Adam Johnson

2 weeks ago | rsn.org | Adam Johnson |Sarah Lazare

While the Trump administration targets hundreds over their constitutionally protected right to political speech, Democratic leadership and influential media pundits have largely stayed quiet. President Trump’s unprecedented crackdown on constitutionally-protected speech has solicited crickets from key Democratic Party leaders and self-described “free speech” advocates in the U.S. media.

3 weeks ago | inthesetimes.com | Adam Johnson |Sarah Lazare

Adam Johnson and Sarah Lazare April 1, 2025 President Trump’s unprecedented crackdown on constitutionally-protected speech has solicited crickets from key Democratic Party leaders and self-described ​“free speech” advocates in the U.S. media.

Jan 9, 2025 | inthesetimes.com | Adam Johnson

Adam Johnson January 9, 2025 A great deal of successful messaging — or propaganda, as the case may be — is getting those you’re trying to convince to accept your premise without realizing they’ve done so. One way of doing this is to assert a ​“debate” with highly contestable ideological premises smuggled into the discussion, then just go from there.

Nov 8, 2024 | inthesetimes.com | Adam Johnson

Adam Johnson November 8, 2024 The full picture of the Democrats’ monumental collapse in the 2024 election is coming into clearer view. It was a historic loss. Harris will likely fall a few million votes short of Biden’s 2020 total. Democrats lost control of the Senate and are likely to be losers in the House for two election cycles in a row. All in all it was, most everyone agrees, a bloodbath.

Nov 6, 2024 | inthesetimes.com | Adam Johnson

The exact cause of the Democrats’ catastrophic loss last night was, of course, no one thing. The leader of the incumbent party, Joe Biden, was deeply unpopular, with disapproval ratings of 56% on the eve of the election. The public felt inflation had eaten away at modest income gains. And, of course, shadowy billionaires spread false narratives and juiced social media. Everyone is going to have their own reasons in the coming days — no doubt many based on their own priors and grievances.