Trump emulates the oppressive tyranny of his heroes There is something hauntingly familiar about the scenes of chaos and violence surrounding the Trump administration and his incessant desire to continue hosting campaign-style rallies like he did this week in Minnesota, Like his heroes, Trump demonstrates the kind of narcissism that autocratic strongmen have exhibited throughout […]
Today’s poll asks readers to choose which historic figure Trump most resembles. We will be posting the results later this weekend. “Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.” ~ writer and philosopher George Santayana Reporting on the likely author of that quote, Big Think reported that, in its original form, the quote read, “Those […]
Every American should be asking themselves if Trump is trying to be the new McCarthy, because one was more than enough. There is something hauntingly familiar about the scenes of chaos and violence surrounding Trump’s rallies – they mirror the tyranny of the billionaire’s heroes, and he continues holding campaign-style rallies over a year into […]
“Those of us who are Jewish—and who learned about the Warsaw Ghetto at such a young age [that] it was before we’d learned about any other embattled majority-minority neighborhood—know *exactly* what Trump meant when he complained about immigrants ‘breeding.’” ~ Seth Abramson Trump is spending the week at his Mar-a-Lago retreat in Palm Beach, Florida. […]
Trump Embodies The Tyranny Of His Heroes There is something hauntingly familiar about the scenes of chaos and anger embodying Trump’s administration: they mirror the tyranny of his heroes. Like his heroes, Trump demonstrates the kind of narcissism that autocratic strongmen have exhibited throughout history—and unsurprisingly, it runs contrary to the democratic process. Trump vows […]