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Waiting for the Apocalypse: The Unnerving New Normal @ruthbenghiat lucid.substack.com/p/waiting-for-… Keeping optimism alive means not falling for the crisis stories the Republicans churn out daily to delegitimize the Biden administration...@NormOrnstein @jennycohn1 @BrynnTannehill

,[false]depictions of the president as incompetent, and blaming him for global supply chain shortages, inflation, & rising crime, are gaining traction). It means being careful not to internalize the negative framing that even centrist,liberal media outlets use @MediaActSquad

One of @ruthbenghiat well-informed readers of her substack lucid.substack.com makes the following sensible points:"From my perspective, Biden's refusal to place his political capital behind hardening democracy is as key to his falling poll numbers as the media coverage..."

"Does he really believe that infrastructure packages (in the unlikely event that BBB passes the Senate) will withstand unified GOP authoritarianism? A reelected Trump will reallocate funds at will...who would stop him? I support infrastructure, but...

it feels as though we're redecorating the house without bothering to fix the cracked foundation. It's demoralizing the Democratic base and allowing right-leaning Independents to justify returning to the fold to vote for GOP Congressional majorities. After all, if democracy...

is in such jeopardy in the US, wouldn't every effort be made to protect it? Wouldn't every recess be cancelled, wouldn't we see a full court press by the White House and Democratic leadership to warn of the dangers of authoritarian rule? If the public and the media fully

understood the dangers, there might be time for a reset, but I don't see this happening." @Solartopia @BrynnTannehill @jennycohn1 @thebradblog

If Democrats in Senate, the White House and liberal groups don't mobilize by any (legal) means necessary to fight to save #democracy, #votingrights and reform the #filibuster, here's what we could be facing, per author @BrynnTannehill in @damemagazine: damemagazine.com/author/brynn-t…

Read her book "American Fascism" and hear her interviews with @jysexton, @TheBradBlog et al: transgresspress.org/brynn-author-p… Everything you wanted to know about rising #authoritarianism, #GOP all in one place, published after #January6th. Raves from @RachelBitecofer @ThePlumLineGS etc.