Jay RosenJul 25, 2023

"Not the odds, but the stakes."

That's my shorthand for the organizing principle we most need in 2024 election coverage. Not who has what chances of winning, but the consequences for our democracy— given what's possible in this election. Not the odds, but the stakes.

Here is an example of stakes commentary. Its analysis is both plausible and terrifying.

https://newrepublic.com/article/174535/people-arent-facing-horrors-new-trump-term-bring

#journalism #uspol #science

People Aren’t Facing Up to the Horrors a New Trump Term Would Bring

G’bye, NATO. G’bye, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal. G’bye, democracy. He’s telling us plain as day. Why aren’t people listening?

The New Republic
Show threadDwight Williams (💉 x9)+😷🇨🇦

@jayrosen_nyu The people who support him most fervently want exactly those horror-story outcomes.

I fully expect them to come for Canada Blitzkrieg-style if their local cronies can't install someone like Pierre Poilievre or Maxime Bernier by hook or by crook.

Jul 25, 2023 at 10:21pmWeb