I just read this article in The New Yorker that explains my frustration. I am stuck in anger and disbelief that Trump is our president and by all of his actions, everyday a new outrage.
What is worse? His constant unfounded lies leveled at the previous administration? The fact that he has surrounded himself at the White House with known conspiracy theorists and white supremacists? That he has made nepotism in the highest political office commonplace and it is accepted by Congress? That his sons are openly currying favor and making deals around the world using the office of the presidency to enrich the family? What will the investigations into his campaign's connections to Russia show us? Will we ever get to see his tax returns so we can understand the extent of his conflicts of interest? Now he is saber rattling with Syria and North Korea, will he get us into another protracted war?
How do we fight this, keeping it from becoming the norm? We all know that Alexander, Corker, and Duncan will do nothing but should we be putting the pressure on them?
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Suggest we study authoritarian regimes & what brings them down
Masha Gessen, Sarah Khendzior and Gene Sharp to start all give us solid handles on methods of protest and journalism. Sharp's work on Milosevic is especially helpful.
Here's some further reading
M Gessen in NYBR - Autocracy: Rules for Survival
Gene Sharp - From Dictatorship to Democracy
Sarah Khendzior - All of her Welcome to the Kleptocracy work
Trump's People - SNL
Trump's People - SNL
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