Crash Course: Trump's retribution plan: Becoming America's first dictator

Trump is not exaggerating, posturing or just being hyperbolic. Take his threats seriously [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRm-TNBP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvMjN3YXdwNXZhYS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW16cXcxbmI2ZnRXA3NwY0IKZRRErhZlgwzT5FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRm-TNBP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvNTAwMTg4eWE0cC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW16cXcxbmI2ZnQmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZRRErhZlgwzT5FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). Trump's retribution plan: Becoming America's first dictator From Chauncey DeVega: Trump is not exaggerating, or posturing, or just being hyperbolic as too many in the American news media, the country's political class, and among the general public would like to believe – which at this point is delusional. When Trump calls the news media "the enemy of the people" and invokes the Nazis and their attacks on the "[lugenpresse](~/AASU4wA~/RgRm-TNBP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvdnBwYnNpcWJ2bi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW16cXcxbmI2ZnRXA3NwY0IKZRRErhZlgwzT5FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo)," he is threatening members of the news media (and public more broadly) with prison – and worse if they dare to oppose him. [Read more](~/AASU4wA~/RgRm-TNBP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvdTBzdzFhNmVyby8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW16cXcxbmI2ZnQmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZRRErhZlgwzT5FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). If we can't fix this "frightening" problem, then we have "no hope" of addressing the climate crisis One of the world's most prominent advocates for taking action to halt human-caused climate change is Dr. Michael E. Mann, a professor of earth and environmental science at the University of Pennsylvania. The climatologist and geophysicist's latest book is "[Our Fragile Moment: How Lessons from Earth's Past Can Help Us Survive the Climate Crisis](~/AASU4wA~/RgRm-TNBP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZndsNGNpY2hwbi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW16cXcxbmI2ZnRXA3NwY0IKZRRErhZlgwzT5FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo)." In an interview, he goes into the succinct history of Earth and the plea for humanity to continue thriving on this planet, in spite of its own excesses. [Read more](~/AASU4wA~/RgRm-TNBP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvMzFlampma2d3aS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW16cXcxbmI2ZnQmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZRRErhZlgwzT5FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). 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This year's chaotic vaccine rollout is wildly different than before. Can we fix it in time? Although the [public health emergency ended](~/AASU4wA~/RgRm-TNBP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvdXF1aHphdmY2dS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW16cXcxbmI2ZnQmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZRRErhZlgwzT5FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) in May, people continue to be hospitalized and die from COVID-19, with more than [1.1 million Americans killed](~/AASU4wA~/RgRm-TNBP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvcTM5dHI2YTN1di8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW16cXcxbmI2ZnRXA3NwY0IKZRRErhZlgwzT5FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) by the virus since the pandemic began. Nationally, COVID hospitalizations have been [steadily increasing since June](~/AASU4wA~/RgRm-TNBP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvNzU2ajRqbWN6cS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW16cXcxbmI2ZnRXA3NwY0IKZRRErhZlgwzT5FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo), along with the rise of Omicron [variants like EG.5](~/AASU4wA~/RgRm-TNBP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvdnp0YWExOHYwei8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW16cXcxbmI2ZnQmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZRRErhZlgwzT5FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (nicknamed "Eris") and [FL.1.5.1](~/AASU4wA~/RgRm-TNBP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvNTAyaHNkeGpiei8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW16cXcxbmI2ZnQmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZRRErhZlgwzT5FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (nicknamed Fornax.) The vaccines are predicted to work against these strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which evolves naturally in ways that will sometimes render vaccines next to useless. This is why new shots must be developed with some regularity. [Read more](~/AASU4wA~/RgRm-TNBP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZGpjbzR3dXZhay8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPW16cXcxbmI2ZnQmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZRRErhZlgwzT5FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). [Unsubscribe from this list](~/AASU4wA~/RgRm-TNBP0RCaHR0cHM6Ly9yZWFkLmxldHRlcmhlYWQuZW1haWwvY3Jhc2gtY291cnNlL3Vuc3Vic2NyaWJlP2lkPUAzNTQzOTUyVwNzcGNCCmUURK4WZYMM0-RSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) Copyright © 2023 Crash Course, All rights reserved. 1000 N. West Street, Suite 1200, Wilmington, DE 19801 ~/AASU4wA~/RgRm-TNBP0QiaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbmVwbm83czh5c1cDc3BjQgplFESuFmWDDNPkUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~ Made with Letterhead [Letterhead logo]