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Appetite for Destruction
The second Trump administration is primarily animated by an anti-conservative impulse to demolish the institutions and customs of liberal-democratic…
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An American Gulag in the Making
Things are getting very bad, very fast
Apr 14
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At the Mercy of a Feral President
What it’s like to sell a house in an economy on the verge of a self-induced financial crisis
Apr 11
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Damon Linker
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Risks From a Wounded President
A new phase of Trump 2.0 has begun
Apr 7
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Why Did Donald Trump Shoot the Economy in the Thigh?
Because of an idea
Apr 4
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Damon Linker
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Why Did Donald Trump Shoot the Economy in the Thigh?
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Scapegoats Beware
If Trump’s tariffs tank the economy (as economist increasingly think they will), the president will be looking for new people to blame
Apr 1
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March 2025
Are Protests a Viable Path to Blocking Trump?
I tend to doubt it, but I’m eager to be persuaded otherwise
Mar 28
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Are Protests a Viable Path to Blocking Trump?
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Trump Redefines the Right’s Policy Priorities
The first Trump administration sowed confusion, but the second is clarifying some of what the Republican Party will try to accomplish in its…
Mar 25
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The Universities Are the Enemy
So think our new hard-right revolutionary overlords
Mar 21
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Damon Linker
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What Is to Be Done?—2
My struggle to figure out the best way forward for our country continues
Mar 17
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Trump's Will to Power
Using the president’s chaotic tariff policies as a window into his true motivations
Mar 14
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Close Encounters with the Reactionary Right
I’ve been embroiled in the same arguments for thirty years, pointing to the same gaps in the thinking of those on the most radical fringes
Mar 10
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