Don’t Take the Bait — Kristi Noem and Fascism’s Sadistic Eroticization of Power
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Want to Know What a Project 2025 World Looks Like? Just Ask the Homeschoolers Who Lived it
Although President Trump’s executive order on elections signed earlier this week is probably unconstitutional, it…
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Is America in 2025 What ‘Disenchantment’ Looks Like?
I’ve always found the performative use of religious language, as an excoriation or a scold,…
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With Education Secretary Linda McMahon on Board, Christian Right Dream to Wrestle Public Schools into Submission in Sight (Updated 3/20)
Compared to Donald Trump’s prior term in office, the current Trump administration looks different. The…
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The President’s Noxious Treatment of Zelensky Makes More Sense if We See Donald Trump Himself as a Gun
Writing in The Atlantic on the disastrous February 28 meeting between Trump and Ukrainian President…
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Exalted Insurrectionists, Kremlin-Friendly Bombast, and a Smattering of Nazi Salutes — Notes from CPAC 2025
Matt and Mercedes Schlapp opened this year’s CPAC by celebrating: “Last year I said globalism…
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JD Vance is Merely the Latest Conservative Christian to Use Nazi Camps to Cleanse His Antisemitism Sins
On Thursday of this past week, Vice President JD Vance visited the site of the…
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Trump’s EO to ‘Combat Antisemitism’ Wields Jewish Safety as a Weapon to Crush Palestine Solidarity
Last week, Trump released an executive order pledging to combat antisemitism by ordering a draconian…
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Freedom for ‘Q Shaman’ and Justice for Leonard Peltier Are Mutually Exclusive
One of President Biden’s final acts as US president was to grant clemency to American…
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Despite the GOP Devolving into a White Christian Nationalist Party, Majority of U.S. Does Not Support Christian Nationalism
In the wake of the election of Donald Trump with the strong support of White…
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