Jennifer Mercieca

5 days ago | zocalopublicsquare.org | Jennifer Mercieca

My students tell me that they don’t sleep. They stay up all night endlessly scrolling their social media feeds. Their attention has been captured, but not by anything in particular, not really, they say. Like a lot of us, my students are chronic doomscrollers. And, like a lot of us, they’re miserable as a result.

1 month ago | jennifermercieca.substack.com | Jennifer Mercieca

Authoritarianism — the political belief that danger and chaos require a strict obedience to authority (a strong leader or strong government), even at the expense of individual freedom — is growing in America. Worse, authoritarians have used their scary appeals to fear and conspiracy theories to gain public office, erode protections to privacy and individual freedom, and violate democratic norms. Thanks for reading Rhetorical Tricks! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Jennifer Mercieca

Like many other news organizations, The Associated Press maintains a “live updates” page, which posts the latest from the Trump administration in a ticker tape-like live scroll, with multiple updates per hour, 12 hours a day. President Donald Trump has kept the ticker busy. “Trump is moving with light speed and brute force to break the existing order and reshape America at home and abroad,” an Associated Press reporter wrote on Feb. 22, 2025.

Mar 28, 2025 | newsregister.com | Jennifer Mercieca

Like many other news organizations, The Associated Press maintains a scrolling “live updates” page. It posts the latest from the administration in a live ticker-tape fashion 12 hours a day, with multiple updates each hour, and President Trump keeps the ticker continuously busy. “Trump is moving with light speed and brute force to break the existing order and reshape America at home and abroad,” an AP reporter observed.

Mar 25, 2025 | japantoday.com | Jennifer Mercieca

Like many other news organizations, The Associated Press maintains a “live updates” page, which posts the latest from the Trump administration in a ticker tape-like live scroll, with multiple updates per hour, 12 hours a day. President Donald Trump has kept the ticker busy. “Trump is moving with light speed and brute force to break the existing order and reshape America at home and abroad,” an Associated Press reporter wrote on Feb 22.