"...if this is the end of #democracy, it’s been ending for a long time. And not just at Trump’s hands.
The central truth we keep missing — especially on the left — is that Trump is not an aberration. He’s a grotesque continuation. The playbook he uses was written by both parties over decades of eroding democratic norms, consolidating executive power, and circumventing meaningful checks on authority..."
#Trump’s Rule by Fiat a Bipartisan Legacy
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/03/28/trumps-rule-by-fiat-a-bipartisan-legacy/ #duopoly #goodcopbadcop
The central truth we keep missing — especially on the left — is that Trump is not an aberration. He’s a grotesque continuation. The playbook he uses was written by both parties over decades of eroding democratic norms, consolidating executive power, and circumventing meaningful checks on authority..."
#Trump’s Rule by Fiat a Bipartisan Legacy
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/03/28/trumps-rule-by-fiat-a-bipartisan-legacy/ #duopoly #goodcopbadcop
Trump’s Rule by Fiat a Bipartisan Legacy
Democratic norms have been eroded for years, writes Vinnie Rotondaro, with the cooperation of the same liberal establishment that now acts scandalized by Trump’s every defiance. By Vinnie Rotondaro Common Dreams U.S.Consortium News