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Richard K Sherwin

@rksherwin

writer/speaker on law & culture; worrier about democracy’s future.

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How political thuggery is normalized: First, project the abuse you commit onto your political opponents in order to justify acting in kind. Then, when your criminal acts catch up with you, project victimhood onto your supporters. As Trump puts it: “I’m being indicted for you.”

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Message from Alina Habba: “If we lose this, we’ll lose America forever.” Timothy Snyder: “Unless Trump loses, America ends.” Stark juxtaposition reflecting America’s existential crisis. Reminiscent of antebellum years.

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Biden fails to appreciate the power of images. He is weighed down by far too many disturbing ones, with no visual ballast to counter them. His self-delusion concerning electability will ultimately efface all that he has accomplished. ‘He lost the Republic’ will be his legacy.

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No matter who the Democratic nominee is, many Americans say no to milquetoast Neoliberalism, and even more give a hard no to the imminent fascism that comes with the Republican nominee. Let’s talk about solutions. Learn more about our independent campaign and our plan for the

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Montserrat Gudiol again. Figura. The way color makes each of her paintings feel like a container. The expressionless stone of the face.

Montserrat Gudiol again. Figura. The way color makes each of her paintings feel like a container. The expressionless stone of the face.
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This is simply brilliant. It can't be faked. It shows who they are. I cannot even imagine the other side.... no I just can't. youtu.be/WkwZ_A49hb8?si… via YouTube

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Are there any institutional checks that can restrain Donald Trump’s worst impulses – and can they survive the next four years? I argue that absent a good faith commitment to const’l democracy across party lines our freedom is very much at risk: project-syndicate.org/onpoint/can-us…

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Illiberal leaders like Viktor Orbán have shown that liberal democracies can be dismantled from within and the press can be discredited as an “enemy of the people. Ultimately, the survival of the rule of law depends upon character and good faith. See project-syndicate.org/onpoint/can-us…

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What is the future of liberal democracy in America? Here’s an analysis (“Living in Constitutional Moments”) that seeks to reaffirm liberal democracy’s deepest values: blog.apaonline.org/2025/01/23/con…

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By insisting on its own supremacy, the executive branch of the US government under President Donald Trump is effectively seeking to alter America’s constitutional framework of checks and balances among co-equal branches of government. project-syndicate.org/commentary/tru…

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I wanted to share with you my most recent column for Project Syndicate (on Trump’s tariffs). Rather than critique the irrationality of his policies, I contend that irrationality is the point:   project-syndicate.org/columnist/rich…   I welcome your thoughts.

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Bill Maher says Trump is only playing role of 'crazy person' after WH dinner nydailynews.com/2025/04/12/bil… Rather than critique the irrationality of his policies, I contend that irrationality is the point:   project-syndicate.org/columnist/rich…

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Those who own or otherwise dominate society’s communication infrastructure have the power to shape perceptions, feelings, opinions, beliefs and, ultimately, individual and collective memory. sociolegalreview.com/post/the-polit…

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“Denuded of all context, military glory becomes a spectacle into which any meaning can be injected. And he who injects the meaning is he who rules…Trump understands [that there] is no politics except struggle, and he who can define the enemy… can stay in power.”(Timothy Snyder)