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Fear not, the right to lie is safe

By Lindsay Beyerstein / August 11, 2023 /

It’s about what Trump did, not what he said, writes Lindsay Beyerstein.

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Mike Pence can choose to go down a hero rather than a loser

By John Stoehr / August 3, 2023 /

He can’t win, so why not testify against Donald Trump?

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Fear ye not the loss of trust!

By John Stoehr / June 20, 2023 /

Democracy will muddle on. Same can’t be said of the existing order.

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Do we have to use ‘cult’ to describe normal illiberal politics?

By John Stoehr / June 16, 2023 /

Hillary Clinton knows the answer.

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Showing off was Trump’s motive

By John Stoehr / June 12, 2023 /

It defies imagination but it’s there.

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Don’t overthink it. Convicting Trump would regain trust

By Rod Graham / May 2, 2023 /

Americans don’t trust institutions like we used to, writes Rod Graham. This is one of those rare claims that everyone agrees with. 

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Vanquishing malarkey

By Claire Bond Potter / May 1, 2023 /

Saving democracy is a slow, deliberative process – and President Joe Biden is very, very good at it, writes Claire Bond Potter.

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There’s no such thing as a competent authoritarian

By Noah Berlatsky / April 24, 2023 /

DeSantis wouldn’t be better or worse than Trump.

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Think you understand Trump’s relationship with white evangelicals? Think again

By John Stoehr / April 21, 2023 /

Post-Roe, they’re still figuring out new ways of talking about old agreements over the proper role of women in American society.

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How southern states export the effects of their gun laws, project power and dominate America

By John Stoehr / April 17, 2023 /

America’s “broader public opinion” means nothing to them.

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