Conservative NYT Columnist David Brooks Calls for 'National Civic Uprising' to Defeat Trumpism -

[riversedge]

I wonder if Brooks will be marching in any of NYC protests Saturday????




Conservative NYT Columnist David Brooks Calls for ‘National Civic Uprising’ to Defeat Trumpism – Complete With ‘Mass Rallies, Strikes’

https://www.mediaite.com/trump/conservative-nyt-columnist-david-brooks-calls-for-national-civic-uprising-to-defeat-trumpism-complete-with-mass-rallies-strikes/

Michael Luciano Apr 17th, 2025, 8:08 pm
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Conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks has called for a mass uprising to oppose President Donald Trump, going so far as to quote The Communist Manifesto.

In a blistering piece published on Thursday, Brooks wrote that modern civilization is buttressed by several pillars, including “Constitutions to restrain power, international alliances to promote peace, legal systems to peacefully settle disputes, scientific institutions to cure disease, news outlets to advance public understanding, charitable organizations to ease suffering, businesses to build wealth and spread prosperity, and universities.”

He went on to say that Trump threatens all of these because the president is only interested in the acquisition of power “for its own sake” and is engaged in “a multifront assault to make the earth a playground for ruthless men.”

Noting that Trump has targeted law firms, government agencies, NATO, and global trade, Brooks said these various efforts are part of a singular mission to reverse the “civilizational order.” His solution is a multi-pronged response that is nonetheless united by a common goal:

It’s time for a comprehensive national civic uprising. It’s time for Americans in universities, law, business, nonprofits and the scientific community, and civil servants and beyond to form one coordinated mass movement. Trump is about power. The only way he’s going to be stopped is if he’s confronted by some movement that possesses rival power.

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[Woodycall]

1. First they came for the...

[Just Jerome]

2. Oh, so now a warning,

huh, Dave ?

[democrank]

3. David Brooks is exactly right on his call for a civic uprising.

The ongoing, deliberate damage Trump and his cult is doing to our country requires a response from The People that can not be ignored.

[wolfie001]

4. Well, this is quite the am shocker!

Yes, spread the word! Is Maggie Haberman on board too?

[Botany]

5. "It's time for a comprehensive national civic uprising."

And soon. Trump, Musk, and Putin are working on an expedited timeline. Bondi, Gabbard, Hog’s Breath,
Blondie McSpokesperson, Erik Prince, and Fox are all in on this scheme too.

Gutting science, free speech, environmental protections, education, civil liberties for all Americans,
making dark skinned foreigners and LGBT targets, social services being stolen and or cut, and non
stop gas lighting along with non stop lying are all there to be seen.

[Simeon Salus]

6. Drumpf hasn't laid off any soldiers except top brass who might countermand an order

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If he REAALLY wanted to save the American people money, he could stop building flying multitools and impoverish the military industrial complex which runs everything in Congress today.

I think God Emperor Hyperbole the First would just love the opportunity to bring US troops to bear against their own citizens in peaceful protest.

While I cringe that anyone has to say this, I believe we will likely see active duty service people pitted against domestic protests in the next four years, and likely much longer.

My response is partially prompted by David Brooks (Mr. Moral Hazard) being wrong about every goddamned thing he's ever said in his life.

[Paladin]

7. I was tempted to give Brooks a "Better Late Than Never" award...

...but upon reflection, I've decided he's unworthy of it. Same goes for the rest of his fellow NY Times opinion scribes, who at last seem to be getting a serious dose of reality regarding trump. Welcome to the club, clueless ones...

[Scrivener7]

9. Yes. Did you catch his last one? Where he blamed trump on Democrats and said conservatives

had been opposing him since the start and trump was browbeating evangelicals? What a turd.

[Scrivener7]

8. I hate it when I agree with David Brooks. Because he's a moron.

[tanyev]

10. OK, Lisa Murkowski, if David effing Brooks can do it, you can too.

You and all your scared Republican colleagues need to lead or get out of the way.

[usonian]

11. Kick

I just found the article.

Origin: NYT archived.

https://archive.ph/dB7mw

So far, the only real hint of something larger — a mass countermovement — has been the rallies led by Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. But this, too, is an ineffective way to respond to Trump; those partisan rallies make this fight seem like a normal contest between Democrats and Republicans.

What is happening now is not normal politics. We’re seeing an assault on the fundamental institutions of our civic life, things we should all swear loyalty to — Democrat, independent or Republican.

It’s time for a comprehensive national civic uprising. It’s time for Americans in universities, law, business, nonprofits and the scientific community, and civil servants and beyond to form one coordinated mass movement. Trump is about power. The only way he’s going to be stopped is if he’s confronted by some movement that possesses rival power.