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Kamala Harris May Force a Reckoning
Harris emerged as VP in the summer of 2020 when it seemed the country might finally deal with its defining demons. But as the reactionary…
Jul 23
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Allies Against Democracy: Trump and Project 2025
Trump is not the mastermind behind Project 2025. It’s worse: The rightwing establishment has radicalized to the point where their plans are entirely in…
Jul 9
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June 2024
The Origins of Trumpism and the Birth of the Present
Reflections on the pre-history of Trump’s rise, the peculiar nature of Trumpism, and the radical politics of white despair – based on John Ganz’s…
Jun 23
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New Feature on Democracy Americana: Article Voiceovers
I am trying something new – an audio version of the newsletter essays, for those who prefer to listen rather than read
Jun 17
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Thomas Zimmer
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The Right’s Politics of Revenge
The responses to the Trump verdict offer an instructive – and alarming – reminder of what defines the American Right today: They are out for bloody…
Jun 16
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The “Originalist” Supreme Court vs Democracy
As the Right is using “originalism” to re-impose a reactionary order on the country, I exchange letters with Madiba Dennie about the dangers of judicial…
Jun 3
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May 2024
The Anti-Liberal Left Has a Fascism Problem
Prominent leftwing intellectuals are allowing their singular, disdain-driven focus on (neo-) liberalism to completely distort their perspective on the…
May 24
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Fascism in America?
The fascism debate rages on: Here is why it matters, what the main contentions are, and why the arguments of the Skeptics are increasingly untethered…
May 22
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The Students Have Never Been the Enemy
Student protest movements have historically functioned as an indispensable corrective for America and the West. That is the legacy of 1968 we should be…
May 9
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Thomas Zimmer
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America’s Elites Fear the Ghost of 1968
Mainstream elites are adopting a reactionary tale about the “leftist” indoctrination of America’s youth that verges on the conspiratorial and is…
May 3
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April 2024
Student Revolt and the Curtailing of Critical Speech
The violent crackdown on campus protests reveals an alliance between the Right and mainstream elites who are driven by reactionary impulses and status…
Apr 27
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Anti-Anti-Trump Conservatives Are Paving the Way for Authoritarianism
Highbrow conservative commentators are giving themselves and their readers permission to support Trump by portraying “liberal hysteria” as the real…
Apr 9
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