Status Updates from All Editions of It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided with the New Politics of Extremism (Kindle Edition)

Jordan Hoover is on page 110 of 225

— Jun 01, 2026 06:41PM Add a comment

It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided with the Politics of Extremism

Danielle T is on page 189 of 225

"Changing the country's poisonous culture, which has metastasized beyond the political area, requires first an effort to restore some semblance of public shame."

aka when Walz called the far right a bunch of weirdos we should've kept doing that!!!!

— May 23, 2026 01:34AM Add a comment

Danielle T is on page 162 of 225

It really is a bummer reading their "here's how to fix things" and it's like, expand voting rights/access, reduce gerrymandering, fight Citizens United as recommendations for the 2012 election and here in 2026 everything is definitely Demonstrably Worse.

— May 20, 2026 01:54AM Add a comment

Danielle T is on page 128 of 225

"As far as the public is concerned, it means cutting waste, fraud, and abuse while eliminating unspecified (but surely worthless) governmental programs." very bleak to consider re: "balanced budget" concerns by Republicans after the DOGE smash and grab

— May 20, 2026 12:56AM Add a comment

Danielle T is on page 59 of 225

I'm going to have to fix my reading start date (and maybe version; I'm doing the digital Libby copy) but I have to register the comment: what the hell are Santorum and Boehner doing rn because clearly they're not the power players they were in the 2010s

— May 10, 2026 04:16PM Add a comment