Threats to Democracy to the Left, Right, and Below

Hey everyone,
I have a request. Before you respond to this “news”letter with a torrent of whatabouts—What about Trump? The GOP? January 6? Flynn? Powell? Cyber Ninjas?—please read my G-File from last Friday, or even my column today. That will give you a sense of what my answers to those queries are.
Now, come with me, if you will, aboard the Wayback Machine:
In 2009, the New York Times’ Tom Friedman began a column thus: