Note to my friends and others in the Press: After processing the shock of Howard Fineman's death, I started thinking. I had recently been impressed by Howard's outspoken opposition to Trump and MAGA on this platform. I jokingly reached out to him to congratulate him on his
honesty and frankness and welcome him to the cause. Not knowing that he was terminally ill. Howard responded that he was Fineman "Unplugged" or "Unchained" (I can't remember which one). This is a gentle nudge to reporters out there to approach each story you write now like
Howard would have. Pancreatic cancer had made him "Unplugged" or "removed the chains". So much is on the line. When I was slogging through Presidential Primary states I always felt there was a kinship between the press and us political hacks. Each of us revered this great
but imperfect system of American Democracy. You know what these people are trying to do, write what is in your heart, and in your soul. Stop acting like so many other impotent defenders of Democracy who are refusing to adapt to this new threat, stop playing by the old rules.
The legislative branch is blocked, the Judiciary is corrupted, If Trump is reelected there may be no more Democracy to cover.
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