Hopelessness isn’t an accident — it’s the strategy. Joe points out that Trump and his enablers bank on exhaustion, on making people too numb to fight back.
That’s why silencing Jimmy Kimmel wasn’t about ratings, it was about sending a message: Cross the line, and the system will fold you. The answer isn’t waiting for the courts, it’s refusing to buy the product they’re selling — despair.
Alex takes it a step further, noting how Sinclair and Nexstar are cutting deals that put them deeper in Trump’s pocket. That’s not a business plan, it’s a surrender note. And while Trump’s approval ratings keep cratering — especially on the economy — Joe warned that the danger isn’t gone. What shocks him most is how naked the grab for power has become. No slow burn, no hiding the ball, just an open dare: Will anyone stop us?
This Q&A wasn’t about answers so much as a call to stop waiting for someone else to deliver them. If millions of people stand up, the institutions will snap back. Until then, we either act like a movement, or watch the slide become the fall.
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