I keep scanning the media to find, recognize and celebrate those courageous and effective public figures, of any nationality, who are giving us leadership by word or action in slowing down the ugly march to fascism being made in America.

They are few enough of these voices, given the widespread exposure and growth MAGA (Make America Great Again movement) has had in the last two years, but they are numerous and smart enough to give an observer encouragement.

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They come from academia and politics: people such as Timothy Snyder and Heather Cox Richardson; Bob Rae, Pete Buttigieg (who speaks eight languages), Elizabeth May, Bernie Sanders, Charlie Angus and Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (known as AOC).

And from the media, such people as David Frum, Rachel Maddow, David Brooks; artists and writers, such as Bruce Springsteen, Tom Hanks and Margaret Atwood; and comedians — who could forget Jimmy Kimmel, Jon Stewart, Stephen........

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