"President Donald Trump’s assault on American democracy began in the spring of 2020, when he issued a flurry of preemptive attacks on the integrity of the country’s voting systems. The doubts he cultivated ultimately led to a rampage inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, when a pro-Trump mob came within seconds of encountering Vice … Continue reading The Attack: Before, During and After
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Lest we forget. "Warren Craghead drew the Trump news cycle for four-and-a-half years [in TrumpTrump]."—Brendan Fitzgerald, "The daily grotesque." Columbia Journalism Review. January 20, 2021.
Edward Norton on Trump’s Hand
https://www.twitter.com/edwardnorton/status/1329728889296355328 Sounds about right. Read the thread.
The Road Map Back From Authoritarianism
"Experts in authoritarianism advise keeping a list of things changing, subtly, around you, so you’ll remember. Days after the 2016 presidential election, I started a list. Each week, I chronicle the ways Donald Trump has changed our country. This selection, adapted from more than 34,000 entries — or about 1 percent of the total — … Continue reading The Road Map Back From Authoritarianism
Cosmopolitan Values
"But over the past 60 years, college graduates have gone from being 4 percent of the electorate to being more like 35. Now, it’s actually possible — for the first time ever in human history — for political parties to openly embrace cosmopolitan values and win elections; certainly primary and municipal elections, maybe even national … Continue reading Cosmopolitan Values
Prediction: Post-Presidency Trump == Rush Limbaugh
Beyond his Presidency, I suspect that Donald Trump will try to plug in to right wing radio and take over for Rush Limbaugh when he dies.
Guns Don’t Kill People; Schools Do
"Having actively contributed to the loss of lives, Trump is going to have to get very creative in citing any that he’s saved. That said, last month was the first March without a school shooting since 2002, so maybe he could credit himself with the new approach to the US school shootings problem currently being … Continue reading Guns Don’t Kill People; Schools Do
Scalzi on Impeachment
Of course, this is just going to make Trump more, well, Trump. The man has never understood why people wouldn’t just let him be king, and narcissists never react well to blows to the ego. If you think he’s lost his shit and been completely unreasonable before, just you wait. Things are going to get … Continue reading Scalzi on Impeachment
The Trump-Zelensky Conversation
"For present purposes, it suffices to note that the text of the memo offers not a whiff of support for the president’s claims about what he did. That text unambiguously reflects conduct intolerable in a president in a number of different respects. And it does so in five brief, easy-to-understand pages, in which Trump clearly … Continue reading The Trump-Zelensky Conversation
Trump’s Tuxedo: ‘It’s wrong in every way!’
"And Patrick Murphy, the head cutter at tailors Davies and Son, who are based in Savile Row, London, told MailOnline that 'everything you can imagine' was wrong with Trump's tuxedo. 'Its totally disproportionate to his height and girth,' he said. 'The waistcoat is far too long, it should not show underneath his jacket." —Conner Boyd … Continue reading Trump’s Tuxedo: ‘It’s wrong in every way!’
American Concentration Camps
"No, Trump is not doing any of this because of illegal immigration—an issue that had been in decline for a decade before took office. His iceboxes and dog cages are part of an explicitly nationalist project. The goal is putting the country under the control of the right kind of white people. Trump has made … Continue reading American Concentration Camps
The Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential Election, a.k.a., The Mueller Report
Available as a well-formatted ebook from the Digital Public Library of America.
The Decline of Fox News & Trump TV
The amazing thing is how pervasive Fox—this niche, tabloid-style news network—is in American life. It's in fast food restaurants. It's playing in hotel lobbies. I keep seeing it in public spaces, seemingly everywhere. A common scenario is you walk into a space, say a hotel breakfast area, and there will be some old white dude(s) … Continue reading The Decline of Fox News & Trump TV
The Fox News Ringmaster
"'Trump gets great ratings, but if you’re not careful he’s going to end up totally controlling Fox News.'... ...Murdoch didn’t invent Trump, but he invented the audience. Murdoch was going to make a Trump exist. Then Trump comes along, sees all these people, and says, 'I’ll be the ringmaster in your circus!'" ...“Fox’s great insight … Continue reading The Fox News Ringmaster
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