Losing Our Democracy, Politely
Clearing My Tabs #91: Saving our democracy is more important than being polite.
Clearing My Tabs #91: Saving our democracy is more important than being polite.
In this edition: six stories with 10 links I’ve recently found interesting about where things stand in our long, twilight struggle to defeat authoritarianism. Please contact your Senators and Representatives to ask them to call for President Trump’s removal from office; the president’s Iran War threats demonstrate
In this edition: five stories with 13 links I’ve recently found interesting about where things stand in our long, twilight struggle to defeat authoritarianism. Why No Kings matters; Trump’s incoherent thoughts about Iran; a UC-Irvine professor wins her profession’s top honor for research Americans refuse to believe;
Nine stories, 16 links. New from me: The Trump regime is the latest this millennium to fail to create reality; how I learned about the Strait of Hormuz in 1984; Iran was not close to having a nuclear bomb; Iran tries to destroy petrodollar exclusivity; the Orbánization of the US
President Trump demonstrates how little he cares about our safety; so many justifications for the Iran war; Trump lies about bombing a school; Iran, Armageddon, and Trump supporters who want to start the end times; and congestion pricing demonstrates why we have No Kings here. Here we go. I’m