Grieving Democracy: The Emotional Toll of Trumpism

Jan 17, 2026 | What is it like to live in a democracy under stress? This video explores the emotional reality for people witnessing the erosion of American norms under Trumpism. From grief and shame to fear, anger, and the collapse of trust in institutions, it examines the psychological weight of watching democratic guardrails fail. We also reflect on recent tragedies, like the murder of Renee Nicole Good by a federal agent, as stark examples of how unchecked power and normalized violence amplify fear and moral distress. Amid it all, hope survives—not as naive optimism, but as a disciplined commitment to care, resist, and act. If you’ve felt disoriented, exhausted, or heartsick about the state of democracy, this video is for you. Like, share, and subscribe to join a community grappling honestly with the emotional cost of political collapse.

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Jared Yates Sexton on a Post-neoliberal Vision for America, When the Scourge of Trumpism Is Over

12 Jan 2026 | Jared Yates Sexton joins Anthony Davis to discuss the collapse of neoliberalism and the rise of authoritarian capitalism in the United States. How decades of wealth redistribution, weakened democracy, and global exploitation have created the conditions for Trump’s rise and how neoliberalism evolved into oligarchic control, why cost-of-living pressures fuel political anger, and the dangers of normalizing cruelty, white nationalism, and repression. Together, they examine the urgent need for a hopeful, material alternative vision for America’s future - only on The Weekend Show.

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It cracks me up when I hear pundits and politicians alike repeat the mantra that America is the richest country in the world. Don’t these people know that America is on its ARSE? America’s NATIONAL DEBT is approximately $38.4 TRILLION. So, how can it possibly be the “richest country in the world”? The country, like most of its citizens, is living on TICK, on CREDIT that other countries like China kindly offer the PROFLIGATE Americans TO BAIL THEM OUT. The notion that America is the richest country in the world is, quite frankly, A LOAD OF BOLLOCKS. — © Mark Alexander

Truth To Power: Trump’s Free Speech Lie, Farage the British Copycat

Dec 27, 2025 | Donald Trump claims Europe is waging a war on free speech whilst his administration is banning critics, suing broadcasters, and silencing comedians.

In this video, I expose the lie, and explain why Nigel Farage is cheering it on from Britain.

Donald Trump and his administration are accusing Europe (including the UK) of suppressing free speech, while cancelling visas, intimidating journalists, and pressuring broadcasters who allow criticism of Trump to reach mass audiences.

This video looks at how “free speech” has been weaponised by Trump’s administration, how lawsuits and corporate pressure are used to silence dissent, and why this authoritarian logic is being exported across the Atlantic. I also examine Nigel Farage’s role in normalising this worldview in Britain, his conditional definition of free speech, Reform UK’s polling decline, and the growing evidence that what’s being sold as rebellion is actually imported Trumpism.

Far-right José Antonio Kast Favored to Win as Chile Votes in Presidential Runoff

THE GUARDIAN: Trump-inspired former congressman expected to succeed Gabriel Boric but compulsory voting could create volatility

Chileans will head to the polls on Sunday for a presidential runoff in which the favourite is a Donald Trump-inspired candidate who has pledged to build a wall along the country’s borders to keep migrants out.

José Antonio Kast, 59, an ultra-conservative former congressman who has built his campaign on a promise to expel tens of thousands of undocumented migrants, faces Jeannette Jara, 51, a former labour minister under the current centre-left president, Gabriel Boric, 39.

Jara finished the first round ahead, with 26.9% to 23.9%, but while she was the unified candidate of a leftwing coalition, rightwing contenders, including Kast, together took more than half of the votes. » | Tiago Rogero, South America correspondent | Sunday, December 14, 2025

The cancer cells of Trumpism are breaking away from the tumour at a rapid pace now; they are travelling far and wide. The metastasis is getting way out of control. The cancer has reached even Chile already. So, Europe had better start preparing itself for the approaching deadly malady. Europe’s future looks very bleak indeed, even black. — © Mark Alexander

Candidate Saikat Chakrabarti on a New Strategy for Returning Democrats to Majority Government.

Sep 29, 2025 | Congressional candidate Saikat Chakrabarti joins Anthony Davis to discuss strategy for returning Democrats to majority government, reconnect with voters and fill the leadership vacuum needed to counter Trumpism - during this unprecedented period in political history - only on The Weekend Show.

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Is Trumpism akin to FAR-right Neo-Nazism?

July 12, 2025 | To craft legal discrimination, the Third Reich studied the United States - and Jim Crow policies.

It is an undeniable fact that Trump and Hitler were cut from the same bolt of cloth. – © Mark Alexander

Why Democrats Need to WOKE UP. A Substack Essay with Anthony Davis

Mar 10, 2025 | Democrats need to be the antidote to Trumpism. That means embracing the WOKE ideology that is defined as inclusivity, diversity and togetherness. Anthony Davis shares his Substack essay entitled 'It's time to WOKE up'.

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The Guardian View on Republican Extremism: Trumpism Flourishes

THE GUARDIAN: Some of the party’s elite may be belatedly awakening to the costs of their cynical choices, but others are doubling down

That someone is ludicrous doesn’t stop them being dangerous, as Donald Trump and now Marjorie Taylor Greene have demonstrated. The new Georgia congresswoman has not only repeatedly spread racist and antisemitic statements; she has suggested a Jewish banking family might have been involved in starting wildfires with “space lasers”, repeatedly endorsed QAnon conspiracy theories and questioned whether the Pentagon was attacked on 9/11. Her views are no less poisonous and extremist for being so bizarre.

The most frightening and extraordinary thing about her, however, is that she is now welcome at the heart of the Republican party. Though Mitch McConnell, the Senate minority leader, has described her “loony lies and conspiracy theories” as “a cancer for the Republican party”, his diagnosis comes much too late. Kevin McCarthy, his counterpart in the House, boasts of a “big tent” – so large that it now includes those who have supported the killing of political opponents. It took Democrats to strip Ms Greene of her committee positions via a House vote on Thursday, an unprecedented move that should never have been necessary. They are happy to seize the opportunity to portray the GOP as Ms Greene’s party. But they are not so wrong to do so. » | Editorial | Friday, February 5, 2021

How to Become a Forever-Trumper

To become a Muslim, one has to take the shahada, or testimony of faith. This testimony of faith is stated in Arabic and in the language of the convert. It goes like this: I testify that the is no god but Allah and I testify that Prophet Muhammad is the final Messenger of Allah.

To become a Forever-Trumper, the testimony of faith would read something like this: I testify that there is no god but Mammon and I testify that President Trump is Mammon’s final messenger.

There are five pillars of the Islamic faith. They are as follows:

1. The statement of faith, or the shahada. 2. Salah, or prayer, offered five times a day in the direction of Mecca. 3. Zakat, or alms, the obligatory portion of a Muslim’s surplus wealth. 4. Sawm, otherwise known as fasting in Ramadan, and also at other times throughout the year. 5. Completing the Hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca, at least once in a lifetime for all able-bodied men and women as long as they can afford it.

The five pillars of Trumpism are as follows:

1. The statement of faith, namely that ‘there is no god but Mammon and that Trump is Mammon’s final messenger’. 2. Worshipping five times a day at the altar of Trump, in the direction of Mar-a-Lago. 3. Alms for the 1%. 4. Keeping a sound diet of burgers and Coke. 5. Performing the pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago at least once in a lifetime for all able-bodied males, staying in a Trump-owned hotel along the way and in the vicinity of Mar-a-Lago while performing the pilgrimage.

Doing these things will give you the key to Trump’s paradise, ensure eternal salvation for the Forever-Trumper, and ensure the continued enrichment of the messenger’s family here on earth.

© Mark Alexander

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Anderson Cooper: GOP Is Now the Party of Trump

CNN's Anderson Cooper takes a close look at the state of the Republican Party and how it is influenced by President Donald Trump.

Krauthammer: Bannon Showed He Was Brains of Operation

Fox News contributor and syndicated columnist gives his take on the united front presented by Reince Priebus and Steve Bannon against the media before crowd at CPAC, saying Bannon was representation of 'Trumpism'