'Civic uprising': Conservative sees Trump regime as break-glass emergency

Conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks is widely seen as a measured figure who frequently calls out anything radical or removed from the center — but that's decidedly not the tone he struck in his latest article, calling for a "civic uprising" to defend American values against the assault of the Trump administration.

"Over the centuries, people built the sinews of civilization: Constitutions to restrain power, international alliances to promote peace, legal systems to peacefully settle disputes...