If the president of the US orders a nuclear attack, generals cannot block the attack by calling the order illegal, since the order goes straight to launch crews.

A Lesson from Syria: It's Crucial Not to Fuel Far-Right Conspiracy Theories.

The US crushed animal rights protests by labeling them as "terrorism" and imprisoning the protesters as "terrorists". No wonder Republicans are now trying to apply similar repression to other kinds of protests.

Many states and cities subsidize film production. It's a racket that benefits businesses at the expense of the public.

It's basically the same issue as public subsidies for sports teams or factories.

Republican tax cuts are meant to block future Democrats from solving the country's problems, if those don't have the courage to make "Tax the rich!" their battle cry.

This approach has worked for Republicans before. Democrats must repudiate entirely the plutocratist principles that have governed the US for 20 years.