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Aug
04

Big Media’s Fascism Normalization Problem, or, Why Our Institutions Are Stuck in the Past

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6 min read
Aug
02

Why Calling Them “Weird” is Working, and What it Really Means

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7 min read
Jul
30

Can Kamala Win?

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6 min read
Jul
28

JD Vance’s Negative Charisma, and How Fascism Accelerates

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6 min read
Jul
27

The Kamala Vibe Shift

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6 min read
Jul
25

(Why) You Should Feel This Proud of a Democracy Every Single Day, or, What a Democracy Really Is

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9 min read
Jul
19

Collapse Blindness, The Vicious Cycle of Self-Destruction, and Why America’s Flickering on the Edge

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7 min read
Jul
17

Code Red for American Democracy, or, Why This is a Democracy’s Greatest Test

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8 min read
Jul
14

American Democracy on the Brink, Social Collapse and Social Implosion, Plus the Moment and the Test

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7 min read
Jul
10

How They Controversialized Joe Biden, Self-Fulfilling Social Collapses, and Why Elites Reject Leaders Who Threaten Them

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8 min read