The American Kind
ELECTIONS · AUTHORITARIANISM · POLITICAL VIOLENCE
Ruby Freeman did not run a government. She did not command
troops, write laws, sit on a court, publish a newspaper, or lead
a political party. She counted ballots in Fulton County, Georgia
— and that was enough.
After the 2020 election, Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea
“Shaye” Moss, were pulled into a false story Donald Trump and his
allies used to explain away his loss in Georgia. Rudy Giuliani
told legislators the two women had passed around USB drives like
“vials of heroin or cocaine.” Under oath, Moss explained what her
mother had actually handed her: a ginger mint.¹
The lie was ridiculous. The consequences were not. The threats
came. The racist messages came. Freeman stopped wearing the shirt
that identified her as Lady Ruby. Around January 6, the FBI told…
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MONETARY POLICY · INFLATION
Rising mortgage rates reflect
broader inflation concerns as
the Federal Reserve debates
whether current policy
sufficiently restricts economic
overheating amid supply shocks
and AI-driven.
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