A thorough article about this dysfunctional situation, but also quite a dense long read. Could really some adjustments like an index, jump to, quotes, bullet point overviews of content, etc... Just to help make it more digestible and even shareable, but I appreciate the effort taken to create and share it nonetheless.

It's a very troubling time in America right now, especially as someone with very little means scraping by, so I was hoping for more info in this article about what the everyday person can do to help fight against this authoritarian power grab other than annoying my state's rep (who is a huge supporter of this) or protesting publicly (in a state that overwhelmingly voted for this). Of which will hopefully be in the next article as stated at the end... 'The next post will explore what specific steps you can take to bring this con to a con-clusion and save American democracy.'

And if this article speaks to you, then I recommend checking out the latest(5/18/25) 'Last Week Tonight with John Oliver' episode which has it's main story about this administration's attack on freedom of the press in the United States.

Brilliant writing, brilliantly researched and very cutting.

> this new con isn’t something you can tune out. It’s knocking on everyone’s door—no matter what side you’re on, what business you’re in, or whether you’re interested in politics or not.

> Have you, dear reader, ever thought of Trump as a successful businessman? Maybe even a self-made billionaire? Perhaps you believed that at one point in your life—or even right up until reading this article? If so, there’s no need to point fingers—he conned you too. It’s not a binary between the duped and the savvy, but a sliding scale. Everyone is affected in some way. And that, too, reveals the totality of the con.