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Back Porch Files: Trump Goes Off the Rails at Davos
The World Economic Forum in Davos is supposed to be boring. That’s not an insult. It’s the point. Davos is where global leaders show up to reassure allies, project stability, and speak carefully about economics, trade, and geopolitics. It’s not a rally. It’s not cable news. It’s not a place for improvisation, personal grudges, or freestyle history. Which is why President Donald Trump’s recent appearance there landed not as bold or disruptive — but as unsettling. What Trump de
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Knowledge is Power: Ice, Rights, and Reality
A lot of people think they already know what ICE can do. They’ve seen clips online. They’ve heard stories from friends. They’ve watched a shaky cellphone video that starts halfway through an encounter and ends right before the explanation. Somewhere along the way, many people come to one of two conclusions: either ICE can do almost anything it wants — or ICE can’t do much of anything at all. Both ideas are wrong. This post exists for one reason: to slow all of that down and c
Jan 166 min read
Back Porch Files: Congress, Contempt, and the Cost of Inaction
Let’s put a few things aside for just a moment. Let’s ignore that President Trump is once again threatening to invoke the Insurrection Act to send troops into Minnesota because courts keep reminding him he’s not allowed to do that. Let’s ignore that much of the GOP — and its MAGA faithful — are still insisting that Renee Good was a deranged lunatic and that the ICE officer who killed her was some kind of action-movie hero. Let’s pretend Trump isn’t still talking about Greenla
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