Big Lie 
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SOURCE: Washington Post
10/6/2022
Scholars: Election Denial Becoming Official Republican Policy
Ruth Ben-Ghiat argues that the Big Lie is part of a process of normalizing the rejection of election results.
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
10/3/2022
Judge Luttig: Independent State Legislature Theory is Nonsense
by J. Michael Luttig
"Such a doctrine would be antithetical to the Framers’ intent, and to the text, fundamental design, and architecture of the Constitution."
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SOURCE: MSNBC
6/25/2022
Trump's Incitement Against Shaye Moss over the Georgia Vote Count Carries on a Dark American Tradition
by Tera W. Hunter
Whether for casting ballots or counting them, Trump was quick to blame Black Americans for his defeat, carrying on an ignominious tradition of casting Black political participation as illegitimate and dangerous.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
5/10/2021
Think Republicans in Washington are Bad? They’re Far Worse at the State Level
by Max Boot
The states have been called "laboratories of democracy." Max Boot warns that Dr. Frankenstein also ran a lab.
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