Recommended Reading: The World’s Wealthiest Toddler and The Prince of Lies
Recommended Reading: The World’s Wealthiest Toddler and The Prince of Lies
This Week's Recommended Reading on Substack: Steven Monacelli, Jared Yates Sexton, Jill Filipovic, Jim Wallis, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, and Kelly Weill
The Week's Recommended Reading on Substack:
writes in the that “There's a certain satisfaction in being a small, annoying thorn in the side of the world’s wealthiest toddler who has apparently been driven insane after purchasing the platform. I am glad to contribute to a growing body of work that demonstrates Musk’s fragility.”suggest that you watch the “God Made Trump” video because “it is a perfect rundown of exactly how the Christian Nationalist Cult of the Shining City sees Donald Trump. A powerful and competent warrior with a literal heart of gold. Never mind how utterly delusional it all is. The sacrilege is what we need to address.” writes that “dramatic, self-aggrandizing, and deeply disrespectful displays from broadly incompetent lunatics who have somehow been elevated to power: That is the Donald Trump story in a nutshell.”
Jim Wallis writes that “as important as the truth and political organizing are in this critical election year, we have to go deeper to penetrate the heart of human nature, and the bad religion of white Christian nationalism. I still believe that the deeper way to frame this upcoming election is the battle between our worst demons and better angels, rather than the flaws and faults of candidates and policies.”
Ruth Ben-Ghiat writes that “swatting shines a light on several pathologies of American politics and society. As the examples above suggest, domestic violence and fantasies of killing women seem to be prominent in the swatter universe. And where would the swatter be without guns? Shooting is the murder method of choice for such threats.”
writes that “for all its national ambitions, Moms for Liberty is a product of Florida. It’s there, in the state of its founding, that the far-right parents group is most entrenched in political power. And it’s in Florida that the ouster of one prominent Moms for Liberty ally is overshadowing another’s path to office.”
Thank you so much for thorough reporting on several topics. All that information in one place. I would have had to spend a lot time going from report to report individually that you placed all in one place gleaning pertinent parts to share. And thank you for promoting other writers by sharing. 🤙🏽shaka