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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Saturday, September 20, 2025

Authoritarianism Is Not Popular

 Richardson reminds us that Trump isn't popular. I mentioned yesterday that Trump seems to exist in some bizarre echo chamber of minions dripping honeyed flattery into his ears. He is either unable, unwilling or unprepared to listen to bad news. Perhaps he does hear it and simply thinks he can control the narrative by simply repeating his bullshit.

The Jimmy Kimmel thing has actually earned a rebuke from people like Tucker Carlson and Ted Cruz. They sort of get that this is "bad" in terms of civil liberties. Picking visible fights with people like Kimmel is more impactful than illegal shit happening just out of frame. 

There is also some evidence that Democrats in the Senate "get it" in terms of the Continuing Resolution fight. We shall see.

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