Nick Licata

Nick Licata, was a 5 term Seattle City Councilmember, named progressive municipal official of the year by The Nation, and is founding board chair of Local Progress, a national network of 1,000 progressive municipal officials. Author of Becoming a Citizen Activist. http://www.becomingacitizenactivist.org/changemakers/ Subscribe to Licata’s newsletter Urban Politics http://www.becomingacitizenactivist.org/

The Art of Misdirection: Trump Invades Cities to Quash Epstein Fever

Trump is more afraid that an embarrassing connection to Epstein might be exposed than he is about Democrats filing lawsuits or the fact that 47% of adults nationwide disapprove of him sending Marines into L.A.

Lets Talk Bogeyman: Here’s What Socialism Is (And Isn’t)

Throughout history, every country, whether it considers itself socialist or capitalist, engages in capitalism to some degree, which is essentially the existence of a marketplace, where goods, services, information, and labor are exchanged. 

Five Lessons from Mamdani’s Remarkable NYC Primary Win for Mayor

In a remarkable upset, progressive State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani defeated former Governor Andrew Cuomo in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary.  Early polls showed Mamdani starting his campaign with around 1% support. Just six weeks...

A Very Stable President?

As long as Democrats draft any legislation assessing a president’s mental fitness to perform their duties and apply it to Trump, it is dead in the water. The same applies to Republicans seeking to prove that Biden was mentally incompetent to overturn his legislation. 

Does America have a Manchurian Candidate Problem?

A Manchurian Candidate, as initially defined in Richard Condon’s 1959 novel and the 1966 movie, is a nation’s leader controlled by that country’s enemy. These works of fiction played on the...

Trump’s “Beautiful” Budget may Spell Political Suicide

As Trump’s populist base learns the details of his “Big Beautiful Bill,” Republican members of Congress will face consequences.

Upside Down Justice? Sorting Out Trump’s Threats to Law Firms

“Chilling the lawyers who represent those people hurts the rule of law because when the government can’t be legally opposed, the law provides no protections to anyone, and you start to live in an autocracy.”

Inside Trump’s War on Law Firms

White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt, gloated by telling the media, “Big Law continues to bend the knee to President Trump because they know they were wrong, and he looks forward to putting their pro bono legal concessions toward implementing his America First agenda.”

Fifth Column: The Right Wing Think Tank behind Subversion of the Justice Department

Trump had a small but well-funded right-wing think tank help him turn our justice system on its head.

Case Study: How Trump’s Address to Congress is a Blueprint to Undermining America’s Institutions

A wealth of data shows how Trump’s flood of executive orders and appointments has created immediate confusion and chaos in delivering government services. But detailing that process demands a separate effort.

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