Dan GillmorUpdated (see below)
Like you, I've been absorbing the news today. As I write this, it looks more and more possible that the American experiment will end in January.
I'll be back tomorrow, but right now I just want to wait and see.
PS: To all the journalists who barely deigned to notice the likelihood that the next president would be an outright fascist – and did nothing to stop him – you have my contempt.
Further thoughts in my newsletter:
Essentials, November 6, 2024
Extremism won, and journalism helped On January 20, 2025, one of the supremely dangerous people in American history will re-occupy the White House, reclaiming all of the awesome powers of the presidency. Donald Trump and his extreme right-wing apparatchiks will issue a blizzard of executive orders, all designed to reverse
Rasmus Lindegaard