FreelanceHedgeFox
@brailovsky.bsky.social
Lurking on the academic edges
Trump pardoned his son in law's father, convicted of considerably worse, and has just made him an ambassador. And that conviction wasn't even politically motivated. This is definitely not the time to insist Biden sacrifice his own son to the high road gods.
December 2, 2024 at 6:12 AM
Trump pardoned his son in law's father, convicted of considerably worse, and has just made him an ambassador. And that conviction wasn't even politically motivated. This is definitely not the time to insist Biden sacrifice his own son to the high road gods.
:-( I sent 1000 cards to PA.
November 10, 2024 at 1:59 PM
:-( I sent 1000 cards to PA.
Reposted by FreelanceHedgeFox
It’s a combination of exceptionalist mythology, (willful) historical ignorance, a lack of political imagination, a lust for bashing “the Libs” by portraying them as hysterics - plus a desire to flatter and accommodate power.
Nothing will make them stop yelling “It cannot happen here!”
But it can.
Nothing will make them stop yelling “It cannot happen here!”
But it can.
It Could Definitely Happen Here
Many Americans struggle to accept that democracy is young, fragile, and could actually collapse – a lack of imagination that dangerously blunts the response to the Trumpist Right
thomaszimmer.substack.com
November 9, 2024 at 5:45 PM
It’s a combination of exceptionalist mythology, (willful) historical ignorance, a lack of political imagination, a lust for bashing “the Libs” by portraying them as hysterics - plus a desire to flatter and accommodate power.
Nothing will make them stop yelling “It cannot happen here!”
But it can.
Nothing will make them stop yelling “It cannot happen here!”
But it can.