#Strongmen

Anand Giridharadas

AnandWrites

It is tempting to think Trump erupted out of nowhere, like a volcano everybody thought was a mountain. But of course he grew out of who we are, who we

Ruth Ben-Ghiat

ruthbenghiat

Thread. Of the 14 essays I published in 2020 (along with #Strongmen), I highlight this June @CNN piece about Trump's efforts to make journalists political enemies. My greatest thanks to

Patricia Gossman

pagossman

New UNAMA report documents govt’s failure to implement most basic safeguards against torture. https://unama.unmissions.org/sites/default/files/treatment_of_conflict_related_detainees_feb_2021_english.pdf It’s been 5 years since Presiden

Anand Giridharadas

AnandWrites

“There just has to be a reckoning. There just has to be. You can't reset unless you truth-tell and demand that people are held accountable for what they have done.

Asha Rangappa

AshaRangappa_

Also: This might be a minority view but I think we overestimate Trump’s power after he leaves office. The news won’t be covering him 24/7 anymore. He’s going to be

Max Fisher

Max_Fisher

My take on the "is it a coup" debate: Respectfully, coup studies are a little trapped in the field's Cold War-era origins. Its definitions no longer fit the world we

DCPetterson

dcpetterson

Republicans like to say the Constitution limits the power of the federal government.No. The Constitution gives governmental power to We The People, and unbinds that power.The Constitution limits the power

Elizabeth Mika

yourauntemma

It is important to remember, as difficult as it may be to accept, that the problematic behavior of a narcissistic psychopath in a position of ultimate power will not change

Heidi Cuda

Heidi_Cuda

As America celebrates its defeat of an authoritarian in the middle of consolidating power, it is critical to stay vigilant.In my @BylineTimes interview with historian @ruthbenghiat she cautions these so-called

Solitaire Townsend

GreenSolitaire

1/ There's an environmental metaphor for what's happening right now, explained to me by arborist Sir Tim Smit.It's called 'death flowering' and it happens when an old tree is diseased

Sunshiny

sunnshiiny

Conservatives are predictable. They are NOT creative or innovative. Notice how David Staples uses a recycled argument to lambaste federal Liberals. This is the exact same rhetoric used to denigrate

Gwen Snyder is uncivil

gwensnyderPHL

Trying to frame Trump's crusade against the election results as either a con or a coup, one or the other, is a continuation of the same error in logic liberals

The Daily Edge

TheDailyEdge

Trump is a psychopathic criminal cult leader in league with foreign powers and money lenders, backed by a corrupt, compromised party and a propaganda media network. If unstopped, he will

Teri Kanefield

Teri_Kanefield

Exactly. It's the Strongman Con.What's the strongman con?I wrote about it here: https://justsecurity.org/72609/dont-believe-trumps-latest-con-the-strongman/…When you panic, you help with the con.The con: "The GOP can steal th

Matt Glassman

MattGlassman312

My guess is Trump is pretty sui generis *and* context-specific to our micro-era, and that it is gong to be very difficult to duplicate his political feats, either by those

Mark Hurst

markhurst

1/ On the bright side, at least Zuck can rest easy tonight, knowing his system worked exactly as designed. 2/ Four years (and more) of enabling and amplifying Trump's lies

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