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One of the biggest reasons there is no left-wing Joe Rogan: Democrats lost interest in debate and persuasion
Communications scholar Lisa Corrigan discusses why the American left broadly decided that debate was obsolete
Dec 19
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Matthew Sheffield
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Local political ecosystems are vital to protecting democracy nationally
Author Erik Loomis discusses how labor unions and liberal religious organizations preserve institutional memories and explain progressive viewpoints
Dec 9
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Matthew Sheffield
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Democrats can’t keep telling voters that everything is fine
Filmmaker Maura Ugarte discusses how Democrats have failed to build solidarity in response to Republicans' weaponized nihilism
Dec 2
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Matthew Sheffield
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Why Trump won: Democrats have a coalition, Republicans have an ecosystem
Americans preferred the vice president’s policies, but her campaign messaging was overwhelmed by a titanic far-right ecosystem that Democratic elites…
Nov 7
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Matthew Sheffield
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CNN’s Ryan Girdusky fiasco is part of a much bigger problem in mainstream media
By obsessively trying to have ‘balanced’ discussions, mainstream television news keeps platforming extremists
Oct 29
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CNN’s Ryan Girdusky fiasco is part of a much bigger problem in mainstream media
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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
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Matthew Sheffield
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Have Kamala Harris and Tim Walz learned from Democrats’ mistakes?
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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
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Matthew Sheffield
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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
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Matthew Sheffield
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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
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Matthew Sheffield
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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
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Matthew Sheffield
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Ronna McDaniel and the problem of ‘Fictitious Republicans’
The Republican party has become an authoritarian cult and mainstream journalism should stop pretending otherwise
Mar 29
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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
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Trump super fans are impossible to argue with because they don’t actually believe in logic
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