Let’s Talk Clinton: Michael Dorris

membership ticker

Autocratic forces are ascendant.

Truth-telling independent media is one remaining bulwark against an autocrat’s unrestrained exercise of power. At a time when billionaire owners of corporate media are making accommodations to political leaders, our nonprofit newsroom cannot be bought, bent, or broken. Depend on it, and please stand with us.

Autocratic forces are ascendant in America. But truth-telling independent media is one remaining bulwark against the unrestrained exercise of power. At a time when billionaire owners of corporate media are making accommodations to political leaders, our nonprofit newsroom cannot be bought or broken. Please stand with us.

Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.

. . . next luminary . . .

He’s doing an honorable job, and he’s strong. His informed support doesn’t waver with the daily news. He shouldn’t try to please everyone, should act like a second-term president. Trust his humane instincts and ’60s idealism.

Finally, he should make prioirity lists and not get diverted from the order. What would he like to look back on with pride 25 years from now, and what doesn’t matter? He has to stand back and find his own perspective and prioirities.