Consider that people my age have been around for almost a third as long as the United States of America. Our lifetimes have spanned its entire post-WW2 period of global hegemony, and our fortunes have generally risen along with the nation’s.
But all of that has come with certain costs, including deep political divisions, obscene wealth disparities and severe environmental damage .
And now we fear that one of those costs will be our democracy itself.
We know that what Donald Trump is doing goes far beyond the normal yin and yang of politics, or the cyclical pendulum swings from right to left. He appears to be systematically dismantling the federal government in a naked grab for complete power.
Our nation was founded in a rebellion against autocratic power and formed to resist it should that threat ever appear at these shores.
Well, that time has come.
As elders, we must now speak out. We can’t check out just because we’re old and tired or that we’re too busy. (We’re not that busy.) We must do our part to help save what matters most while we still can.
Trump can still be stopped, so let’s stop him. Why revolt? Because he is revolting.
(This is from last March. It remains true.)
HEADLINES:
U.S. Tomahawk Hit Naval Base Beside Iranian School, Video Shows (NYT)
Israel hits Iran’s oil depots as clerics say consensus reached on Ayatollah successor (NPR)
Iran’s New Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei’s Son, Is a Mysterious Figure (NYT)
Explosion at US embassy in Oslo may have been terrorism, Norway police say (BBC)
Iran war spreading economic damage far beyond oil and gas markets (WP)
Bahrain says Iran hit a desalination plant, stoking fears of attacks on civilian sites (AP)
Gas prices are set to go vertical (Silver Bulletin)
‘A very dangerous person’: alarm as Pete Hegseth revels in carnage of Iran war (Guardian)
Where Is the Iran War Headed? (New Yorker)
Documents Reveal a Web of Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and the Industries They Help Regulate (ProPublica)
U.S. Judge says Kari Lake broke law in overseeing Voice of America (NPR)
The Real Reason Americans Love Guns (Nation)
How D.H.S. Retreated on Immigration Tactics After Minneapolis (NYT)
Video of ICE shooting of Texas man raises questions about government claim (WP)
The fallout over OpenAI’s Pentagon deal is growing (BI)
Top researcher leaves OpenAI due to Pentagon deal (Politico)
For OpenAI and Anthropic, the Competition Is Deeply Personal (NYT)
Stoic Kristi Noem Bears Firing With Stiff Upper Lip, Chin, Cheeks, Forehead (Onion)
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