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More Republicans are literally demonizing opponents
We laugh about the Satanic Panic, but we’re living through something much worse, writes Lindsay Beyerstein.
Blaming a bridge collapse on ‘DEI’ is part of a pattern of malice
That’s what you need to know.
The ballad of Buckley’s blowhard
Holy Joe Lieberman has died, writes Erik Loomis.
When masters of the media believe their own makebelieve
Newspeople are trying to appease Donald Trump by manufacturing a middle position that seems politically neutral. It’s not going to work.
Populism isn’t about popular policies
That’s the whole point, writes Noah Berlatsky.
Maga Republicans in the House believe in brute strength alone
Democracy confuses Marjorie Taylor Greene, writes Stephen Robinson.
Ignore the hate. No one is better prepared than Kamala Harris
Calls for her to step aside are laughable in the extreme.
The backlash against Dobbs should restore balance to a constitutional order in need of it
It should do more than defeat Trump.
Why won’t conservative elites pay for Donald Trump’s bond?
They can’t trust him enough to control him.
With ‘bloodbath,’ Trump is undermining the election’s outcome in advance to prime followers for violence
He’s done this all before, writes Stephen Robinson.