Archive - Lucid

Violence is Trump's Brand

For Trump and MAGA, violence is a way to change history, just as it was for the Fascists.

Jun 3, 2024 • Ruth Ben-Ghiat

We Are Living Through Moral Collapse. How Democrats Can Strike Back

Moral deregulation and moral collapse can inspire a new democratic politics that leads with values of justice, solidarity, equity, and accountability

Mar 17, 2025 • Ruth Ben-Ghiat

What MAGA Did Not Want the U.S. Naval Academy to Hear

Check off another box of the authoritarian playbook now being implemented in America.

Feb 24, 2025 • Ruth Ben-Ghiat

Special Counsel Jack Smith's New Filing Reveals the Perils of Trump's Personalization of Power

A new filing by Special Counsel Jack Smith, released by Judge Tanya Chutkan, provides illuminating detail about the tenacity shown by former president…

Oct 4, 2024 • Ruth Ben-Ghiat

Out of Chaos and Corruption, a Revelation and a Reckoning

Welcome back to Lucid

Feb 12, 2025 • Ruth Ben-Ghiat

A New Kind of Coup: Trump and Musk are Updating the Autocratic Playbook

The assault on our democracy seen through the lens of authoritarian practice

Feb 2, 2025 • Ruth Ben-Ghiat

None of This is Normal. A Bizarre and Brutal Administration Makes a Mockery of Governance

Disturbed and damaged individuals rise to the top, and a truly bizarre Modi-Musk "official encounter" sums things up

Mar 5, 2025 • Ruth Ben-Ghiat

It’s Day One--Of a New Phase of the Fight to Save Our Democracy

Welcome to the Political Opposition

Jan 20, 2025 • Ruth Ben-Ghiat

My Conversation with Timothy Snyder on the Iran War and the Destructiveness of Trumpism

Some comments to accompany the video of today’s terrific conversation with fellow historian Timothy Snyder.

Mar 4 • Ruth Ben-Ghiat and Timothy Snyder

49:34

My Convo with Mary Trump on Donald Trump's Wars and Psychopathology

A recording and transcript from Ruth Ben-Ghiat's live video

May 8 • Ruth Ben-Ghiat and Mary L Trump

27:40

Autocrats Want to Traumatize Us, But We Know Their Playbook and We Know Our Value

Welcome back to Lucid, and hello to all new subscribers.

Jan 26, 2025 • Ruth Ben-Ghiat

Capitulating to Trump, American Elites Follow a History of Autocratic Enabling that Doesn't End Well

Elites have repeatedly made alliances with autocrats.

Dec 17, 2024 • Ruth Ben-Ghiat

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