This week, we begin with a look at Donald Trump's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad first three weeks in office. It turns out that when you have no idea what you're doing, it's easy for the pros to walk all over you, and that's precisely what's happened to the Trump regime so far.
Then we'll be joined by Erik Loomis, a labor historian at the University of Rhode Island, to discuss recent calls for a general strike, and Trump's attempt to drive a wedge into the American labor movement.
Next up is University of Georgia political scientist Cas Mudde, who explains why experts on authoritarian governments are sweating the Trump regime, and then lays out some signs of democratic deconsolidation to watch for in the years to come.
Finally, we'll speak to Ryan Devereaux from The Intercept, who reports that some of the most disturbing provisions of Trump's executive orders on immigration have largely flown under the radar as the media focused first on the wall, and then the hamfisted "Muslim ban."
Playlist -- this week's musical theme is, "nevertheless, she persisted":
Queen Latifah: "U.N.I.T.Y."
Rocky Rivera: "Pussy Kills"
Nina Simone: "Ain't Got No, I Got Life"
Jared Holt: Republicans have disinformation researchers in their crosshairs
The devastating human toll of neofascist attacks on LGBTQ+ people
Marcy Wheeler: ’We should expect a Jan. 6 case against Trump’
No joke: Fox News says worrying about toxic air is woke
Digby on the debt deal | Target caves to bigots
David Pepper on how you can fight fascism in your own backyard
Oliver Willis on John Durham’s probe: ’This is a fail and we should enjoy it’
CNN’s Trump town hall debacle portends reckless 2024 election coverage
Right-wing ’parents group’ uses terror and harassment against its political foes
Media downplaying debt ceiling hostage-taking as a ’juicy political standoff’
How Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene compete for QAnon followers
Young red-state Dems are teaching their party to fight
Marcy Wheeler: Special counsel Jack Smith ’very close’ to charging Trump
Dave Karpf on how ’savvy’ tech-bros blew up their favorite bank
Violent right-wing ’groomers’ are weaponizing young Americans
Will Ron DeSantis’ culture warrior schtick play nationally?
Democracy dies in lazy journalism
This simple formula can stop emboldened far-right extremists in their tracks
How conservative ’culture wars’ whitewash glaring American fascism
Biden, Democrats are fortunate in their opponents
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