Asha Rangappa

I think that's right. I just think that, as you mentioned, exercising all of those pockets of power regularly and systematically from now until the midterms. I mean, waiting until the midterms to me.

I think that's right. I just think that, as you mentioned, exercising all of those pockets of power regularly and systematically from now until the midterms. I mean, waiting until the midterms to me.

I agree with you. I mean, if we're here 500 days in, I don't know where we're going to be.

I agree with you. I mean, if we're here 500 days in, I don't know where we're going to be.

No.

No.

Right. Yeah. Listen, power is freely given. I mean, all of these authoritarians, this is what Timothy Snyder says, right, that power is usually given to them and people obey in advance. And I think that it is important. It seems to me that We're definitely there in the red zone, but I think we're still early enough that there's still a lot that we can do.

Right. Yeah. Listen, power is freely given. I mean, all of these authoritarians, this is what Timothy Snyder says, right, that power is usually given to them and people obey in advance. And I think that it is important. It seems to me that We're definitely there in the red zone, but I think we're still early enough that there's still a lot that we can do.

And just to go back to the Chilean example, just because I was a Latin American studies person, you know, this is a country that 17 years in extricated itself, right? You can always come out. It just gets harder and harder, I think, as you mentioned with this poem. And so the time to do it is now. And I think there is a complacency that the courts are going to save us.

And just to go back to the Chilean example, just because I was a Latin American studies person, you know, this is a country that 17 years in extricated itself, right? You can always come out. It just gets harder and harder, I think, as you mentioned with this poem. And so the time to do it is now. And I think there is a complacency that the courts are going to save us.

And the courts have a role and they are, I think, mostly holding their institutional role here, but they're not going to save us. The other institutions, and I mean, not just the co-equal branches, but yes, Congress, as you mentioned, businesses, the legal profession, universities, all the press, all the institutions have to be robust and the people at this stage.

And the courts have a role and they are, I think, mostly holding their institutional role here, but they're not going to save us. The other institutions, and I mean, not just the co-equal branches, but yes, Congress, as you mentioned, businesses, the legal profession, universities, all the press, all the institutions have to be robust and the people at this stage.

Well, I mean, I'm not holding my breath for Mark Zuckerberg to take a stand on anything. But to go back to the Democrats and the people wanting them to do things that they don't have the power to do fair enough. But this is also an information war. And to bring this back to Obrego Garcia, there are certain stories that can cut through the noise. Mm-hmm. And that can be the only story.

Well, I mean, I'm not holding my breath for Mark Zuckerberg to take a stand on anything. But to go back to the Democrats and the people wanting them to do things that they don't have the power to do fair enough. But this is also an information war. And to bring this back to Obrego Garcia, there are certain stories that can cut through the noise. Mm-hmm. And that can be the only story.

I mean, Republicans are actually really good at this. They get a message. They're very good at distilling it into something very simple. They repeat it and they repeat it and they repeat it. You know, Trump is a master information warrior, in my opinion. Yeah. Learn from that. And this should be the story, I think, because it's something that people get for exactly the reason that you mentioned.

I mean, Republicans are actually really good at this. They get a message. They're very good at distilling it into something very simple. They repeat it and they repeat it and they repeat it. You know, Trump is a master information warrior, in my opinion. Yeah. Learn from that. And this should be the story, I think, because it's something that people get for exactly the reason that you mentioned.

I think people do understand, like, if the government can stop this guy who's been here for 10 years, get him out of a car, put him on a plane to El Salvador and wash their hands of him, that's us.

I think people do understand, like, if the government can stop this guy who's been here for 10 years, get him out of a car, put him on a plane to El Salvador and wash their hands of him, that's us.

They have put a face on their lawlessness. And that is an opportunity to get people to wake up. And I think there are people who, I mean, I think even Jon Stewart said, yeah, you got me. I was not taking this seriously. And now I am. And I think there are people who will at this point.

They have put a face on their lawlessness. And that is an opportunity to get people to wake up. And I think there are people who, I mean, I think even Jon Stewart said, yeah, you got me. I was not taking this seriously. And now I am. And I think there are people who will at this point.