Getting out to protest, this is something real and, I would say, something patriotic. Part of the new authoritarianism is to get people to prefer fiction and inaction to reality and action.

History permits us to be responsible: not for everything, but for something... History gives us the company of those who have done and suffered more than we have.

When listening to politicians, distinguish certain words. Look out for the expansive use of 'terrorism' and 'extremism.' Be alive to the fatal notions of 'exception' and 'emergency.' Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary.

Very often, when leaders repeat things over and over, they are preparing you for when that meme actually emerges in reality.

I don't know; it's hard for me to understand people that want to get out there and protest on the first day we elect a new guy.

It is not hard to see why Trump might choose Putin as his fantasy friend. Putin is the real-world version of the person Trump pretends to be on television.