Democracy For Nepal: 25: Sushila Karki

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Is the Jimmy Kimmel Saga a Sign that the Tide is Turning? Why we may not be Russia or Hungary ........... It’s irrefutable now: Trump is nakedly following the playbook of autocrats like Vladimir Putin and Viktor Orban. As his poll numbers fall, he is rushing to lock in permanent power by punishing his opponents and intimidating everyone else into submission. Craven congressional Republicans and a complicit Supreme Court have abetted Trump’s destruction of our democratic safeguards and norms. ......... Yet Trump has a significant problem that neither Putin nor Orban faced. When Putin and Orban were consolidating their autocratics, they were genuinely popular. They were perceived by the public as effective and competent leaders. Just nine months into his presidency, Trump, by contrast, is deeply unpopular. He is increasingly seen as chaotic and inept. As David Frum says, this means that he is in a race against time. Can he consolidate power before he loses his aura of inevitability? Will those who run major institutions – particularly corporate CEOs – understand that we are at a crucial juncture, and that by accommodating Trump they have more to lose than by standing up to him? ......... Putin appears to have been extremely popular in the early 2000s, as he was consolidating power. His net approval — approval minus disapproval — was consistently above 50 percent. ......... The Russian economy performed very badly for years after the fall of Communism, culminating in a devastating financial crisis in 1998. But Putin got to preside over a rapid economic recovery: Real GDP per capita doubled between 1998 and 2008: ......... Orban took power at a time when Hungary’s economy was deeply depressed by austerity policies, and was able to preside over a large decline in unemployment: ..........

Trump’s net approval, by contrast, turned negative within weeks after taking office and has just continued to fall

.......... his position looks even worse when you consider intensity. Almost half the public disapproves “strongly,” twice the share with strong approval. .......... Some of the public’s disdain for Trump reflects alarm over his assault on democracy, the spectacle of abductions by masked secret police, his attacks on education and public health, his destruction of key agencies like the FBI, and more. Yet, as always, economics plays a key role in Trump’s cratering popularity. ........... People have not forgotten that Trump made big promises during the campaign: He would end inflation on day one, reduce the price of groceries, and cut electricity prices in half. None of that is remotely happening. Moreover, more economic pain is coming as the full inflationary impact of tariffs and deportations will soon be felt. Not surprisingly, consumer sentiment has plunged. It’s almost as low as it was in the summer of 2022, when Covid-induced supply-chain inflation was at its peak ............... It’s clear that if Trump were subject to normal political constraints, obliged to follow the rule of law and accept election results, he would already be a political lame duck. His future influence and those of his minions would be greatly reduced by his unpopularity. But at this juncture he is a quasi-autocrat. He is the leader of a party that accommodates his every whim, backed by a corrupt Supreme Court prepared to validate whatever he does, no matter how clearly it violates the law. ........... As a result, Trump has been able to use the vast power of the federal government to deliver punishments and rewards in a completely unprecedented way. He has arbitrarily cut off funding to universities, refused to spend Congressionally-mandated funds, threatened to take away broadcast licenses, fired officials who are supposed to have job security, pardoned J6 insurrectionists, defied the lower courts, retaliated against those who have tried to hold him accountable, and enriched his family. This has created a climate of intimidation, with many institutions preemptively capitulating to Trump’s demands as if he already had total power. ............ But the fact is that Trump has not yet locked in his autocracy. Timid institutions are failing to understand not only how unpopular Trump is, but also how severe a backlash they are likely to face for surrendering without a fight. .......... They should understand, because some major corporations have already seen the costs of surrendering to Trump. Notably, Target’s decision to appease Trump by ending its commitment to DEI led to a large decline in sales and a falling stock price amid a rising market, and eventually cost the CEO his job. Law firms who have capitulated to Trump have lost clients and partners to law firms that stood up to him. And need we talk about the popularity of Tesla cars and cybertrucks? ............ Yet Disney was evidently completely unprepared for the backlash caused by its decision to take Jimmy Kimmel off the air, a backlash so costly that the company reversed course after just five days — too late to avoid probably irreparable damage to its brand. And this time I hope and believe that other institutions will take notice. ...........

How lucky we are that the genius behind pieces like this one will soon be steering the ship at CBS https://t.co/EcZIefV88z
— jasper nathaniel (@infinite_jaz) September 24, 2025

By no means is this hyperbole 👉 https://t.co/DqCsshvuWc
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Yes, violence is being fomented by the spirit world, not easy access to 400 million guns. https://t.co/0l4htRVUXP
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This language incites violence and terrorism. https://t.co/thKt8Op1qM pic.twitter.com/bo1a99timx
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) September 24, 2025

How come you, Benjamin Netanyahu’s son, hid in Miami instead of fighting in the war your dad started? https://t.co/z68KHU4AIh
— Leonarda Jonie (@leonardaisfunE) September 24, 2025

Nice mention of WEKTEK in an article on "Vaccine Federalism: in The New Yorker: "In a new book, “When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows,” Steven Pinker argues that common knowledge can explain many social phenomena. You might not tell a crush you’re interested unless you already…
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Trump’s net approval, by contrast, turned negative within weeks after taking office and has just continued to fall

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