Donald Trump has arraigned on charges related to his handling of classified documents and

his best defense so far is the claim of unequal justice, because hey, but her emails.

You have a former first lady, Senator, Secretary of State that had the same situation that

nothing was done to her.

From WNYC in New York, this is on the media, I'm Brooke Gladstone.

One journalist crisscrossed the country trying to decode the allure of fascism.

That anger you feel is not anger, it's love for your country.

Plus, how to assess this notably hard historical moment in light of all the other ones?

America is in trouble and always has been.

And the question is how does the quotient and the forces leading to trouble match the

forces that are resisting that trouble?

It's all coming up after this.

From WNYC in New York, this is on the media, I'm Brooke Gladstone.

And I'm here with my right-along companion this week's co-host, James Fallow's.

He'll be familiar to longtime listeners for decades we've turned to Jim for insights

on topics ranging from politics to plane crashes.

Right now, he's the author of the blog Breaking the News on Substack.

Hey Jim, thanks for sharing the mic.

Brooke, I am delighted to be here. Thank you.

So how about starting us off?

OK, for the political news media, this week basically started on Tuesday, with the arrival

of Donald Trump to the federal courthouse in Miami.

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