My latest for Dame on the way that the Trump Administration uses crises (including deliberately inflicted crises) as a way to govern. It greases the wheels of authoritarianism, corruption, and the breakdown of the state all at once.

https://www.damemagazine.com/2026/02/11/trump-permanent-crisis-permanent-power/

The Politics of Permanent Disaster - Dame Magazine

By flooding the system with constant crisis, the Trump administration sidelines Congress, exhausts the public, and concentrates executive power.

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