Matt K. Lewis critiques the second Trump administration for its normalization of cruelty through harsh immigration policies and bureaucratic cutbacks. His commentary highlights the dangers of accepting such callousness as a norm, implying it ultimately harms everyone. In response to his piece, the Los Angeles Times employed a new feature offering AI-generated political insights, indicating a shift in coverage under owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, who seeks to include diverse viewpoints on the opinion pages. This change has sparked criticism regarding its intent to appease Trump and diverge from the paper's historically liberal stance.
Once you normalize cruelty, the hammer eventually swings for everyone. Even the ones who thought they were swinging it.
Restricting birthright citizenship and refugee admissions is framed as correcting alleged exploitation of immigration loopholes, with proponents arguing these steps protect American workers and resources.
If you just have the one side, it's just going to be an echo chamber. Broadening the outlook is going to be risky and it's going to be difficult.
I come from the position that it's really important that all voices be heard.
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