With our democracy under siege, this Independence Day was a somber one

With our democracy under siege, this Independence Day was a somber one

SUSAN J. DEMAS
JULY 7, 2024 9:03 AM


July 4th hits different when you’re confronted by the unescapable reality that the American experiment is over in a fundamental way.

And no, that isn’t hyperbole if you read the U.S. Supreme court opinion released last week in Trump v. the United States by six right-wing justices, who function more like insular high clerics than thoughtful jurists.

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Vowing to forcibly turn back the clock to darker times in our nation’s history when Black Americans and other people of color, women and LGBTQ+ people were denied basic rights and often subjected to state-sanctioned violence is an incredibly bleak and disturbing political agenda.

But it’s all outlined, in chilling detail, in Project 2025, the brainchild of the ultraconservative Heritage Foundation that’s an authoritarian blueprint for the next Trump administration.

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Our democracy is no longer young at 248 years old, but it isn’t withering away — it’s under direct assault from those who reject pluralism and are determined to rule over us. We face a grave test in November. We cannot fail. ............(more)

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