As usual, plenty of false claims have been made during this state legislative election cycle. But the campaign I keep going back to in my own mind is the battle in the 97th House District.

October 1, 2024 marked Julian Assange’s first public remarks about the United States Justice Department’s prosecution since his release from the Belmarsh high-security prison in London.

Perhaps the single most dangerous corrosive in our Republic is the increasing lack of transparency in government. Less transparency enables less accountability. Less accountability fosters less collaborative governance. Less collaborative governance devolves into socioeconomic chaos. Socioeconomic chaos empowers authoritarian tyranny. Where in this downward spiral do you see our American Republic?