The foundational pin holding the American rule of law together is that no man is above it.

Women battered at home are five times more likely to be murdered if there’s a gun in the house, so people under domestic violence restraining orders, pursuant to federal law, can’t have guns.

During Donald Trump’s first impeachment over his attempt to extort Ukraine funding until President Zelenskyy “found” dirt on Joe Biden, Trump threatened the source of information about the incident. Trump said in a speech that whoever had leaked the information about his discussion with Zelensky was like a spy, and that “in the old days” spies were “dealt with differently.”

For a brief and illusory moment, it looked like the GOP had found its center, and the center had finally found its voice.

Last week, when Jim Jordan fell short of the necessary votes to become House Speaker despite Donald Trump’s strong-arm endorsement, Jordan and his allies unleashed an intimidation campaign.

For religious zealotry, economic inequality, and other key ingredients of radicalization, no other region in the world compares to the Middle East.