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Executive Power as Operating System: A Systems Analysis of the Trump Presidency (Part I of 19)
By Cliff Potts, CSO, and Editor-in-Chief of WPS News Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines — June 23, 2026 Introduction This series examines presidential governance not as personality, but as operating system. The focus is structural: how executive authority is defined, expanded, constrained, and deployed. This first essay establishes the baseline question: What model of executive power is being…
Thursday Stability Signal – March 5, 2026
By Cliff Potts, CSO, and Editor-in-Chief of WPS News Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines — March 5, 2026 Democratic systems depend not only on laws and elections, but on durable norms that guide how institutions behave under stress. In the platform era, where political communication is immediate and continuous, one structural pressure point has become more visible: the gradual weakening of informal…
Thursday Stability Signal – February 26, 2026
By Cliff Potts, CSO, and Editor-in-Chief of WPS News Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines — February 26, 2026 Democratic systems rarely weaken through a single dramatic event. More often, change occurs through gradual shifts in institutional behavior and public expectation. This week’s stability signal focuses on a structural pressure point that continues to shape the U.S. system: the normalization…
