Wake up people. This is Trump’s personal Gestapo.

11/ The tariffs aren’t economic policy. They are political weapons.

But as long as we see this clearly, we can stop him. Public mobilization is working. Today, a few Republicans joined Democrats to vote against one set of tariffs.

The people still have the power.

10/ And once Trump has the lawyers, colleges and industry under his thumb, it becomes very hard for the opposition to have any viable space to maneuver.

Trump didn’t invent this strategy. It’s the playbook for democratically elected leaders who want to stay in power forever.

9/ The tariffs are DESIGNED to create economic hardship. Why? So that Trump has a straight face rationale for releasing them, business by business or industry by industry.

As he adjusts or grants relief, it’s a win-win: the economy improves and dissent disappears.

Go Cory! You are one of the Dems who is leading this fight!

If you can, show up Saturday 4/5 for the nationwide protest against Trump and his cohorts--in Washington, your state Capitol, your nearest city or town, or merely on a road. Hold a sign. We must stand together! To protest is a form of fighting! Fight before we no longer have the right to fight.

Disgusting. We've succumbed to dictatorship.

#nytimes, #resistTrump

Anyone stumbling on my posts may have seen this, but I'm posting it anyway. The JFK Amherst College address is a species of beautiful, meaningful rhetoric about the arts that we will not hear from the mouth of any Republican politician. Republicans have nothing but contempt for the arts.

Thank you for melding humor and truth to power.