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America Is Sacrificing Its Children at the Altar of the Gun
Mass shootings are a political problem. A democracy problem. A uniquely American problem.
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If It’s Really That Bad, People Need To Know
Unless America’s leading institutions act accordingly, why would anyone believe Trump is a serious criminal threat - or that the danger to democracy is…
Thomas Zimmer
Mar 20
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The “Free Speech Crisis” Is Not a Crisis. It Is Progress.
America is in the midst of a profound renegotiation of speech norms. That process can be messy. But it’s not “cancel culture.” It is necessary and…
Thomas Zimmer
Mar 13
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On “Cancel Culture”
A deep dive into the narrative that America is experiencing an acute “free speech crisis” – and why it is so misleading
Thomas Zimmer
Mar 6
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February 2023
The State of the Union and the Problem of Unity
On Bidenism – and the limits and pitfalls of a unity politics that runs the risk of stifling the response to the authoritarian assault on democracy
Thomas Zimmer
Feb 14
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January 2023
On the Murder of Tyre Nichols
Reflections on systemic racism and the question of who gets to be violent in America – and whose responsibility it is to stop the violence
Thomas Zimmer
Jan 29
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The IRS, Fake Populism, and the Conspiratorial Right on the Beach
From a personal encounter with MAGA America on the beach straight to the legislative priorities of the Republican Party
Thomas Zimmer
Jan 19
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The Insurrectionists Finally Took the House
McCarthy is speaker. The extremists won. The Republican Party is getting worse.
Thomas Zimmer
Jan 10
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December 2022
Why the American Right Admires Putin's Russia
Reactionaries largely agree with Putin’s critique of the weak, “woke” West. To the Right, the fight against multiracial pluralism overrides everything…
Thomas Zimmer
Dec 29, 2022
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The Reactionary Right Mobilizes
Conservatism no more! A reflection on what we are up against – Part III
Thomas Zimmer
Dec 22, 2022
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Conservatism No More?
The Radicalization of the Right and the Reactionary Assault on Democracy. A reflection on what we are up against – Part II
Thomas Zimmer
Dec 15, 2022
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A Republican “Soul-Searching”? Highly Unlikely.
Don’t trust people who keep promising a GOP pivot that never comes
Thomas Zimmer
Dec 9, 2022
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