Alan Elrod
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Arkie. President & CEO @PulaskiInst. Teaching @asubeebe. Columnist @ArcDigi. Words: @NBCNewsTHINK @BulwarkOnline @Salon @LiberalCurrents He/Him. Views mine, etc
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Today's The Pulaski Institution roundup:
-Scotland's anti-hate speech law draws fire from Rowling, other transphobes via The Washington Post
-Wisconsin Supreme Court to lose key liberal justice via Wisconsin Examiner
-A review of White Rural Rage via The Daily Yonder
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The whole crew at The UnPopulist are doing great work. Berny Belvedere and co are building an essential outlet over there
A definitive refutation of Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and J. D. Vance's relentless lies about noncitizen voting by Walter Olson.
Only at The UnPopulist
theunpopulist.net/p/the-rights-b…
“Trumpism requires that we think fantastically. This is not so easy. Even for many pessimists, it is difficult to truly contemplate disastrous outcomes.”
Read my new Arc Digital column on the need to entertain the worst versions of a Trumpian future arcdigital.media/p/can-you-imag…
Today’s newsletter:
-Abortion access in rural New Mexico via NMDailySource
-Retirments in Wyoming legislate an opportunity for GOP hard right via WyoFile
-Canada’s carbon tax convoy via Canada's National Observer
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Thanks Greg Sargent!
This piece is also a pretty unequivocal endorsement of the work being done by scholars like Ruth Ben-Ghiat and outlets like The Bulwark to directly confront the dangers of this moment
Something Greg also does every day on his podcast.
My newest Arc Digital column: on Jonathan V. Last’s Trump 2028 hypothetical and the need to peer into our dark futures
arcdigital.media/p/can-you-imag…
My newest Arc Digital column: on Jonathan V. Last’s Trump 2028 hypothetical and the need to peer into our dark futures
arcdigital.media/p/can-you-imag…
It can't happen here. Someone'll stop him. Right?
Maybe not.
In @Arcdigi, Alan Elrod argues that supporters of US Constitutional democracy should imagine some dark scenarios—enemies of democracy sure are—and face the possibilities to head them off in advance
arcdigital.media/p/can-you-imag…
“Trumpism requires that we think fantastically. This is not so easy. Even for many pessimists, it is difficult to truly contemplate disastrous outcomes.”
Read my new Arc Digital column on the need to entertain the worst versions of a Trumpian future arcdigital.media/p/can-you-imag…
Thanks Greg Sargent!
This piece is also a pretty unequivocal endorsement of the work being done by scholars like Ruth Ben-Ghiat and outlets like The Bulwark to directly confront the dangers of this moment
Something Greg also does every day on his podcast.