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  Why subscribe? Silence is not an option. Take part in the community so we can drive change together. We Are Under Attack From an Enemy Within By listening to our founders and refusing to go along with this, we can name and defeat the ongoing danger to our constitutional republic Steven Beschloss Oct 5 He’s getting worse: Trump at a campaign rally this weekend. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt via Getty Images) We humans have a natural impulse to adapt to reality. It has been essential for the survival of our species and the development of civil society. But now, that same normalizing impulse is putting us in serious danger. Let me be blunt: Too many Americans have absorbed and continue to tolerate Donald Trump’s insane, destructive behavior as a fact of life—a reality to live with. Most of the corporate media has facilitated that mentality as it relies on traditional framing devices that give an air of legitimacy to this crazed and chaotic White House. In their need to maintain access...

  Why subscribe? Silence is not an option. Take part in the community so we can drive change together. Fighting for the Future We Want Listen to the words of Trump, Hegseth and a federal judge. They are a warning of two different fates for America after the midterms. Steven Beschloss Oct 2 Pete Hegseth, belligerent and unfit, pushes his toxic vision. (Photo by Alex Wong via Getty Images) This is the tale of three Americans who told us this week what they think matters. One, who took an oath to protect and defend the Constitution to occupy the nation’s highest office, made clear once again he despises the First Amendment and the right of the free press. A second, who left his duties as a Fox weekend host to manage the world’s largest military and the nation’s largest bureaucracy, communicated his toxic belief in lawless violence that endangers every American soldier. A third, who presides over a courtroom, ruled in favor of the rule of law and the need for a justice system that do...

  Why subscribe? Silence is not an option. Take part in the community so we can drive change together. Rats Are Fleeing the Sinking Ship But they have waited too long and are still too few in number to change the outcome of a likely Democratic tsunami Steven Beschloss Sep 28   (Illustration by Planet Flem via Getty Images I can’t count how many times I’ve heard that many Republicans oppose Donald Trump, but they only will say so privately. But now, just five weeks until the November midterms, a growing number of Republicans are panicking as they grasp how many voters despise the man they’ve spent the last decade enabling. Last week the non-partisan American Research Group released a poll last week citing a 29 percent approval rate for Trump—a new low for him. That may be something of an outlier , but I wouldn’t doubt that it captures the increasingly bleak and angry assessment of this failing man. Consider a CNN poll released last week found that 73 percent of Americans di...

Why subscribe? Silence is not an option. Take part in the community so we can drive change together. Donald Trump, The Wrecking Ball And the honorable people who will not be bullied by this deranged and disordered loser Steven Beschloss Sep 18 Through the window of Air Force One, Trump examines what appears to be a poster board depicting a planned demolition of the Kennedy Center. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images) The failures are piling up. Sometimes we can see them with our own eyes. Sometimes we can hear them in the lies that are spewed. The mounting tragedies and shame could be reason for despair. After all, the damage to our country will take a long time to fix. But I believe the growing cacophony of chaos is convincing more and more people that they’ve had enough. As there are just 45 days until the midterms—with the voting already begun in some states —this expanding determination to stop Trump’s unfettered rule seems to be peaking just in time. To be sure, ...