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      2023 CPAC Lived Down to Expectations, But Don’t Buy the Narrative: The GOP is Not as Divided as You Might Think
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      Correction: The SBC Does NOT Oppose Women’s Ordination… Just Women Pastors
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    • AR-15 Lapel Pins are More Than Political Provocation — They’re Symbols of the Violence at the Heart of White Christian Nationalism
      AR-15 Lapel Pins are More Than Political Provocation — They’re Symbols of the Violence at the Heart of White Christian Nationalism
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      Don’t Sleep on Trump’s CPAC Speech Calling For ‘The Final Battle’: This was Southern Strategy as Apocalyptic Promise
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      2023 CPAC Lived Down to Expectations, But Don’t Buy the Narrative: The GOP is Not as Divided as You Might Think
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Andrew Porwancher

Andrew Porwancher is the Wick Cary Associate Professor at the University of Oklahoma and the Ernest May Fellow at Harvard University’s Belfer Center. His most recent book is The Jewish World of Alexander Hamilton (Princeton, 2021).

Archive, OMFG, Politics/LawAugust 4, 2021

Was Alexander Hamilton Jewish? Does it Matter?

By Andrew Porwancher

For all the ink spilled on Alexander Hamilton by historians, and for all the buzz…

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