This is something many more people need to understand: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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This is something many more people need to understand: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
It's time for philanthropy to figure out how to help their grantees navigate new media before fact-based communication falls into irrelevance. @ReneeDiResta and I show how - and why: www.philanthropy.com/opinion/why-...
People like me, who have spent a lifetime building credibility, face a real problem when most Americans no longer trust institutions. We need to face the new terms of trust for our expertise to matter. Renée DiResta@noUpside & I wrote this to explain why & how: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
Given strategies that are not working like they used to and a slashed budget, how does international democracy support need to change? What Future for International Democracy Support? - TWP Community of Practice Webinar: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8-O...
I warned that Trump would create build a new spoils system: (www.persuasion.community/p/theres-no-...): 1 fire civil service; 2 Make clear you keep your job only via loyalty; 3) move jobs to districts where their votes could make a difference. It is starting: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
This is the blueprint- we know what to do. Can our country do it? amandaripley.substack.com/p/how-to-pre...
We need to stand together - Scouting America declared woke. Churches sued for helping immigrants - WWJD? Palestinians& supporters should be free to speak & protest peacefully in a free society. Daughters of the American Revolution should remind people why many left Europe (hint: freedom of belief)
Hm - wish someone would have told us that stock markets plummet and have a lot more volatility in the second term of a politician like Trump. Oh, wait, I wrote that last summer w/Roberto Foa in the Harvard Biz Review: hbr.org/2024/10/when...
Why are we unilaterally disarming from fighting Russia, China, and other authoritarians? Because that is what Trump wants: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
The people I grew up with and the world I grew up in - Alaskans take every bit of power and agency they had and use it - along with our Senator Murkowski, bless her: www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
It's always worth paying attention to Theda Skocpol: newrepublic.com/article/1905...
It's been a dark time in America - but there are things regular people can do, right now. Stop doomscrolling. Join or create local, in-person groups across partisan lines if possible to build community and connection. Support local news. More here: www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/how-you-ca...
WSJ, last 48 hours:
Fighting Trump's destruction successfully requires getting the American people on our side. There is NO SUBSTITUTE in the courts or anywhere else for public opinion: www.persuasion.community/p/theres-no-...
I love @LetGrowOrg and this is a particularly great post: letgrow.org/parents-peac...
People keep asking me about the effects of the Jan 6 pardons on future political violence. Here's a quick take: www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
What do funders need to do to support democracy? Prudential risk mitigation, and then real moral courage , recognize that the best defense is a good offense! www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/mitigat...
The anniversary of Jan 6 is as good a time as any for U.S. business to understand that their glee may be misplaced: @robertofoa and I on "What a Trump Presidency Means for U.S. Business" www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/o...
Such a good podcast conversation with Nic Cheeseman on how to bring down the threats and violence against candidates we are seeing in the US, France, and Germany newbooksnetwork.com/how-to-tackl...
I would be surprised if militias don't end up playing a role - probably highly localized, working with local sheriffs or local units of CBP rather than something national. Governments use militias to maintain deniability abut their actions.
Miriam-Webster's just picked their Word of the Year. It's "Polarization". What to do about it? My thoughts at Obama's Democracy Summit last week: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVao...
Anyone who wants to unseat a dictatorship - or preserve a democracy - needs to deeply understand the armed forces of a country. This piece by @SayighYezid is key to understanding what just occurred in Syria: carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/...
So I did this cool thing with the Obama Foundation last week: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVao...
History shows 2 common responses to diversity: the creation of hierarchy & repression.
@rachelkleinfeld.bsky.social highlights pluralism as a third path—one that embraces equality & cooperation to strengthen society.
Watch her talk at the Obama Foundation #DemocracyForum ➡️ youtu.be/aVao3K8yFDs
The North Carolina General Assembly’s GOP supermajority just approved a hugely corrupt power grab, seizing authority from the governor and the courts to prevent any meaningful check on legislative abuses. Authoritarian stuff. A very dark day for democracy in NC. amp.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
“A politicized military—dragged into confrontations on behalf of party or president, rather than country—will have a hard time recruiting and retaining personnel, and its legitimacy will suffer both at home and overseas.”
In today’s “One First,” I wrote about #SCOTUS’s 1866 decision in Ex parte Milligan—and the limits on martial law and military rule for which it still stands. (It’s also a good excuse to talk about the first “class photo” of the justices—from February 1867):
www.stevevladeck.com/p/111-ex-par...
