David Brooks: Time for a civic uprising

Why David Brooks finally gets it mostly right about the need for an uprising.

In a surprising article, David Brooks jumps on the uprising bandwagon even if he does not fully understand that Trumpism goes beyond Reagan. The post Why David Brooks finally gets it mostly right about the need for an uprising. appeared first on EgbertoWillies.com.

David Brooks: Time for a civic uprising

"These are not separate battles. This is a single effort to undo the parts of the civilizational order that might restrain Trump’s acquisition of power. And it will take a concerted response to beat it back," Brooks writes.

David Brooks mans the barricades

Yesterday, in his New York Times column, David Brooks called for a mass uprising against Donald Trump. Now that’s a sentence I never thought I’d write, much less read. But this is 2025, and with Trump on a rampage, things are getting very weird indeed.  Brooks, a former senior editor at the Weekly Standard, among other things, is pretty much center-right, and his columns usually maintain a certain smug vapidity. He seems to love jabbing at anyth…

David Brooks, His Eyes Uncovered!

You don’t get it? And you call yourself a nerd? Fine, here.Somebody must have snuck into David Brooks’s home and left Tracy Chapman’s first album on autorepeat, because three months of Donald Trump’s second term have that icon of staid, muddleheaded center-right “moderation” Talkin’ ‘Bout a Revolution. In his New York Times column yesterday (gift link … Or Temba, his arms wide link), Brooks makes the case that Trump and Trumpism threaten all the…

New York Times columnist David Brooks calls for national ‘uprising’ against Trump

"It's time for a comprehensive national civic uprising," said Brooks.

Centrist 'NYT' Columnist Calls for 'National Uprising,' Making Gavin Newsom Look Like a Weak Baby

Welcome back to Barf Bag, a subscriber-exclusive column. Here’s everything you get when you subscribe. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) has once again opened his big mouth and let more dumb things fall out. In recent weeks, Newsom, who’s considered a 2028 presidential candidate, has welcomed far-right figures like Steve Bannon on his new podcast and said that the infinitesimal number of trans kids participating in school sports is “unfair.” Most Pop…