Our Commander-in-Chief, who never served because of multiple deferments, who was born with a golden spoon and has orange skin, has recently declared on Twitter that he has “complete power to pardon himself.” If Jefferson tweeted, he’d reply with his famous quote, “Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.” He would even have enough characters left to throw in some emojis and add a GIF. A privileged real estate tycoon who made a cameo in Home Alone 2 and starred in his own reality TV show has sworn the same oath taken by Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Obama.

The Earth still rotates on its axis as we revolve around the Sun, which feels closer than ever thanks to climate change, which allegedly doesn’t exist, because now science, much like facts, is whatever makes us feel better. (Although history might put an asterisk and add Russian numerals next to #45, but it’s too soon to tell.)” “Forty-five democratically-elected presidents have ascended to the White House built by slaves after (mostly) smooth transitions of power. “So here we are, 241 years since the ‘founding’ of the United States of America,” Wajahat wrote us.

Read the transcript of Wajahat Ali’s conversation with Timothy Snyder »ĬHAT LIVE with Wajahat Ali! Thursday, Septemon Facebook Liveįor this month of Read the Resistance, an online book club that highlights written works of and about resistance, we asked award-winning playwright and The New York Times contributor Wajahat Ali to recommend a book that exemplifies resistance to him.

2023 PEN America Literary Awards Ceremony.

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