democracy

Right-wing terrorism in 2023: Judiciary, election officials receive death threats

Domestic terrorism motivated by right-wing ideology has been on the rise since 2015, coinciding with the candidacy of Donald Trump and increasingly inflammatory Republican rhetoric. The trend arguably peaked in January 2021 with the attack on the Capitol but the threat has not abated. With Trump running for president again and the GOP becoming more extreme than ever before, …

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Gov. DeSantis ousts another progressive prosecutor, names Federalist Society replacement

Read on Substack Florida Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) removed another democratically elected prosecutor from office yesterday, accusing her of “neglect of duty.” Monique Worrell, the state attorney of Florida’s 9th Judicial Circuit covering the Orlando area, was elected to the position by over 66% of voters in 2020. She is a former public defender who built …

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