The next four months will be what future generations ask us about. Be prepared. bit.ly/3nCQQK2
Reclaiming power from those who abuse it often starts with telling the truth. Here are some truths we’ll need to remember in the difficult weeks and months ahead:
Truth #1: The chaos is the point. bit.ly/33KlCIX
Truth #1: The chaos is the point. bit.ly/33KlCIX
Truth #2: Team Reality is bigger than it seems.
Yes, it can sometimes feel as if half the country lives in a bubble of alternative facts assembled for Trump by Fox News. But team reality is a bigger force.
That's the greatest threat that wannabe authoritarians can imagine.
Yes, it can sometimes feel as if half the country lives in a bubble of alternative facts assembled for Trump by Fox News. But team reality is a bigger force.
That's the greatest threat that wannabe authoritarians can imagine.
Truth #3: Facebook owns this.
In perhaps the most consequential act of the moral nihilism that pervades tech, Facebook has answered the question of whether it cares more about giving democracy a shot or maximizing profit.
We know where it stands. bit.ly/33KgK6r
In perhaps the most consequential act of the moral nihilism that pervades tech, Facebook has answered the question of whether it cares more about giving democracy a shot or maximizing profit.
We know where it stands. bit.ly/33KgK6r
Truth #4: When we go to work, we’re in the fight.
Trump is at war against the press and anyone who dares challenge his alternative facts. When we go to work, as journalists, we are in that fight—not against him or his party, but for the values that he is attacking.
Trump is at war against the press and anyone who dares challenge his alternative facts. When we go to work, as journalists, we are in that fight—not against him or his party, but for the values that he is attacking.
Truth #5: It’s about minority rule
"They’ve never had the support of the people," @AriBerman says of Republicans.
“That’s why they care about the courts. Because they know if they can control the courts, they can lock in white minority rule for decades.” bit.ly/3iIOCF5
"They’ve never had the support of the people," @AriBerman says of Republicans.
“That’s why they care about the courts. Because they know if they can control the courts, they can lock in white minority rule for decades.” bit.ly/3iIOCF5
Truth # 6: The only thing that can save us is…us.
This imperfect democracy has gone through eras of mass delusion and corrupt leadership before. But it's also been profoundly shaped by collective action for a civic purpose—abolition, organized labor, and civil rights movement.
This imperfect democracy has gone through eras of mass delusion and corrupt leadership before. But it's also been profoundly shaped by collective action for a civic purpose—abolition, organized labor, and civil rights movement.
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