Bruce Ackerman

writer and teacher

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For those who would like to listen in, here are two ways to do it.

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A leading radio station in Singapore interviewed me on its Sunday morning news show for a 15-minute conversation dealing with a wide range of President Trump’s decisions during his first week in office.
How Many of Trump’s Executive Orders Will Make it Through?

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Apologies: I tried to post my entire answer to the Syndicate's Big Question, but only succeeded in posting a single fragment -- a tribute to my computer-incompetence. To rectify my blunder, please use the link I've provided and read my answer along with my fellow Symposiasts.

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For the very different answers to the Big Question advanced by my four fellow Syndicalists, go to: https://t.co/DIQOEO420M.

As always, I’d be very interested in hearing your answers as well.

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Trump’s associates – from Musk to Vice President J.D. Vance, to the Heritage Foundation (the think tank behind the ultra-conservative Project 2025)– have divergent, even conflicting, agendas. But even if one or another of these actors convinces Trump to back their “revolutionary”

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Would he back down? If he didn’t, who would take decisive measures to preserve the foundations of US democracy?
At this point, my crystal ball clouds over. I leave it to readers to consider the grim scenarios that may well lie ahead.

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Peter Aitken reports that Trump may well be planning to ignore Noel Canning and explains why I believe that the Senate, despite its Republican majority, will act decisively in ways that will make it impossible for Trump to carry out his authoritarian appointment strategy.

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Peter Baker of the NYT concludes his thoughtful assessment of Trump's claims to an electoral mandate by reporting my views emphasizing the role of Congress in checking his efforts to enact MAGA into the governing law of the United States. https://t.co/ZbIkpmc1Pa

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It is easy to exaggerate Donald Trump’s defeat of Kamala Harris in the recent US presidential contest -- or so I argue in this essay. As always, I hope to provoke a larger conversation -- and expect to learn a lot from your reactions.
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The link for the interview is: law.https://t.co/VCwB5Kt3rG

The interview begins at 3:33 PM on the East Coast of the US and 9:33 PM in Berlin.

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Take a look at my interview on Germany's English Language TV Deutsche Welle. I explain why it is a bad mistake to think that the Republicans' narrow Congressional majorities will provide Trump with the votes he needs to enact his extremist program into law.https://t.co/VCwB5Kt3rG

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In contrast, Tim Walz’s family offered him no similar advantages. This is precisely why his nomination as vice-president is so significant – evidencing the determination of the Democratic Party to bring Americans together, rather tearing them apart.

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Roderigo Craveiro summarized my view of the Democratic Convention for the Correio Braziliense, leading Brazilian newspaper on Aug. 24. My English translation departs from a mechanical word-for-word of the Brazilian text to convey his basic points in a more compelling fashion:

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Nevertheless, her mother, Shyamala, was in a position to provide Kamala with the cultural resources required for academic achievement – since Shyamala was herself a leading micro-biologist who could provide her daughter with a decisive head-start. than driving them apart.