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From Kyle Rittenhouse to Steve Bannon, Republicans now openly embrace violent fascism
Amanda Marcotte
Donald Trump says it was "common sense" to chant "hang Mike Pence." This is just who Republicans are now
2022 Republican primaries: Who will take gold in the Misogyny Olympics?
Amanda Marcotte
With Trump's help, the GOP primary season is offering a rogue's gallery of chauvinist pigs and accused abusers
Sorry, there is no “post-Trump” GOP — his tiny fingers have Republicans in a death grip
Amanda Marcotte
Trump's power is clear in the different Republican reactions to a roads-and-bridges bill and Gosar's attack on AOC
Insurrection by other means: Republicans are ready to die of COVID to spite Biden, Democrats
Amanda Marcotte
Why are Trump refusing the vaccine and risking mass death? It's their sacrifice in the war against Joe Biden
Sorry, Josh Hawley, the left doesn’t hate masculinity — women just don’t want to make you a sandwich
Amanda Marcotte
Hawley competes for Trump's crowd with needlenecked complaints of porn and video games
From “OK” to “Let’s Go Brandon”: A short history of insulting presidential nicknames
Matthew Rozsa
"Let's Go Brandon" may be specific to the age of memes — but insulting epithets for presidents are nothing new
The startling power of my “sweet” white lady voice
Anne Gottlieb
When I saw a white cop harassing Black students, I knew my "principal voice" couldn't diffuse this situation
Democrats can win the culture wars — but they have to take on the fight early and often
Amanda Marcotte
Liberals are already winning the culture wars, which is why the right is so mad. Why won't Democrats lean into it?
Virginia election: Democrats left listless without Donald Trump
Amanda Marcotte
Youngkin didn't need Trump for a bigotry-based campaign, but McAuliffe couldn't get out deflated voters without him
Scandal at Liberty University: How a Christian college dismisses students’ reports of sexual assault
Hannah Dreyfus
The school ignored reports of rape and threatened to punish accusers for breaking moral code, say former students
Republicans simplify their defense of Texas abortion ban: Women are too stupid to have rights
Amanda Marcotte
The Republican defense of the Texas abortion law at the Supreme Court assumes women are too dumb to handle choices
Surge in GOP’s war on free speech should sound alarms
Amanda Marcotte
The GOP's war on free speech is spreading — targeting educators, books, and even Democratic political organizers
The war on Halloween: Why the right’s moral panic over ’80s horror movies still matters
Matthew Rozsa
A Halloween fable: When the Christian right tried to suppress a slasher movie — and famous film critics helped
From North Dakota to Occupy Wall Street: An unlikely untold story of prairie radicalism
Brian James Schill
A core group of activists behind Occupy Wall Street had gone to school together — in the literal middle of nowhere
Ron DeSantis sues Biden administration over vaccine mandates
Matthew Rozsa
The Republican governor of Florida is fighting against the vaccine mandate for federal contractors
Democrats seize on historic hearing with Big Oil executives
Matthew Rozsa
Oil executives had never previously answered questions under oath on allegedly spreading science misinformation
Meta and the Facebook Papers: Why Mark Zuckerberg has nothing to fear
Amanda Marcotte
In our times of government impotence, media scandals are meaningless
Do GOP voters actually believe Trump’s Big Lie about “rigged” elections? They don’t act like they do
Amanda Marcotte
Republican conspiracy theories are best understood as a collective agreement to tell lies in the name of Trumpism
Conservatives conjure up a 21st-century Satanic panic. Will it work?
Amanda Marcotte
The Loudoun County case was rape. The anti-trans hysteria unleashed in Virginia, however, is wholly invented
The right’s latest anti-trans hysteria just blew up
Amanda Marcotte
Anti-trans hysteria isn't just baseless — it's harmful
More than a litmus test: How the Big Lie threatens to crack up Trump’s coalition
Amanda Marcotte
Tensions rise in the GOP over how far to take the Big Lie and the politics of insurrection
‘They treat me like I’m old and stupid’: seniors decry health providers’ age bias
Judith Graham
In health care settings, age bias against seniors can lead to real harm
From Hasselbeck to McCain, “The View” needs the “right” hook when casting its conservative co-host
Melanie McFarland
Meghan McCain says "The View" needs a "real conservative." But what does that mean in daytime TV terms?
GOP gerrymandering will backfire on Republicans
Amanda Marcotte
Gerrymandering doesn't just hurt Democrats — it also speeds up the Republican race to the bottom
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