Whatever the final outcome, the fact that Trump—a convicted felon, adjudicated rapist, pathological liar, virulent bigot and utterly reckless manager who kowtows to Putin and despises democracy— is this close to regaining the White House is deeply disturbing.

Despair is not an option. The work goes on.

Pritzker: ‘You come for my people, you come through me’ ow.ly/aTrZ105Oake

This is so important. For a new column, I spoke this morning with the great Yale historian Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny. I wanted to know how to live our best lives in opposition to an authoritarian regime Here's what he told me (gift link to column in second tweet)

All of you Harris supporters who are wondering why you lost so many followers – many of those were Russian trolls and bots. They are now off pretending to be MAGA to induce Trump supporters to hate Ukraine.

We need warriors like this at the state and local levels.

It is crazy.

Exiting X? I get it. Check out my America, America and our growing community of sane, thoughtful people. americaamerica.news/p/will-we-find…

Seriously.

So great to meet ⁦Steven Beschloss⁩ tonight at a @substack gathering!

Matt Gaetz as AG? Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence? What was that Trump was saying about America being a laughingstock?

You can find my posting on threads and on Bluesky at StevenBeschloss.bsky.social. Hope to see you there. And my longer work on substack and our thoughtful community at Americaamerica.News bsky.app/profile/steven…

Appalling.

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Nobody elected Elon Musk.