Israel, in short, may have taken a five-foot leap over a six-foot pit.

The threat of being investigated is enough to silence many people. The pattern we’re seeing is state power being directed against Trump’s enemies and opponents.

The framers were acutely aware of competing interests, and they had great distrust of concentrated authority.

The investigation of ActBlue makes clear that we’re not in a fully democratic country.

Gutting the FBI weakens its ability to investigate foreign meddling, while firing the experts who help defend U.S. elections gives America’s enemies more opportunities to sow confusion with conspiracy theories and cast doubt on election results.