The more news stories that wrongfully declare a bill dead, the harder it is to mobilize people to fight for it — the declaration becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

A decade ago, scientists weren’t able to confidently connect any individual weather event to climate change, even though the broader climate change trends were clear. Today, attribution studies can show whether extreme events were affected by climate change.

Unfortunately, many companies’ commitments to democracy have proven weak or ephemeral compared to their desire for influence and power.

For many years, it has been a federal crime to make or use “any materially false writing in any matter involving a health care benefit program.”