The simplest way to reform SCOTUS • the danger of unrelenting bullshit • the GOP's doubling down on Trumpism • most mass shooters are violent domestic abusers • plus John Stoehr's week
The weekend edition of the Editorial Board
Welcome to the weekend edition of the Editorial Board, where you fill find a roundup of everything produced over the last week by our amazing stable of writers.
This weekender features Christopher Jon Sprigman on the simplest way to reform the United States Supreme Court; Lindsay Beyerstein on the danger of unrelenting bullshit; Magdi Semrau on the GOP doing more of the same that’s not working; and Mia Brett on how most mass shooters in America begin as violence domestic abusers.
This week featured me, too. Here’s what you may have missed:
• Monday May 24, 2021
Liz Cheney is less bad than the GOP fascists but as long as she tolerates nonstop lying, she's still bad Read more• Tuesday May 25, 2021
Carl Schmitt, leading exponent of Nazi political thought, would feel at home in today's GOP Read more• Wednesday May 26, 2021
If you’re willing to say anything for power, that’s fascism—even, or especially, if you do not mean it Read more• Thursday May 27, 2021
The Senate GOP is ready to block a bipartisan commission to investigate the insurrection. Is it time for filibuster reform? Read more• Friday May 28, 2021
What do the January 6 commission, covid deaths and gun massacres have in common? God's chosen Read more
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On that note, here’s the weekend edition …
May 29, 2021
Most shooting massacres are domestic violence incidents occurring in the home and out of sight
By Mia Brett
Improving our societal response to domestic violence has the potential to drastically lower gun deaths and limit mass shooters, writes Editorial Board member Mia Brett.
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May 25, 2021
Doing more of what got Trump beaten in the election isn't working out well for Republicans
By Magdi Semrau
So what is the GOP left with? They are doubling down on Trumpism as their final political form, writes Editorial Board member Magdi Semrau. They have spent the past months raging against the imagined genitalia of a plastic potato
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May 25, 2021
The Republicans Party's unrelenting onslaught of bullshit is forcing Republicans to leave the party
By Lindsay Beyerstein
If Republicans believe anything, it’s that Republicans, and only Republicans, deserve to rule, writes Editorial Board member Lindsay Beyerstein. They are locked in a circular thought-pattern that begins and ends with Democratic illegitimacy.
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May 25, 2021
The simplest way to reform SCOTUS may be for Biden to refuse to enforce its politicized rulings
By Christopher Jon Sprigman
Enforcement of court judgments is an executive act. And in carrying out his duties, the president, Jefferson argued, must decide for himself what the Constitution requires, writes Editorial Board member Christopher Jon Sprigman.