They're not stupid. They are not being duped. They are not the victims of FoxNoise misinformation. They are Fascists. We need to recognize them as such.
Fascism and the Bleeding Edge of Occam’s Razor
Holy Sh*t! Steve Really is a Nazi!
It's a simple rubric. If you're at a rally and the guy to your right is waving a Swastika flag, and the fella to your left is issuing a Nazi salute, extending an arm covered in SS tattoos, then you are at a Nazi rally. And if you remain at that rally, you my friend, are a Nazi.
Manchinsplaining Budget Framing
We need a vaccine against the viral frames promoted by corporate interests in both parties.
Sympathy for Idiots
a category based on the absence of an attribute, in this case empirical reason, is often a weak explainer. If reason and evidence isn't motivating this movement, then what is? Dismissing this particular end of the "basket of deplorables" as idiots doesn't offer a satisfactory explanation of the phenomenon. Nor does it offer an opportunity to reach out to this group and maybe change their minds. There must be a better way to describe this phenomenon.
The Late, Great United States
The future of democratic progress is in the hands of a party rung by Joe Biden and being manipulated by Joe Manchin. Yeah. That's not a good sign.
The GOP is No Longer a Governing Party
Its turn away from governing to the cynical exercise of power and obstruction is an intentional, strategic decision made by its elite and exercised by those who do the work of the institution. So long as this strategy works, it is unreasonable to believe that we'll see any significant changes to how the party functions going forward.
The Nacerima Compromise: A Parable
A parable of politics gone horribly wrong. Not that anything like this could happen in real life. But if it did, and your shoes ended up pissy, it's probably your own damn fault!
No Unity with Nazis!
YOU CAN'T REASONABLY UNITE WITH NAZIS WITHOUT CONDONING NAZISM
The New Coup Klux Klan
SOME PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS ON THE CAPITOL BUILDING SIEGE
Biden Wins! Now What do We Do?
I've never been this happy to see a milquetoast establishment candidate elected to high office...We are standing on zero feeling like we've made incredible progress.
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