Wake Up, America

Trump is telling us what he has in store for us. What should people hear? What do we think it means when a person refers to dictators as "strong" and "super bright"?

Without the Essential Eleven, a mind is at a distinct disadvantage when encountering Trump. When people hear someone say something, our default assumption is that what they are saying is more or less true. The Explosive Eleven serve as a filter that deciphers whether that default is justified. Trump lies as a standard communication device. He is a walking/talking specimen for the danger of an educational system that does not focus on critical thinking.

The January/February Atlantic Magazine is must reading. Imagine how wonderful it would be for every voter to read these articles, supplemented with the Essential Eleven.

IF TRUMP WINS

The staff of The Atlantic on the threat a second term poses to American democracy.

FOR THE ATLANTIC’S JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2024 ISSUE, 24 CONTRIBUTORS CONSIDER WHAT DONALD TRUMP COULD DO IF HE WERE TO RETURN TO THE WHITE HOUSE. TRUMP’S SECOND TERM, THEY CONCLUDE, WOULD BE MUCH WORSE.

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Read 
an editor’s note from Jeffrey Goldberg.

David Frum on autocracy
Anne Applebaum
on NATO
McKay Coppins
on the loyalists
Caitlin Dickerson
on immigration
Barton Gellman
on the Justice Department
Sophie Gilbert
on misogyny
Zoë Schlanger
on climate
George Packer
on journalism

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