“So, perhaps a better way of putting it is whether deteriorating national expectations about the character of our leaders ultimately contributes to a cycle of cultural decline that threatens the character of our nation as a whole.”

"Public virtue cannot exist in a nation without private virtue, and public virtue is the only foundation of republics." —John Adams

#davidrothkopf #civicvirtue #corruption #tyranny #virtue #traditionalvalues

https://davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/the-dark-truth-about-life-in-occupied

—>> The Daily Beast Podcast <<—

This Is How #Trump Goons Exploit His Mental Decline

#DavidRothkopf & JoannaColes on #DonaldTrump:

#StephenMiller #MarcoRubio #JDVance

⏱️50:37 #TDB
#Pol #Politics #GeoPolitics #WorldNews #News
#AusPol #CdnPoli #EUpol #NZpol #UKpol #USpol
https://youtu.be/aqBxPo1xiPU

Enough! #Advertisers & #Governments Must Dump #ElonMusk.

I wholeheartedly agree w/ #DavidRothkopf, I’d only add #politicos & #journalists to the list. Sadly that includes @djrothkopf who still actively uses the #twitter #platform.

#birdsite #x #antisemitism #racism #WhiteSupremacy #Heterosexism #MaleSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism
https://www.thedailybeast.com/enough-advertisers-and-governments-must-dump-elon-musk