Neil McLaughlin

Former journalist, editor. Observer of human comedy, tragedy.

[Joe Walsh @WalshFreedom]

Here’s the thing. Today’s right doesn’t believe in the Constitution or the rule of law. Today’s right embraces authoritarianism, they’re fine with fascism, bcuz they long for a strongman. Which is why I’m no longer part of the right, and why today’s right is utterly un-American.

[Neil McLaughlin @nmclaughlin04]

Trump Explodes with Rage after Gavin Newsom Wins Nobel Peace Prize https://t.co/29UrML29LG

[Sean Casten @SeanCasten]

Stephen Miller is trying to provoke people into responding to the government's unlawful use of force because he wants his own Reichstag Fire. This is an old, and very dangerous playbook. Take video. Resist peacefully. But don't give these fascists what they want.

[Brian Schatz @brianschatz]

Why do we need snipers in our cities? Why are six masked men slamming a guy in a wheelchair to the ground? Why would an agent tackle a scared wife? Add the rhetoric of the Presidents increasingly manic and angry Senior Advisor, and we are at a fork in the road.

[David Axelrod @davidaxelrod]

Anyone who says the masked marauders of ICE are in Chicago to promote safety & security simply doesn't live here. Through the indiscriminate use of force against citizens & migrants alike, they're instead provoking anger, anxiety and confrontation. https://t.co/68cH0pcegc

[Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat]

Trump's War on America, Chicago Theater of Operations. Mission: Demonstrate that everyone is a suspect, as per COIN traditions, and display extreme brutality.
https://t.co/iyT47C6RbJ

[Norman Ornstein @NormOrnstein]

American Gestapo

[Bruce Bartlett @BruceBartlett]

I think most Americans think that free elections are pretty much the sole determinant of whether we live in a democracy. But there are also other important qualities of democracy. Rule of law is most important. On that score, democracy is dying.

[Norman Ornstein @NormOrnstein]

Every word out of his mouth, including a and the, is a lie

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

President Macron: “We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and are not interested in survival of our democracies.”
https://t.co/etg9YErHXt

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

Everything will be called an emergency until total control is established. Once that happens, it doesn't matter what you call it anymore.

[Mark Rosati (he/him/his) @msrosati]

So did many Germans in 1933

[Alex Cole @acnewsitics]

Hey MAGA, it was Ronald Reagan who made it law for every person, illegal or not, to receive medical services in the ER.

[Keith Olbermann @KeithOlbermann]

"THE PRESIDENT IS UNWELL" New Countdown podcast drops at midnight: "The President is unhinged. He is unwell” Representative Madeleine Dean with perhaps the most important 11 words in the past decade

She and Gov Pritzker alone address Trump's two health crises
NEW POD AT MIDNIGHT

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

From 1939-1945 German officers also listened to speeches from civilians about how the laws of war didn’t apply to them. And then they participated in the Holocaust, starved millions of prisoners of war, destroyed villages and cities, and were defeated.

[Mark Rosati (he/him/his) @msrosati]

Trump's war on his own nation continues and intensifies #defenddemocracy #fightfascism https://t.co/AMc1Efrttn

[Ellen Barkin @EllenBarkin]

👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

[Larry Sabato @LarrySabato]

Gee, all Blue states. What are the odds?!

[Glenn Tunes @glenn_tunes]

Seriously, what's in the American water (or food)?🧐 From a Norwegian perspective, it's baffling how so many can be swayed by someone like Trump who seems... less than brilliant🤡 It's the only logical explanation for such widespread influence! 🤔🤷‍♀️

[Norman Ornstein @NormOrnstein]

Not just behaving like adults; they will never behave like decent human beings