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Amidst a hail of executive orders, layoffs, and threats, Americans are witnessing both early compliance by some of the most powerful institutions in the country, and early resistance, in the courts, in workplaces and in the streets. So where is Congress? In this extended one-on-one interview with Maryland Congressman, Jamie Raskin, the ranking member of the House judiciary committee, lays out his plans for exerting oversight of the executive branch, and describes the Constitutional limits Trump and Musk are running up against. Raskin served on the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol back in 2021 and managed the second impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump. Drawing on history, and even the work of his father, political activist Marcus Raskin, Jamie Raskin says he’s “. . . ready to lead Democrats in our front-line defense of democracy and freedom.” Plus, a commentary from Laura on art and courage.
“ not the opponents of corruption. They are the instruments and the agents of corruption here. The first thing they did when they got in on Friday of inauguration week was to sack 17 inspectors general. These are the people who are actually the corruption, waste, fraud, abuse fighters in the federal government.” – Jamie Raskin
“. . . People have risen to the occasion with all of the civilizing movements of American history, the Civil Rights Movement, Abolition, the Women’s Movement, the LGBTQ Movement, the Peace Movement, the Environmental Movement. It’s going to be up to the people. It is never going to be the political elites who save us.” – Jamie Raskin
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- Jamie Raskin: U.S. Representative (MD-08); Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, Oversight of the Executive Branch
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•. Techno-Fascism Comes to America: The historic parallels that help explain Elon Musk’s rampage on the federal government, by Kyle Chayka, Infinite Scroll Columnist, February 26, 2025, The New Yorker
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