Author Archives: Daniel Little

A great piece by Shalise Manza Young in The Contrarian about the travesty Trump has created at the historic White House … No respect for the traditions or history of the office. https://open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/the-grotesque-metaphor-of-trump-tearing?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=fzsj7

Astounding racism, anti-semitism, and violent language on this private Telegram chat channel for young Republican leaders around the country …. How in the world did we get here? ‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/14/private-chat-among-young-gop-club-members-00592146

Hindu nationalism in India has provoked a great deal of collective violence against Muslims and their communities since Independence. It represents a case study in the use of hate as a political tool. The RSS was deliberately designed in India … Continue reading →

Here is a brilliant analysis by David Brooks on affirming democracy and resisting dictatorship. ttps://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/11/autocracy-resistance-social-movement/684336/

History matters, and Tim Snyder is excellent on twentieth century totalitarian regimes. He puts his finger on this horrendous antifa conspiracy theory. https://open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p/when-anti-antifa-means-pro-nazi-video?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

The Department of (In)justice has indicted Letitia James after Trump’s repeated calls for indictments against his enemies. Shameful and surely illegal! The Guardian reports: Lindsey Halligan, the US attorney for the eastern district of Virginia, personally presented the case to … Continue reading →

And here is Tim Snyder’s take on Stephen Miller on Substack … https://open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p/stalinism-and-stephen-miller-video?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Stephen Miller is a real conveyor of hate in the administration…. Here is Jennifer Rubin’s take on Substack …. https://open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/stephen-miller-is-the-poster-boy?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email