How This Happened

Have Kamala Harris and Tim Walz learned from Democrats’ mistakes?

As the Republican party has become increasingly radicalized, its refugees have made Democrats more conservative, and less successful electorally

Aug 7 •

Matthew Sheffield

Between the memes: J.D. Vance and the reactionary mind

Rather than transcend the evil he once experienced, J.D. Vance has decided to embrace it

Jul 26 •

Matthew Sheffield

The cult of constitutional law has been a complete and utter failure

Judges have always been legislators in black dresses, and the liberal legal establishment's failure to understand this has been devastating

Jul 15 •

Matthew Sheffield

The ‘Intellectual Dark Web’ and the long history of right-wing rebranding

For nearly a century, Republicans have been pretending to be the ‘real liberals’

Jun 11 •

Matthew Sheffield

Republicans can no longer hide their extremist viewpoints from the public

The original ‘big lie’ of American politics is that Democrats are just as ‘extreme’ as Republicans

Apr 13 •

Matthew Sheffield

Ronna McDaniel and the twilight of fictitious Republicans

The Republican party has become an authoritarian cult and mainstream journalism should stop pretending otherwise

Mar 29 •

Matthew Sheffield

Trump super fans are impossible to argue with because they don’t actually believe in logic

The far-right worldview is incomprehensible until you realize that devotees believe truth flows from authority rather than reality

Mar 5 •

Matthew Sheffield

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