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America’s 'stress test' forces states to rethink future as US reaches 'breaking point'
Trump’s Federalism Is Just Extortion With a SealThe Power Line Runs Through the White HouseThe source frames this as a grand constitutional “stress test,” but the immediate fact is simpler: Donald Trump holds the federal executive branch, and he has used it to punish states he treats as enemies. Federal dollars, federal agents, federal leverage, federal intimidation. That is the center of gravity in this story, not some abstract drift in the balance between Washington and the states.The article does note that Democratic states are building defenses, from limits on law enforcement masking to…
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