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This Has Always Been Trump’s Character
The attempts to memory-hole Donald Trump's past are a fool's errand. A jury has found him liable for sexual abuse. Dozens of women have accused him. His predatory behavior and contempt for women have been a core, public part of his brand for forty years.
They Believe Themselves Virtuous
A defining feature of modern right-wing politics is the conviction that cruelty is a moral necessity. This is a deep dive into the self-righteousness that fuels the MAGA movement and its allies.
Truth as a Convenience
The modern right's relationship with truth is inconsistent, and it's a deliberate strategy. This is an analysis of the epistemic rot that has made good-faith debate impossible.
MAGA and Today’s GOP: A Case Study in Human Empathy
It's not just a policy disagreement. The MAGA movement has weaponized a lack of compassion, turning cruelty into a political virtue. This is an analysis of the empathy deficit at the heart of today's GOP.
The Unbearable Shallowness of Now
We are drowning in a sea of context-free information, and the refusal to do the hard work of thinking is becoming a catastrophic failure of citizenship.