Pro-Democracy Newsletters and Podcasts
Democracy in the United States and other countries is threatened. If you believe in democracy then as a good citizen you must consider that authoritarianism is becoming acceptable to many people. No one thought January 6th was possible before the traitors tried to cancel the election. So please listen to some of these podcasts and read these newsletter as people from across the political spectrum unite to save democracy.
“That Trippi Show” is Joe Trippi's podcast and newsletter. He is a long time Democratic political operative and campaign manager who recently joined The Lincoln Project because he believes we must unite to fight against the authoritarianism. The newsletter is primarily a means to announce new podcast episodes. His years of experience offers great insights.
“The Bulwark” is a conservative media organization with a website, podcasts, and a newsletter. They make it very clear that true conservatives believe in democracy and not the big lie. Regular contributors are Bill Kristol, Tim Miller, Amanda Carpenter, Ben Parker, and Charlie Sykes. The podcast has a wide variety of political guest like Adam Schiff, Tom Nichols, Dana Milbank. The podcast and newsletter are free. Bulwark+ has fees.
“The Lincoln Project”, primarily former Republican political operatives, has a mission heading into 2022 is simple and direct: Defeat the Republican Party up and down the ballot. They have regular tv shows, podcasts and newsletter. Famous for their ads.
Sarah Kendzior was always a good guest on MSNBC and a great writer. But I took her claims of authoritarianism with a grain of salt. But she was right in 2016 and in her two books. So I immediately started listening to her podcast, GasLit Nation when it started in June 2018. Unfortuately there is no newsletter, but she and Andrea Chalupa are a worthy listen on their podcast.
Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat publishes “Lucid”. She is the author of "Strongmen" and has been on the Gaslist Nation and That Trippi Show podcasts. I particularly like her "not fighting the last war" look at the tactics of authoritarians from around the world.
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