I recently received via an unsolicited email the following article authored by an alleged historian named H.C. Richardson. It begins:
Lots of folks are finally paying attention to the rise of authoritarianism here in the U.S. They are right to be concerned... Scholars have seen worrisome signs all along. Trump has dismissed nonpartisan career officials and replaced them with loyalists. He has fired the independent inspectors general. He denies Congress’s right and duty to investigate members of the Executive Branch. He has used the Department of Homeland Security and other law enforcement officers of the Executive Branch as a private army.
I responded to the sender as follows:
Thanks for sharing this article, which really made me chuckle. If I had been drinking milk when I read it, it would have come through my nose from laughing so hard.
Just to highlight a few particularly amusing references.


















