Trump intends to do an end-run around the Legislative Branch. Will a Republican-majority Congress allow him? December 1, 2024 | Meek Resistsky | 1 Comment Rachel Maddow warned that one of the trajectories on the transition from democracy to tyranny would be the “hollowing out” of Congress. The implied threat would be a concentration of power under the Executive Branch. For comparison, she noted, “There’s a reason actions of the Russian Duma never make news.” Could the powers of the… Read More
Washington Post: Biden should pardon Trump November 25, 2024 | Meek Resistsky | Leave a comment Marc Thiessen and Danielle Pletka of the Washington Post make the case why President Biden should pardon Donald Trump.… Read More
Politico: Can Trump Be the New Reagan? November 10, 2024 | Meek Resistsky | Leave a comment Politico normalizes Donald Trump, painting a picture of a second-term president that has more credibility on the world stage this time around.… Read More
SNL Post-Election Cold Open November 9, 2024 | Meek Resistsky | Leave a comment For the first episode of Saturday Night Live since the 2024 Election, the cast opened with an address that began with a serious tone about Trump’s attempt to forcibly overturn the 2020 Election results and his desire for vengeance against his political enemies. But they quickly pivoted to a joking-not-joking appeasement bit, where they introduced… Read More
Rachel Maddow warns of the 5 fronts in the transition to a “tin pot tyranny” November 6, 2024 | Meek Resistsky | 2 Comments 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 November 3, 2024 | Meek Resistsky | Leave a comment 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” July 15, 2024 | Meek Resistsky | Leave a comment 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
The Supreme Court ruled that Trump has immunity for “official acts” July 1, 2024 | Meek Resistsky | Leave a comment By Donald Trump’s hand and otherwise, the United States Supreme Court has formed to be majority Conservative. Trump appointed three judges to the court throughout his first tenure: Neil Gorsuch (2017), Brett Kavanaugh (2018), and Amy Coney Barrett (2020). The conservative wing of the bench has arguably since served to enable his agenda. But that… Read More
TikTok Flip-Flop March 14, 2024 | Meek Resistsky | 1 Comment 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