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    • EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
      EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
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      What The Roman Catholic Church needs is a wholesale reset, not a new Pope
    • “I Don’t Do Horror, Ryan Coogler” — Black Magic’s Dr. Yvonne Chireau on Sinners and Bringing Hoodoo to Life
      “I Don’t Do Horror, Ryan Coogler” — Black Magic’s Dr. Yvonne Chireau on Sinners and Bringing Hoodoo to Life
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    • EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
      EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
    • What The Roman Catholic Church needs is a wholesale reset, not a new Pope
      What The Roman Catholic Church needs is a wholesale reset, not a new Pope
    • Francis, the Roman Catholic Church’s First Latin American Pope, Leaves Behind a Complicated Legacy
      Francis, the Roman Catholic Church’s First Latin American Pope, Leaves Behind a Complicated Legacy
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    • EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
      EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
    • My Book on The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity Was One of Hundreds Just Banned by the Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
      My Book on The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity Was One of Hundreds Just Banned by the Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
    • Why Authoritarianism Needs Gender Stereotypes – and Democracy Needs Gender Justice
      Why Authoritarianism Needs Gender Stereotypes – and Democracy Needs Gender Justice
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    • EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
      EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism
    • Once Again the ADL Antisemitism Audit Overreaches — Including an Embarrassing Failure to Recognize a Jewish Ritual
      Once Again the ADL Antisemitism Audit Overreaches — Including an Embarrassing Failure to Recognize a Jewish Ritual
    • We Called For Better Responses to Campus Antisemitism—and the ADL Threatened to Withdraw Sponsorship
      We Called For Better Responses to Campus Antisemitism—and the ADL Threatened to Withdraw Sponsorship
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Steven Gardiner

Steven Gardiner is Principal Research Advisor at Political Research Associates. He is a political anthropologist who has been monitoring authoritarian and exclusionary social movements since 1988.

Archive, Election 2024, Media Analysis, Politics/LawJanuary 21, 2025

While Global Media Are Clear on Musk’s Nazi Salute US Media Engage in ‘Nazi-Washing’

By Steven Gardiner

At President Trump’s post-inaugural festivities, Elon Musk rose to the podium emblazoned with the Seal…

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Archive, Election 2024, Politics/Law, Special Coverage: Election 2024December 9, 2024

While Nixon Sought to Secretly ‘Screw’ Political Enemies Trump’s Dictatorial Desires Are Less Modest

By Steven Gardiner

On August 16, 1971, White House Counsel John Dean circulated a confidential memo to Nixon…

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Archive, Christian Nationalism, Election 2024, Immigration, Media Analysis, OMFG, Politics/Law, Racial Justice, Sex/Gender/JusticeDecember 2, 2024

Authoritarians Must Break Your Will to Resist — So What Can You Do About it?

By Steven Gardiner

There were many people, apparently, who voted for Trump who justified it with plain vanilla…

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Archive, Election 2024, OMFG, Politics/LawNovember 18, 2024

Loyalty and Chaos Play a Role in Trump’s Nominations, But This Schoolyard Tactic May Provide a Better Explanation

By Steven Gardiner

Thus far much of the commentary about Trump’s cabinet and staff picks alternates between “He…

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Election 2024, Politics/Law, Special Coverage: Election 2024November 5, 2024

Arizona Supreme Court Rules Against Disenfranchisement — But Privacy Issues Remain

By Steven Gardiner

The Supreme Court of Arizona, a hotly contested swing state, ruled on November 1, 2024,…

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UPDATED: Right-sizing the Threat of Political Violence in the 2024 Election — And After
Election 2024, Special Coverage: Election 2024November 4, 2024

UPDATED: Right-sizing the Threat of Political Violence in the 2024 Election — And After

By Steven Gardiner

Untold gigabytes of virtual ink have been spilled covering the story of the 2024 presidential…

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