Coffee and Politics

In 1933, the Reichstag became a powerless institution under Hi**er. It didn’t need to be dissolved—it simply stopped functioning.

Today, the Republican Party is making the same choice. By submitting to Trump, purging dissenters, and refusing to govern, they are turning Congress into a rubber-stamp institution rather than an independent check on power.

N**i Germany needed an Enabling Act to establish totalitarian rule. America may not need one—because if elected officials won’t resist an autocrat and federal judges look the other way, the result is the same.

The Death of Democracy Doesn’t Need an Enabling Act—Just a Complicit Congress | Coffee and Politics History Repeats Itself—But With New Names In 1933, Germany’s Reichstag—once the legislative heartbeat of the Weimar Republic—ceased to function as an independent governing body. With the passage of the Enabling Act, Adolf Hi**er assumed unchecked power, and the Reichstag became little more t...

Nearly 50 million Americans voted by mail in 2024. Now, Trump--a man who tried to overturn an election and launched an insurrection to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power--wants control over how—and if—those ballots get delivered in the future.

Seizing the USPS isn’t just unconstitutional; it’s a direct attack on democracy.

Power Grab Over the Postal Service Is a Threat to Democracy The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is an independent establishment, governed by a Board of Governors appointed by the President but not subject…

Hidden networks are pivotal in sustaining resistance movements.

From the clandestine gatherings of the French Resistance during World War II to modern-day encrypted online communications, these covert systems enable the dissemination of information, coordination of activities, and preservation of cultural identities under repressive regimes.

They serve as lifelines for communities striving to maintain autonomy and resist control.

Hidden Networks: The Backbone of Resistance When dissent is dangerous, underground networks become the lifeline of resistance.