Kleptocracy Inc: Trump will turn America into Russia unless we stop him

“No dictatorship is ever the work of a single man.”

Highlights of Bulwark’s interview with Anne Applebaum:

0:00 Sen. Van Hollen meets Abrego Garcia
12:54 Trump neglecting court order
17:01 Kleptocracy, Inc. (Don’t skip this !!!- The Hobbledehoy)
23:53 Opposition & Hungary comparison
38:46 Cultural Revolution
43:27 Aid in Africa
47:17 Rubio on Ukraine

Tim Miller and Tom Nichols talk  Covid Trump 2.0 on “The Bulwark”

No one around Trump can rationally defend his on-again, off-again tariff policy.

No one around Trump can rationally defend his on-again, off-again tariff policy. They end up sounding ridiculous whenever they try—like the treasury secretary saying that access to cheap goods is not part of the American dream. At the same time, Trump’s circle of plutocrats don’t seem to mind that the stock market is tanking. And while the administration is cutting Ukraine off from US intelligence to serve up an unjust peace, the Pentagon is on a CTRL-F “gay” delete rampage. Plus, Dems need to skip the kooky TikToks, and the SpaceX rocket explosion was only one part of Elon’s very bad day.

Tom Nichols joins Tim Miller | WATCH THE INTERVIEW

Source: Tom Nichols: Covid Trump 2.0 – by Tim Miller – The Bulwark

The Bulwark Podcast, with guest Heather Cox Richardson: An Unelected Tech Bro Has Taken Over America

We are seeing in real time what it looks like to turn a democracy over to an oligarch, namely the unstable guy from South Africa who thinks he’s going to be emperor of the universe. It’s also very authoritarian to threaten members of congress with a job loss if they vote to provide hurricane relief or to rebuild part of the interstate highway system. Plus, the need for a pro-democracy media ecosystem, the difference between liberal and left, and the William McKinley era was terrible. Heather Cox Richardson joins Tim Miller.