Democracy is under siege, both here and in Israel. The parallels are striking, as we watch right-wing extremists attempt to dismantle institutional checks and balances in favor of tyrannical autocracy.
Netanyahu wants to impose governmental control over the appointment of judges and give the Israeli parliament the power to override Supreme Court decisions. Sound vaguely familiar?
The people of Israel are uniting in conscientious resistance. Americans should follow that example.
The most disturbing thing about Trump’s “rally” in Waco was his—and his Cultists’—open support for and embrace of Jan. 6 insurrectionists. Denial was bad enough. But attempting to cast these criminals as heroes is treasonous.
That was the most disturbing thing about Saturday night. The most encouraging thing about that “rally” was that essentially nobody gave a damn, about the rally or about Trump.