Trump’s attacks on the media, courts, and public health shows that intimidation is the goal, not governance.
He’s trying to erase January 6 while RFK Jr. is pushing public health disinformation. Their goal is the same: removing accountability.
Democratic resistance is emerging unevenly but visibly through elections, institutions, and collective action in cities like Chicago.
Susan and Edwin begin with the death of Rob Reiner and Trump’s disgusting reaction to his family’s loss. It’s a clear window into how power stripped of empathy behaves when confronted with human suffering.
That moment opens into a broader reckoning with governance driven by grievance—where media lawsuits, pardons tied to January 6, and public-health sabotage are not disconnected scandals but expressions of the same worldview. The discussion traces how cruelty at the top cascades outward, shaping everything from measles outbreaks under RFK Jr. to fear-based immigration enforcement and efforts to intimidate judges into compliance. At the same time, they surface evidence that this strategy is failing: red-state resistance to gerrymandering, electoral backlash, courts slowing executive overreach, and communities stepping in where the federal government has abdicated responsibility.
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