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6 days agoThe Third Trajectory and Hopes for Rebuilding - emptywheel
The Iran War has altered Trump's trajectory, potentially creating opportunities for rebuilding rather than leading to totalitarianism.
The word that comes to my mind is dissidence. If we want to understand why the whistleblowing, camera-wielding people of Minneapolis have caused the Trump administration-and Donald Trump himself-to flinch, I believe we need some added history, and a bigger map. What we've been watching is part of a long, established tradition-one that might help Americans unlock a different kind of future.