Newsom shapes everything around the brute fact that Trump is serially breaking the law and using government sponsored violence and intimidation to entrench authoritarian power. He accepts this as the core fact of our moment.
Me and @whstancil.bsky.social on this:
newrepublic.com/article/1995...
This is exactly right! We have to stop giving them the benefit of the doubt or acting as if the worst reason for something is not the reason they’re doing it. It is always the worst reason. Dems and media outlets need to stop acting as if they have to give deference to any other possibility.
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