This story is an excerpt from The Reactionary Spirit: How America’s Most Insidious Political Tradition Swept the World by Zack Beauchamp. Copyright 2024. Available from PublicAffairs, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, Inc. In April 1945, a young man named David Rubin was about to die. A Jewish capmaker from a small town he called […] Read more ›
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“Horrific crimes. Murders. Gang attacks against our police. Child sex crimes. And the brutal killing of a nursing student on her college campus.” That’s the kind of rhetoric Republican convention-goers were exposed to in Milwaukee on Tuesday, after an ominous video — narrated with a deep voice that sounded like it came out of a […] Read more ›
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It wasn’t groundbreaking that the speakers who took to the Republican National Convention stage Tuesday spent much of the night railing against President Joe Biden’s border and immigration policies. Biden was enabling a “border bloodbath,” crowd signs read, as congressional leaders accused Biden of enabling a border “invasion.” Nor was it new to see them use […] Read more ›
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The recent shooting of former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally has raised serious questions about the security failures that enabled the attack. While there was significant Secret Service presence as well as local law enforcement on the scene, a gunman was able to get onto the roof of a building about 150 meters […] Read more ›
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The fight over whether President Joe Biden should remain Democrats’ presidential nominee has moved to a new phase, centering on whether the party should accelerate his official nomination through a virtual roll call as early as next week — or wait to do the honors in person at their August convention. Biden supporters want to move […] Read more ›
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The Republican National Convention opened Monday, July 15, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where the Republican Party is set to formally nominate former President Donald Trump and his vice presidential pick, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, to their 2024 ticket. The four-day event is expected to feature speeches from politicians, celebrities, and party stars, including Sen. Marco Rubio […] Read more ›
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Information is still emerging about the shooting at former President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. However, even though the complete picture isn’t available, there are ways to think about the political and social moment we’re living in and how it may have contributed to the violence. We do know the shooter, Thomas […] Read more ›
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The original Twister (1996), a beloved cinematic touchstone, is a story about so many things: the wonder of nature, the dissolution of a romance, the aerodynamics of cows, the thrill of data collection, a trial balloon for the idea of Helen Hunt-as-sex-symbol, the perfection of Philip Seymour Hoffman as a dude’s rock dude, and the […] Read more ›
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Many congressional Democrats believe their party is hurtling toward a cliff’s edge and shouldn’t even bother trying to turn around. Late last week, Senate Democrats held a private meeting to discuss Joe Biden’s electoral viability in the wake of his disastrous debate performance and subsequent revelations of his apparent cognitive decline. According to Politico, no […] Read more ›
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The shooter who attempted to kill former president Donald Trump at a rally in western Pennsylvania on Saturday was found with an AR-15-style rifle near his body. Anyone familiar with the recent history of American gun violence should not be surprised. The AR-15 — an exceptionally deadly weapon capable of firing several rounds at high […] Read more ›
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In one of the more interesting moments of the first night of the Republican National Convention, South Carolina’s Sen. Tim Scott claimed that former President Donald Trump surviving Saturday’s assassination attempt was nothing short of a miracle. “Our God still delivers, and he still sets free. Because the devil came to Pennsylvania holding a rifle, […] Read more ›
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The photo has already become inescapable. You’ve undoubtedly seen it: It is in newspapers, in memes, on T-shirts. Former President Donald Trump, surrounded by Secret Service agents, face streaked with blood, raising a fist into the sky. A man defiant in the face of potential death. “A lot of people say it’s the most iconic […] Read more ›
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A federal judge in Florida on Monday threw out the criminal case focused on how former President Donald Trump handled classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate, ruling that the appointment of the prosecutor in the case, Special Counsel Jack Smith, violated the Constitution. It is a huge setback for prosecutors in a case that had […] Read more ›
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I met Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), Donald Trump’s new choice for Vice President, in the summer of 2022. I was covering a conservative conference in Israel, and Vance was the surprise VIP attraction. We chatted for a bit about the connections between right-wing movements across the world, and what American conservatives could learn from foreign […] Read more ›
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The rebellion against President Biden that was brewing among some Democrats since the president’s debate performance has vanished from the headlines, and some are speculating that it may be over for good. Just a few days ago, Biden’s hold on the nomination seemed seriously in doubt. A series of brutal reports — on his plummeting […] Read more ›
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Almost as soon as photographs emerged of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, conspiracy theories wondering whether the shooting could have been fake boomeranged around the internet. The fevered thinking went like this: The images of Trump pumping his fist and apparently saying “fight” were too conveniently media-ready. The term “staged” promptly trended on X, […] Read more ›
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“There’s no place in America for this kind of violence,” President Joe Biden said on Saturday, following the shooting at a Donald Trump rally in Pennsylvania that left the former president hurt and killed an audience member. But the fact is, this type of violence has a long history in American politics: Four US presidents […] Read more ›
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In 2018, a remarkable experiment was launched called Baby’s First Years, studying young children in the US. The main question it asked was simple: What does giving $4,000 a year, unrestricted, to families with young kids do for them? The first research from the experiment came out in 2022 and suggested that the cash might […] Read more ›
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It’s summertime and sleeping isn’t easy. This summer’s record-breaking temperatures — affecting millions across the globe — are taking a toll on our bodies even after the sun sets. Quality shut-eye is essential for mental and physical health, but when it’s hot, our sleep can suffer. When we’re preparing to go to bed, our body […] Read more ›
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Did you enjoy Target Circle Week last week? Or Walmart’s July deals? TikTok Shop just had its Deals For You Days from July 9 through 11, while Temu Week, running through July 18, slashes prices by up to 90 percent. Now, this week, Amazon Prime Day is upon us. All this comes not a moment […] Read more ›
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