Recommendation: Make a list of all the qualities you admire about Donald Trump as a human being. Make a list of the qualities you don’t admire. Vote.
Something to Consider: Select one of the characteristics of a fascist approach to power from Jason Stanley’s work above. Find evidence in Trump’s past and current behavior. Repeat with another, and then another. Vote.
Robin Lindley, “Trump and his 3,500 suits: Prosecutor and author reveals in interview his portrait of ‘Plaintiff in Chief,’” ABA Journal, April 20, 2020, https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/attorney-and-author-on-his-portrait-of-donald-trump-through-more-than-3500-lawsuits
Glenn Kessler, Salvador Rizzo, and Meg Kelly, Donald Trump and His Assault on Truth: The President’s Falsehoods, Misleading Claims and Flat-Out Lies, (Scribner, 2020), 261-62.
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DAVID BAUDER, Randall Chase and Geoff Mulvihill, “Fox, Dominion reach $787M settlement over election claims,” AP News, April 18, 2023, https://apnews.com/article/fox-news-dominion-lawsuit-trial-trump-2020-0ac71f75acfacc52ea80b3e747fb0afe
Gregory Cheadle’s responses and website: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/man-trump-once-called-my-african-american-leaves-republican-party
http://www.cheadleforcongress.com/index.html
Adam Wren, “‘Springfield, Ohio, is caught in a political vortex, and it is a bit out of control’,” Politico, September 15, 2024, https://www.politico.com/news/2024/09/15/springfield-ohio-pets-trump-controversy-00179210
Myah Ward, “We watched 20 Trump rallies. His racist, anti-immigrant messaging is getting darker,” Politico, October 12, 2024, https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/12/trump-racist-rhetoric-immigrants-00183537?
Sean Illing, “How fascism works: A Yale philosopher on fascism, truth, and Donald Trump.” Vox, December 15, 2018, https://www.vox.com/2018/9/19/17847110/how-fascism-works-donald-trump-jason-stanley
Ibid.
Banned Books: American Library Association: https://www.ala.org/bbooks
Censored Educators: PEN America: https://pen.org/report/americas-censored-classrooms-2024/
Truncated Curricula: Indiana University School of Education: https://education.indiana.edu/research/centers/ceep/education-policy/policy-briefs/2024/censorship-of-critical-perspectives-in-american-schools.html
Aaron Blake, “The Trump administration just changed its description of the national stockpile to jibe with Jared Kushner’s controversial claim” Washington Post, April 3, 2020, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/04/03/jared-kushner-stands-trump-proceeds-offer-very-trumpian-claim-about-stockpiles/. Blake credits Laura Bassett for capturing the change: https://x.com/LEBassett/status/1246099093694435328
Cecelia Smith-Schoenwalder, U.S. News and World Report, Bannon Joins List of Trump’s Allies With Convictions,” July 1, 2024, https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2024-07-01/bannon-joins-list-of-trumps-allies-with-convictions
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