Rachel Maddow warns of the 5 fronts in the transition to a “tin pot tyranny” On election night, Maddow gave an impassioned missive about the transition from democracy to tyranny, and what that looks like. She also conjured up visions of the American people rising up in resistance, but gave little sense of how that would manifest. Nonetheless, she shared important lessons from history where other nations pivoted from a… Read More
NY Times Opinion Column Warns: BELIEVE HIM In a last ditch plea to the American electorate just prior to the election, the New York Times makes a splash by concisely stating the dangers of a second Donald Trump presidency in a full-page spread with large font.… Read More
Lester Holt urges President Biden to “lower the temperature of the rhetoric” In a sit-down interview with President Joe Biden, Lester Holt of NBC News challenged him on making claims that Donald Trump was an “existential threat” to democracy. He implied, in the wake of the assassination attempt on Trump, that this “rhetoric” could “incite people who are not balanced.” Biden rightly responded by pointing out that… Read More
TikTok Flip-Flop Like most positions he takes, Donald Trump’s stance on TikTok‘s potential security threat is purely transactional. After threatening to ban the app for most of his first term, including an attempted executive order, Trump is suddenly keen on the social media platform, once millionaire donors have come into the mix. This all despite a looming… Read More