Placing a divisive, racist, xenophobic, and extreme figure who rationalized gun violence and showed hostility toward women in the Capitol Rotunda would be a national disgrace and a permanent stain on history. Come on, we’re better than this.

Trump’s the one stitched from history’s darkest egos — with Nero’s flair for chaos and self-worship, turning every crisis into a stage, stirring fire then stepping back as if uninvolved; Henry VIII’s ruthless grip on power, discarding loyalty like spent currency (1/2)

Trump’s out here posting like he’s been crowned by God Himself, channeling full “divine right of kings” energy.

Did someone dig this nonsense out of the medieval trash heap and hand it a smartphone?

I came to this country because I believed in its promise.
And I still do.
But democracy is not self-sustaining.
It needs us.
And right now—it needs us more than ever.
(17/17)

An Immigrant’s Reflection:
Is the America We Believed In Still Here?
A thread on what made this country great—and what threatens it now. Why I still choose to believe, and why we can’t give up.
(1/17)