Alexis Coe

2 days ago | alexiscoe.substack.com | Alexis Coe

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3 days ago | msnbc.com | Alexis Coe

“Dear Ms. Alexis Coe: The Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets requests your testimony ...”It was such a dignified pseudo-summons. I might have framed it, had the actual hearing — unsubtly and inaccurately titled “The JFK Files: Assessing Over 60 Years of the Federal Government’s Obstruction, Obfuscation, and Deception” — not devolved into a bleak farce. Of course, I was honored to be invited by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

1 week ago | alexiscoe.substack.com | Alexis Coe

Trump’s pardons underscore a simple truth: unchecked pardon power distorts justice into a tool of expedience. The double standard couldn’t be clearer: loyalty to the powerful earns mercy, while everyone else faces the letter of the law. This is, of course, the most extreme iteration. Reconstruction’s sweeping resets, Watergate’s political bargains, Vietnam’s mass pardons and Roosevelt’s insider lenience, clemency has oscillated between magnanimity and cronyism.

1 week ago | alexiscoe.substack.com | Alexis Coe

I’m glad that Forbes noticed this moment. Last month, I heard the phrase “witch hunt” invoked three times on national news. None of the circumstances bore even a passing resemblance to a witch hunt. At first, I dismissed it as one of our most persistent civic reflexes: paranoia cloaked in legality. Of course the execution of nineteen innocent people—condemned on spectral evidence—has become the ultimate presidential defense. A rhetorical talisman summoned whenever scrutiny threatens the powerful.

2 weeks ago | alexiscoe.substack.com | Alexis Coe

The good news: I delivered some surgical strikes in-person. They definitely punctured their protective bubbles—thought Reps made sure it was soundless. The bad news: The dysfunction is more than structural—it's cellular. I went in with very low expectations but up close—the cold smiles and stunning disinterest in actual governance—was so much worse than I’d anticipated. I'm going to take a few days to process it all but for now, here's a clip of about half my statement.