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Open Question · Democracy
What does democratic legitimacy require in an age of oligarchic capture and institutional drift?
How power is held, used, and transferred — not whether it should be, but on what terms and to whose account.
The cluster of fights about how power is held, used, and transferred — not whether it should be, but on what terms and to whose account. The thread is open. There are at least three more pieces in it.
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This week, two immigration decisions from the Supreme Court are in the headlines. There’s a third we shouldn’t miss.
In WSJ today: Hegseth announces a review of U.S. forces in Europe and threatens NATO cuts.
In the Economist today: “Scammers are preying on America’s illegal immigrants.”
Innovation demands integrity.
It’s Graham Platner’s turn to be the center of the nation’s attention. The tattoo, the texts, the posts.
Bernie Sanders wants the government to take shares of AI companies. Evidently, President Trump does too, as does Sam Altman.