Crash Course: 20 reasons why Donald Trump has been good for America: No, seriously

He was the worst president imaginable — and could still get worse. 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Foster: Here are 20 examples of how Trump may have benefited America, or at least where Trumpian maleficence, malfeasance and malpractice have alerted us anew or reawakened us to ideas and practices we once cherished but perhaps have grown complacent about. (In some instances, we may find upon reflection that America’s founders left us holding the bag in the face of the regnant tyranny Trump represents today.) In this newfound “knowing,” the reasoned and reasonable among us may have unwittingly benefited in this Era of Trump. 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What’s the use of listening to esoteric academic chatter about quantum physics and human brains? Christoff Koch answers exactly that in his forthcoming work “[Then I Am Myself the World: What Consciousness Is and How to Expand It](~/AASU4wA~/RgRoCMhMP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvdWg0bW0xdXN5dy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPXp2ZG5xendxcWNXA3NwY0IKZiFMQyZmM1MOk1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo).” [Read more](~/AASU4wA~/RgRoCMhMP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvZG50aGNmaDdkbi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPXp2ZG5xendxcWMmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZiFMQyZmM1MOk1IbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). [Unsubscribe from this list](~/AASU4wA~/RgRoCMhMP0RCaHR0cHM6Ly9yZWFkLmxldHRlcmhlYWQuZW1haWwvY3Jhc2gtY291cnNlL3Vuc3Vic2NyaWJlP2lkPUAzNTQzOTUyVwNzcGNCCmYhTEMmZjNTDpNSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) Copyright © 2024 Crash Course, All rights reserved. 1000 N. 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