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 •

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 •

Preparing Trump’s Military Purge: 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 •

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

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Oct 4, 2024 •

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 •

Out of Chaos and Corruption, a Revelation and a Reckoning

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Feb 12 •

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

Welcome to the Political Opposition

Jan 20 •

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 •

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

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Jan 26 •

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

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Dec 17, 2024 •

How the U.S. May Collaborate with Russia

Solving Putin's problems by ending U.S. restrictions on Russian influence at home and by removing the footprint of U.S. power abroad

Mar 1 •

The Fascist Roots of the Far Right's Obsession with Childlessness and Population Management

“If we shrink, gentlemen, we won’t make the Empire, we’ll become a colony!” Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini told Fascist parliamentarians in 1927…

Sep 26, 2024 •

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