For Trump's opponents, a model for finding their fight to stop him - Rachel Maddow - MS NOW

[Rhiannon12866]

While Donald Trump has made clear how he intends to wield his power and retain his power, the most pressing question for Americans is how his opponents intend to stop him.

Jon Ralston, founder and CEO of the Nevada Independent, and author of the newly published "The Game Changer: How Harry Reid remade the rules and showed Democrats how to fight," talks with Rachel Maddow about how the Democrats' best political tactician and savviest fighter in living memory would have handled stopping Trump and retaking power before it's too late. - 01/19/2026.

[democrank]

1. Highly recommended

Jon Ralston believes Harry Reid would speak out in “unvarnished terms” right now because there is too much at stake. That he would most likely be on the Senate floor every day warning about where we, as a nation, are headed.

Reid was a political tactician, the type of leader Democrats desperately need right now.
Ralston made a good point about being a charismatic leader vs. being a fighting leader.
In times like these, I come down on the side of true grit.

Thank you for posting this informative interview, Rhiannon12866.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. You're more than welcome! I thought that this was a spot-on point about Harry Reid!

And I sure agree with you, it's long past time for compromise, way too much is at stake - like whether we will remain a democracy - and the ire of the rest of the Western World!!!