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John Stoehr

John Stoehr is a lecturer in political science at Yale and the 2016 Koeppel Journalism Fellow at Wesleyan.

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Nazi parade in front of the Reichstag, 1934. | Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The disturbing parallels between the 2020s and 1940s in the U.S.

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Supporters listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Kenosha Regional Airport on November 02, 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Trumpism is rooted in twisted visions of medieval Europe

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President Joe Biden addresses reporters at a press gaggle. (Getty Images)

A former right-wing media pioneer reveals Democrats’ big mistakes about the press and politics

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Man on an armchair watching many televisions that only broadcast news about COVID-19 (Getty Images/Tiero)

A sociologist explains the biggest mistakes the media is making about our political moment

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A ballot is dropped off at an official Vote by Mail Drop Box for the 2020 US Elections on October 5, 2020 in Monterey Park, California, on the first day drop boxes are available to voters. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

The midterms will be decided by swing voters ready to reward the GOP for trying to kill them

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A United States Border Patrol agent on horseback uses the reins to try and stop a Haitian migrant from entering an encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande near the Acuna Del Rio International Bridge in Del Rio, Texas on September 19, 2021. (PAUL RATJE/AFP via Getty Images)

How the myth of ‘border security’ empowers American fascists

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Mitch McConnell; Donald Trump; Lindsey Graham (AP/Getty/Salon)

Pandemic proves Republicans weaponize deficits and states’ rights against Democratic presidents

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Jerry Falwell, Jr. (Getty/John Moore)

Jerry Falwell Jr. just unmasked social conservatism

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Ted Cruz and Donald Trump (Reuters/Tami Chappell/Chris Keane/Photo montage by Salon)

Ted Cruz has a huge birther problem — and it is much bigger than Donald Trump

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(AP/Evan Vucci)

Don’t believe what the media says about Bernie Sanders

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Even W was smarter than these clowns: The surprising issue Bush got right, but today’s wingnuts can’t comprehend

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Sen. John McCain (Reuters/Mike Segar)

John McCain, partisan hack: Please, Sunday shows, face reality and stop presenting him as daring maverick

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(Reuters/Chris Keane)

Ted Cruz has no path to win: His play for evangelical vote won’t fly as GOP’s Wall Street and Tea Party wings collide

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Megyn Kelly (Fox News)

Fox News throws Paul and Christie overboard: On vaccines, GOP nuts go too far even for the propagandists

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(Fox News)

Stop calling it “assassination”: Sean Hannity, Rudy Giuliani and the media’s twisted double standard

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GOP’s ongoing election strategy: Obamacare “stinks”

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