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The past few tumultuous weeks in American politics have revealed a sharp split within the normally unified Republican ranks. This rift is playing out most directly on the issue of Donald Trump’s impeachment, but has much deeper roots.
Elements of this rift could be seen throughout the Trump presidency, with most Republican officeholders and party leaders enthusiastically endorsing pretty much any claim that Trump made, no matter how false or inane. Only a tiny number most notably, Sens. Mitt Romney and Jeff Flake spoke up. But this latter group seems to have found a stronger voice since the insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
On True Democracy
IN DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACY-On January 5, 2021, one day before Trump sparked his fascist Attack on the Capitol, the liberal
New York Times columnist Michelle Goldberg called for Americans “to defend democracy” by “investigating” Trump and wrote these words:
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True democracy in America is quite new; you can date it to the civil rights era.
If
Trump’s Republican Party isn’t checked, we could easily devolve into what political scientists call competitive authoritarianism, in which elections still take place but the system is skewed to entrench autocrats.”
That was a remarkable two sentences.
One must be an abject ignoramus to think that the United States became a “true democracy” in the 1960s and 1970s (“the civil rights era”).
Day-One Advice for President Joe Biden, from Yale Experts
When Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are sworn in on January 20, they will take on an array of monumental challenges: controlling COVID-19, making progress on the climate crisis, confronting racial injustice all while contending with a fundamentally divided country. We asked faculty members who specialize in these and other subjects what research-based counsel they would give to America’s new leaders.
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Dr. Howard Forman, Professor in the Practice of Management
There is a very long list of things that Biden and Harris will need to tackle, but this is our greatest imperative: we need to provide both resources and leadership in the vaccination efforts being undertaken by the states. We must commit to getting more than half the country fully vaccinated by the first day of summer. We need to provide similar support to COVID testing, wi