commit Crimes.

They purged the people who would say no, loyalty-tested who remained, and made the rest complicit. Can this be undone?

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THE STATES’ NEW DEAL: A PROGRAM FOR THE CRISIS, BUILT FROM INSTITUTIONS AMERICA ALREADY OWNS AT A PROFIT

A practical answer to the question “What can we do?”

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The Existentialist Republic’s First Year: What 60,000 Readers Accomplished

Twelve months of absolutely and relentlessly getting after it.

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Articles of Impeachment for Justice Clarence Thomas

Making the case for impeaching members of the Supreme Court: why the conduct is impeachable, and why penalizing it now matters even without a conviction.

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Every State Can Afford Universal Health Care: A Taxonomy of Public Health Care Options

Four models for state-level universal coverage, and how each one works.

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Trump Cut Domestic Violence Victim Services Funding. This NC State Senator Wants Offenders to Pay It Back.

Senate Bill 719 starts replacing the money with criminal court costs and marriage license fees. No new taxes, no waiting on the federal government, and any state can file it.

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The D.C. Bar Is Now Officially Deciding Whether to Investigate Chief Justice Roberts for Misconduct

Ten million dollars in law firm money, a closure letter citing the wrong law, and a board meeting set for September 10.

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Watchdog Report: The 2026 Midterms Are Wide Open to Foreign Interference

Invited, undefended, unpunished, and rewarded: what independent researchers can still measure has doubled in a year, and the instruments that would measure the rest no longer exist.

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America Has the Parts to Build What the EU Built: A Toolkit for Beating Autocrats.

Money, courts, standards, and standing are proven tools for bringing autocratic states back to democratic restoration.

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The Supreme Court’s Greatest Weakness: A History of Successful Defiance

How states, presidents, and Congress have repeatedly defied the Supreme Court and won

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Can We Stop a Coup With State of Emergency Declarations?

The founders built fifty state governments to protect us in crisis such as these.

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How Many States Does It Take to Steal an Election? One, and It Already Happened.

Texas alone handed over 18 million voter records and signed a removal agreement.

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Pitch to the Legislators: The Virginia Contest Other States Should Replicate

The first in a new series highlighting city and state leaders.

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Bombshell Uncovered: Evidence Shows Blanche Likely Committed Witness Bribery, Evidence Tampering, and Conspiracy in New Mexico. Those Crimes Carry at Least Seven and a Half Years in State Prison.

Sufficient evidence rests in the public record, and opening a criminal investigation requires far less than proof beyond a reasonable doubt. This all rests on the New Mexico Attorney General.

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This State Law Makes It So Anyone Can Sue a President for Financial Fraud, and their State AG Can Levy Criminal Charges

Securities fraud, stock manipulation, and scams are not "official conduct" for a president. They aren't in pursuance of the Constitution, so the Supremacy Clause doesn't apply.

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The Regime Durability Variable: Four Frameworks on Ending Authoritarian Capture From Within

A primer for understanding regime durability, how these regimes actually fall, and what we can do about it starting immediately.

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Big Announcement: We’re Mailing the Make Corrupt Politicians Pay Act to 1,580 State Political Offices

Want to be able to sue for all the insider trading and corruption you're seeing? Here's how we make that a reality.

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Experts Say Blue States Can Stop Paying Federal Taxes. There’s Precedent

If we could use nullification for people to get stoned, why can’t we use it to protect human rights and stop fascism?

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The Walls Are Closing In On Musk in Wisconsin Criminal Bribery Investigation

A bipartisan commission found probable cause of felony election bribery, and prosecutors in three more states have statutes that fit the same conduct.

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Pam Bondi Implicated in As Much As $5.5 Million in Insider Trading

But what can be done about it?

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There Are Now 22,000 ICE Agents. The Supremacy Clause Says States Can Prosecute Every One Who Breaks the Law.

A condition sitting in the first sentence of the Supremacy Clause decides whether states can prosecute federal agents. Courts have spent decades reading past it.

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A Ruling Party That Faces No Consequences for Open Corruption Has No Reason to Accept Elections

We won't survive if we try to play by their rules.

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Upgrade Your Activism: The Evidence-Based Path from Protest to Power

We marched. We chanted. And the wars continued. Now what?

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