#American democracy

#American democracy

We are here in celebration and defense of our American ideas. Democracy, our Constitution, and our sacred American promise. The America that I love. The America that I've written about for 50 years has been a beacon of hope and liberty, all around the world, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent, racist, reckless, and treasonous administration. Tonight, we ask all of you to join with us in choosing hope over fear; democracy over authoritarianism; the rule of law over lawlessness; ethics over unbridled corruption; resistance over complacency; truth over lies; unity over division; and peace over war.

The Washington, D.C.-based Institute for Primary Facts has transformed New York's contemporary-focused Mriya Gallery into the Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Reading Room, which holds 3,437 bound volumes spanning all of the released Epstein files. The reading room opened in Tribeca on May 8, and remains on view for guests aged 16 and over through May 21. Although limited walk-in slots are available, Primary Facts recommends scheduling an appointment through its platform, snidely titled Trumpsonian.

Tonight The Atlantic returns to its birthplace to launch an event series, The Atlantic Across America, that will eventually take it to all 50 states--at a moment in the country that Emerson could just as well be describing. Across the next three years, The Atlantic will hold events with its journalists in cities in every state to talk about the range of issues and ideas that the magazine covers, including the ideals of American democracy, the current administration, culture, technology, the environment, and more.

In Independent, out Tuesday from Legacy Lit, the former White House press secretary offers a candid, unsparing view of what she calls a "five-alarm fire" threatening American democracy. Through a blend of memoir and political analysis, Jean-Pierre chronicles how she rose inside government, why she left the Democratic Party, and what she believes must change if the country is to survive the authoritarian turn ushered in by President Donald Trump's return to power.

Conant believed that American democracy was threatened by a 'hereditary aristocracy of wealth' and that capitalism risked becoming 'industrial feudalism.' He pushed for a merit-based system.

Recent actions by the Trump Administration, including the deployment of troops and a military parade, threaten to politicize America's military and jeopardize civil-military relations. President Trump has publicly criticized Democratic politicians during a speech at Fort Bragg, urging an audience to boo his opponents, which creates an impression of the military serving partisan interests.