“Cultural heroin.” JD Vance on Donald Trump
Ten years ago today, JD Vance published an essay that called Donald Trump “cultural heroin” and “an opioid of the
Trump’s Fake Emergency Playbook Exposed
He’s deploying troops for the worst possible reason. Here’s how the “state of exception” works — in 2 minutes.
Trump is turning “fake emergencies” into a political weapon—deploying troops into Democratic cities under the guise of crime crackdowns, even as crime hits record lows.
It’s the authoritarian playbook in action:
1️⃣ Invent a crisis
2️⃣ Bypass democracy
3️⃣ Grab emergency powers
4️⃣ Repeat
I just broke this down in a 2-minute video for The Nerd Reich Newsletter — showing how these staged emergencies normalize authoritarian control.
Watch the video now — and please share it widely.