The Discourse Report: June 6, 2021

California and Florida's Covid responses, the Civil Rights Movement as a model for effecting change, the debut of Twitter Blue, and more

Welcome to DiscRep, your guide to the public discourse. I’m Berny Belvedere (@bernybelvedere), editor in chief of Arc Digital.

Reads

1. Three Paths to Containing Trump by Ross Douthat in The New York Times on 6/5/21

Last fall and winter, the president of the United States attempted, with ineffectual strategy but violent consequences, to pressure Republicans t…