"The media will be complicit in protecting the majority of white American voters from being labeled as the staunch and bred bigots that they are."

~ Robert P. Jones

#fascism #cruelty #USA #Trump #future
/7

robertjonesjr.substack.com/p/b…

"Because They Think They Are White"

“But this cowardice, this necessity of justifying a totally false identity and of justifying what must be called a genocidal history, has placed everyone now living into the hands of the most ignorant and powerful people the world has ever seen.

^{Robert Jones, Jr. (Witness)}

"America’s long term, festering reactionary racism and white supremacy has threatened democracy throughout US history."

~ Noah Berlatsky

#fascism #cruelty #USA #Trump #future
/6

publicnotice.co/p/kamala-harri…

The global anti-incumbent backlash doomed Kamala Harris

Tragically, the beneficiary happened to be Donald Trump.

^{Noah Berlatsky (Public Notice)}

"I see we are no longer America the beautiful. We have become depraved, selfish, and willfully ignorant. And our enemies are delighted."

~ Susan Nieman

#fascism #cruelty #USA #Trump #future
/5

open.substack.com/pub/adchick/…

America, the not so beautiful

My country has finally destroyed itself.

^{Susan Niemann (Susan Speaks)}

"Since 2015, I’ve been saying that America is better than Trump. I’m no longer so sure."

~ Robert Reich

#fascism #cruelty #USA #Trump #future
/4

robertreich.substack.com/p/who…

Who are we?

Friends,

^{Robert Reich}

"Trump is very much part of who we are. Nearly 63 million Americans voted for him in 2016. Seventy-four million did in 2020."

~ Carlos Lozada

#fascism #cruelty #USA #Trump #future
/3

nytimes.com/2024/11/06/opinion…

"We are a country that just elected – that just willfully chose – one of the most cruel, unscrupulous and transparently self-serving political figures in modern history to be president. Again."

#fascism #cruelty #USA #Trump #future
/2

"I never want to hear the words 'America is better than this' again. I never want to be told about America’s better angels.

I want honesty. I want an admission of exactly who we are as a country, and let’s be damn clear about that definition:"

~ Rex Huppke

#fascism #cruelty #USA #Trump #future
/1

usatoday.com/story/opinion/col…

Opinion: Trump wins 2024 election. America needs to admit it's not 'better than this.'

Donald Trump won, and I never want to hear the words 'America is better than this' again. I never want to be told about America's better angels.

^{, USA TODAY (USA TODAY)}

Election anxiety and thoughts of the future? Our latest Editor's Letter from @gusbova finds him preoccupied too. Welcome to the November / December issue of Texas Observer magazine: texasobserver.org/editors-lett…

#journalism #news #election2024 #media #activism #future #politics #USpol

Editor's Letter: Introducing Our November/December Issue

A note from the interim editor-in-chief

^{Gus Bova (The Texas Observer)}

“In many ways, #Trump has won the policy argument at the border. Joe #Biden and Kamala Harris have both embraced versions of his bottleneck strategy and hope to choke off asylum access between official ports of entry. But, for the 11 million undocumented already in the country, the distinction between the parties remains bright.” texasobserver.org/editors-lett…

#immigration #election2024 #activism #future #politics #USpol #Harris #News

Editor's Letter: Introducing Our November/December Issue

A note from the interim editor-in-chief

^{Gus Bova (The Texas Observer)}