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One Step Closer to Constitutional Rupture
Reflections on the meaning of Trump v. CASA
Jun 30
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Damon Linker
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The Mamdani Model
Democrats may have finally found a young, charismatic candidate who can show the party how to campaign like populists
Jun 26
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Damon Linker
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Trump Bombs Iran, "TACO" Hardest Hit
Ten thoughts on the president’s decision to join Israel’s war
Jun 22
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Damon Linker
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The Ineducable GOP
How (and how much) have Republicans changed since the debacle of the Iraq War?
Jun 20
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Damon Linker
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Our Real-World Worst-Case Scenario
Donald Trump is acting like he wants to provoke a conflagration to serve as a pretext for a seizure of dictatorial power
Jun 16
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Damon Linker
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A Chilling Prediction by Leo Strauss
Today’s post-liberals hate liberalism but lack a coherent alternative.
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MAGA in Motion
What we can learn simply by describing what we see from the second Trump administration
May 30
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Damon Linker
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A Party of Sloths
The Democrats are in serious trouble. What will it take to rouse them from their passivity?
May 28
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Damon Linker
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What I Learned Teaching “Trump 2.0”
It wasn’t anything uplifting, I’ll tell you that
May 23
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Damon Linker
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The Story of American Political Ideas Since 1945—Part 2
Technocratic-managerial neoliberalism and its discontents
May 20
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Damon Linker
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The Story of American Political Ideas Since 1945—Part 1
What I taught my Penn students this past semester
May 16
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Damon Linker
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The Evangelical Evolution
What a pair of administration policies tell us about the transformation of the religious right in the Trump era
May 13
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Damon Linker
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