Not long after posting to The American Leader’s Facebook page that Virginia Del. Dan Helmer “wanted to ensure Virginia students learn the truth about January 6”, a commenter asked, “Whose truth?” The question reflects a radical departure from the common framework for understanding the world that is a cornerstone of our democracy.
Is the Trump government an administration or a regime? The debate has been ongoing since he first took office in 2017 and has only become more relevant in his second term. This article explains why we use the term "regime" to describe the second Trump presidency.
References to our "broken democracy" betray a narrow view of the American experiment and all it has accomplished in 250 years. Such comments also feed the destructive narrative that supports the Right’s authoritarian power grab.
In 2012, Bill Adair, founder of Politifact, the Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalism fact-checking website, lied on a C-SPAN call-in show about whether Republicans lied more than Democrats.
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but it’s often lost in the 24/7 news stream or distorted or obscured, often intentionally so, by the people who make the news. The American Leader offers historical storylines and problem briefs to home in on what’s really happening beneath the surface of today’s headlines. We sift through the infostream for you, consulting and processing hundreds of sources to connect the dots and clarify the problems we face and showcase the efforts being made to solve them. It’s time-consuming work that needs your support.
We have to expect more to get more. We can make this a better country but only if we believe improving on the status quo is possible. A lot of people do believe and are hard at work to solve our systemic problems. We bring you their stories.
