What Republicans’ Kool Aid Moment Means for the Rest of Us
We do not have to become a cult to defeat a cult.
Category: Republican Party
Wisconsin 2020: When an Election Un-Steals Itself
Rigging an election is much harder than it looks, and Republicans can’t even get the easy stuff right.
Fox News Has Decided to Kill Off Its Viewers
Fox News has decided that risking the lives of their viewers is a better business decision than alienated their political masters or compromising their cult beliefs.
When Nice People Embrace Evil Politics
How do we preserve our humanity while winning a battle against an inhumane system?
Our Hitler, Our Nazis
Liberal democracies are facing an existential threat from a new generation of authoritarians borrowing old, discredited ideas. But is it accurate to characterize that threat as “fascist,” and if so, why does it matter?
Ordinary Nazis
If we can’t recognize the complexity of ordinary people, the capacity of indifference to spawn horror, then we won’t be prepared to halt its rise.
When Republicans Were Honest About Trump
To quote Bart Simpson, they folded faster than Superman on laundry day.
Apocalypse Now: Why Republicans Are Destroying the World
Say what you will about the Heaven’s Gate cult members, but at least they were only interested in their own suicide. The evangelical death cult in its modern form is serving up their poison for everyone.
Why is the Right So Dumb?
Conservatives across the globe have embraced the logic of the suicide bomber. They will destroy a nascent new order even if they must burn down their own home, and yours.
The Future We Lost
We lost our chance to build the future. Those opportunities don’t come along every day, and we may not see another.