The fight for democracy is bigger than HR-1

Political equality and the defense of the republic need something more

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A bunch of different things are colliding in the discourse recently in a way that I think is generating confusion, and I’d like to try to unpack them.

Basically you have:

• Republicans advancing many state-level bills that make it harder to vote.

• The Republican Party as a whole embracing the “big lie” narrative that the 2020 el…