Source: The Atlantic
by David A Graham
“‘The era of big government is over,’ Bill Clinton declared 29 years ago. Donald Trump never got the memo. In his second term, the president is embracing perhaps the most sweeping expansion of federal power since that of Franklin D. Roosevelt: bullying state governments, using military force if necessary; telling private institutions, including media corporations and universities, how to operate; extorting law firms into doing free work for the government; and, in the latest escalation, taking a stake in the tech firm Intel. … The debate in America is no longer about whether socialism can gain a foothold. It’s whether the socialism that dominates will be progressive or right-wing.” [editor’s note: It’s not just Intel — the US regime also has “stakes” in US Steel and other companies – TLK] (08/25/25)