Todd Blanche's nomination shows law is just a commodity in Washington
The border is never just a line on a map; it’s where people live, where families are built and broken by policy.
By Alma Cordero ·
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DoJ power bent by Cornyn and Tillis over the $1.8 billion fund
The American system, I suppose, has become so accustomed to being bent that its outright breaking is now treated as merely another administrative hurdle.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
Trump Calls for $1.8 Billion Fund Over Blanche Attorney General Fight
The American political system has always been built on ledgers—the ledger of tax filings, the ledger of water usage, the ledger of who pays for whose data center.
By Imani Sutton ·
Fetterman: Trump has ‘zero leverage’ over lame-duck GOP senators
The whole spectacle surrounding Todd Blanche’s nomination is a textbook case study in institutional weakness.
By Grant Colby ·
Brooks and Capehart on Blanche's stalled nomination and Trump's 'anti-weaponization fund'
The American system of law, which is supposed to be the load-bearing wall of this republic, has been reduced to a negotiating chip—a commodity exchanged for cash.
By Emilio Quesada ·
Trump says anti-weaponization fund in IRS settlement is ‘dead’ even as he defends it
The whole spectacle surrounding the $1.8 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund" is a masterclass in smoke and mirrors—a political performance where the only thing being compensated for…
By Ray Dombrowski ·
Loyalty to Trump Proves a Double-Edged Sword for Attorney General Nominee
The American system, at its heart, is built on a ledger—a set of rules and principles that dictate how power should be exercised.
By Grant Colby ·
Senate Republican warns Trump against delaying Blanche nomination: ‘This place could be very different’
The fundamental problem with Washington is that competence has become optional, replaced by performance art.
By Dana Whitfield ·
Trump says he ‘may’ pull Blanche AG nomination temporarily
When you’re out in the fields or standing behind the counter at the feed store, you learn quickly that nothing comes free. Every bushel has its cost—the seed, the diesel, the labor.
By Ruth Behrens ·
Trump: ‘Maybe John Cornyn is upset with me’
The American political class treats accountability not as a structural necessity, but as an optional expenditure—a line item that can be cut when the optics are bad enough.
By Sophie Naimi ·
Vote on Blanche in Doubt After Senators Express Skepticism Over I.R.S. Provision
You learn early in this border region that everything—the harvest, the wage floor, the right to simply exist—is predicated on trust.
By Alma Cordero ·
Cornyn says there’s no deal on Blanche attorney general nomination: ‘They know what they have to do’
The whole spectacle surrounding Todd Blanche’s nomination for Attorney General isn't about law; it's an auction for political immunity.
By Maya Ellison ·