This week I sat with Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush The State of Belief, Interfaith Alliance’s weekly radio show and podcast, to discuss the threat of right-wing extremism, misinformation, and the future of democracy in America.
Here’s one of my juicy quotes from the conversation.
“Project 2025 is the blueprint for authoritarian rule. I’m not being hyperbolic when I say that. It is, in a pop culture analogy that I can use, a Bond villain in the first ten minutes of a Bond movie, finding James Bond, tapping him on the shoulder, and saying, ‘Hey, do you want to read my evil supervillain plot to take over the world? I have a slide show. You have five minutes?’ This is what the Republicans have done… It is a blueprint for right-wing minoritarian rule. It is a blueprint for White Christian nationalism. It is a blueprint for power and a Trump dictatorship. And as we know, Trump said he will be dictator for a day. And what we know is dictators aren’t just dictators for a day. They’re dictators for life.”
If you have some time, give us a listen while you’re petting your cat, spending time with your kids, working out, getting out the vote, drinking chai, or doing other normal things that won’t bring about the end of our democracy.
You can even listen while sitting on your couch, unless you’re JD Vance.
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