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...(I am Canadian), for the sake of history, show us how seriously we should be taking it. The average American is only mildly aware, and mildly concerned. They won't thank you later for the subtlety...6

After all, will Americans be needing as much cooking, culture, sports, when the state controls all aspects of American life? Is this how the papers covered Watergate? A little small section you could go find if you knew where to look for it? For the sake of your country... 5

...from noticing that something this important is going on? How about if NYTimes was only covering the new authoritarian status in the USA, the lack of ‘business as normal’? How about if NYTimes let readers know how serious this is by suspending all other coverage…? 4

...but isn't it really an ‘above the fold’ type of event, that the NYTimes (and anyone else paying attention) believes that the USA is not a democracy? Is there anything that can be done to help that person in the grocery store, trying to keep their toddler from putting more chips in the cart... 3

the current situation. However, it took me 6 minutes to find it even though I was looking for it and I knew it would be there. I understand that the NY times is a business, and there were lots of thing happening all over the world, including an American Pope... 2

Before we all get back to BBQ, let’s get the headlines right. They haven't been right much of the last few years, and now fascism is running amok in America. As a reader and a neighbour, I am asking the NYTimes to tell its readers what the stakes of this moment actually are. For all of our sakes. 14

NYTimes headline 6: HONEY GARLIC SHRIMP, MINE ALL MINE - Lots of upbeat headlines on everything, but if congress, the DOJ, the FBI, the Military are not free to act without Trump’s interference, won’t that overtake the BBQ plans we all have? Who knows? We have never been here before…13