Tom Nichols gets it 90% right in his latest @TheAtlantic post: If democracy dies in the next several years, he says, blame Trump, his democracy-loathing cabal, the Republicans in general, and feckless voters who miss what's at stake.
But while he mentions the press, he doesn't assign nearly enough responsibility to its cowardice and willful refusal to a) recognize what's at stake and b) actively fight to save our system.
🎂 My cousins are giving an 80th Birthday party for Aunt Carolyn tonight.
Carolyn and Sonny (Mom's baby brother) came to visit us in Virginia in 1966. I was 8 and thought they were *so #glamorous!
He wore Levis and white tee (Camel "straights" rolled up in one sleeve) and a blond flat top. Carolyn had a black beehive up to there with denim pedal-pushers and a white sleeveless blouse. I can see them now like that day 55+ years ago.