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California was once the crown jewel of the American dream: prosperous, innovative, egalitarian, and aspirational. Today, it stands as a dystopian warning of what happens when nihilistic, radical ideology consumes the foundations of governance. In Failed State, Christopher Moritz dissects the unraveling of the Golden State with the precision of a lawyer, the depth of a historian, and the heartbreak of a California native son who has witnessed its collapse firsthand.

A Philip K. Dick Award Nominee ""The novel is as tense and thrilling as any of Brown's work, and as full of rage and hope. It's a novel that truly reckons with the enormity of both our climate emergency and the system that produced it - a tale of human imperfection and redemption."" -- Cory...

Documenting the culture of American Decline. Stories from the pages of Failed State Update.

Welcome to the Failed State LLC Podcast, where we discuss the failures of government. Join us as we discuss the cracks in the system, and examine the destruction of civil liberties.. Each episode we will explore critical issues such as government overreach, political corruption, and the pursuit of freedom from the state. Tune in as we navigate through the complexities of modern society and envision a future built on principles of liberty and accountability. Join the conversation and dare to question the main stream narrative with us on the Failed State LLC Podcast.

Worldwide Panic is a weekly conversation about the stories, myths, and anxieties shaping our world. Journalist Joseph L. Flatley and Lucien Greaves, co-founder of The Satanic Temple, examine how fear spreads, how belief takes hold, and why certain narratives return long after they’re debunked. From media panics to political spectacle to the strange edges of culture, WorldWide Panic explores what happens when shared reality starts to crack. This is a co-production of The Satanic Temple TV and Failed State Update

In the wake of Trump's presidency, Republican-led states have joined in an alarming assault on our democratic system. But the drift toward authoritarianism in red states has far deeper roots. In States of Neglect, journalist William Kleinknecht surveys the landscape of neglect in states including Texas, Florida, and Arizona through the experiences of a rich cast of characters.

Mark Twain's lifetime spans America's era of greatest economic growth. And Twain was an active, even giddy, participant in all the great booms and busts of his time, launching himself into one harebrained get-rich-quick scheme after another. But far from striking it rich, the man who coined the term "Gilded Age" failed with comical regularity to join the ranks of plutocrats who made this period in America notorious for its wealth and excess.

Everyone knows the story of Abraham Lincoln's assassination in 1865, but few are aware of the original conspiracy to kill him four years earlier in 1861, literally on his way to Washington, DC, for his first inauguration. The conspirators were part of a pro-Southern secret society that didn't want an antislavery President in the White House. They planned an elaborate scheme to assassinate the brand new President in Baltimore as Lincoln's inauguration train passed through en route to the Capitol.