After only four weeks of a new presidency (Really? Only four?), it’s clear the chaos being brought to the American daily routine isn’t some kind of a bug—it’s a feature of Trumpism. So what’s the antidote? We actually got a preview five years ago, when state and local Democratic leaders provided fact-based alternatives to Trump’s daily rants about the pandemic. Journalist Jennifer Schulze outlines how a similar daily media briefing could help Americans understand the local impacts and the better alternatives to running a country, rather than running it into the ground

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