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‘Participatory Defense’

Two people stand at a riverbank at sunset, with one child stepping closer to the water. A bridge and a cityscape are in the background.

I remember being struck in July by one of the signs delegates and other attendees of the Republican National Convention gleefully waved ceilingward inside Milwaukee’s Fiserv Forum as speakers frothed onstage about the party’s stance on immigration. “Mass deportation now!” read the sea of star-spangled, red, white and blue placards.  That seems like a long…

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‘We’re All in This Together’

American and New Mexico flags flying on a pole against a clear blue sky.

Tumbling down the rabbit hole of news spraying out from President-elect Donald Trump’s transition is an easy temptation: Gaetz out, Bondi in; Mike Huckabee to solve Middle East peace; Dr. Oz…  Wait. Dr. Oz?  Speaking of bunny tunnels, I’m reminded of another famous bit from Lewis Carroll’s masterpiece: “‘Curioser and curioser,’ cried Alice (she was…

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