The Atlantic podcaster and end-of-democracy doomsday prophet David Brooks had the temerity to claim on Friday’s PBS News Hour that he and people like him represent the “forces of humanization” in America while people like President Trump fight a “constant battle of forcing dehumanization.” Brooks lamented, “Well, Donald Trump has never had an honest disagreement with somebody and where you say, 'Oh, I disagree with you' and without him going ad hominem and that is just his nature.”   David Brooks, noted "democracy is dying" doomsday prophet, laments, "We meet people trying to heal America, trying to build conversations. And it's just frustrating that all these people are doing this work around the country at the same time, day by day, there's a shredding from… pic.twitter.com/SwqPAG5tEY — Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) February 21, 2026   He also claimed, “It is the nature of somebody with a narcissistic personality disorder to think, I am the center, and everything that's an assault on me cannot be anything but a shameful attack on all that is right and good.” Presumably referring to liberal co-panelist MS NOW host Jonathan Capehart, Brooks went on, “And so it's very hard. We travel around the country. We meet people trying to heal America, trying to build conversations. And it's just frustrating that all these people are doing this work around the country at the same time, day by day, there's a shredding from the top. And so there's these forces of humanization that are trying to have a decent country, and then the shredding from the top is just a constant battle of forcing dehumanization.” David Brooks may speak in a calm, quiet tone of voice, but the actual content of his words can be just as radical as Capehart’s. He has warned that Trump’s policies equate to death, similarly compared DOGE to several mass-murdering communist dictators, and has several times decried various Trump actions as grave threats to democracy. None of that is new for Brooks. Ten years ago he claimed Sen. Ted Cruz spoke in “dark and satanic tones.” Back when Trump was just a simple NBC reality show host, Brooks had his own ad hominem, “It doesn’t help that he [Cruz] has a face that looks a little like Joe McCarthy actually.” But, at least PBS’s resident conservative appreciated Barack Obama’s pants. Here is a transcript for the February 20 show: PBS News Hour 2/20/2026 7:45 PM ET DAVID BROOKS: Well, Donald Trump has never had an honest disagreement with somebody and where you say, “Oh, I disagree with you” and without him going ad hominem and that is just his nature. It is the nature of somebody with a narcissistic personality disorder to think, I am the center, and everything that's an assault on me cannot be anything but a shameful attack on all that is right and good. And so it's very hard. We travel around the country. We meet people trying to heal America, trying to build conversations. And it's just frustrating that all these people are doing this work around the country at the same time, day by day, there's a shredding from the top. And so there's these forces of humanization that are trying to have a decent country, and then the shredding from the top is just a constant battle of forcing dehumanization.

A high school in Virginia suspended over 300 students for walking out of class for an anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protest, and many on social media have applauded the action.On February 13, students at Woodbridge High School marched off of campus in solidarity with others across the nation who ostensibly disagree with ICE operations ordered by the Trump administration.'Good. They're there to learn, not protest ICE doing their jobs.'A letter from principal Heather Abney to parents of students said that the district did not endorse the walkout and that students who left campus without permission would be punished according to their regular code of behavior. A total of 303 students were suspended for three days. Some of the students reportedly went to a nearby shopping center after leaving campus, others went home, and some returned to the campus later. Administrators said that some of the students who returned to the school caused a disturbance as well. WDVM-TV reported the 303 students suspended from the school on Thursday comprised about 11% of the student population. Officials warned that more protests would meet with the same punishments. Many on social media praised the school for imposing consequences on the students' unruly actions."That is the best news I've heard all day!!!! Finally a school district that knows and enforces the rules," read one response."Schools need to enforce rules consistently. Leaving class without permission disrupts learning and comes with consequences, even if the cause feels important to the students," said another user on X. "Good. They're there to learn, not protest ICE doing their jobs," said another detractor. "Finally the adults are taking charge," read another response. "Protest on your own time."RELATED: Video shows brawl after HS walkout protester allegedly hit pro-ICE man — man was charged with child abuse Others questioned whether cutting the students from school was an effective punishment for cutting school. The Prince William County Police Department provided some traffic control for the protest and supervised the students for safety.The Trump administration has deported about 675,000 illegal aliens in the first year of the president's second term, and another 2.2 million are estimated to have self-deported. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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