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Wednesday, July 9

Robert Reich


Office Hours: Where’s the tipping point?
What will it take for most Americans to demand an end to Trump’s dictatorship?





Friends,

I keep asking myself when Trump’s authoritarian fascism will become so intolerable to the vast majority of Americans that they rise up against it — not only massively protest but put enough pressure on Republicans in Congress that they join with Democrats in impeaching and convicting him.

In other words, what’s the tipping point for ridding us of this menace?

I thought we’d reached that tipping point when he went to war with Iran without congressional approval. Or when he sent active military troops into Los Angeles. Or when he imposed tariffs on all products imported to the United States, essentially raising taxes on Americans. Or when he forced out the president of the University of Virginia for insufficiently rooting out DEI. Or when he attacked major law firms for employing lawyers who once tried to hold him legally accountable.

Obviously, we haven’t reached the tipping point yet. So what will it take? Several possibilities come to mind:

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