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Podcast: Maga is the newest, and oldest, American myth
Claire Bond Potter interviews Richard Slotkin, author of “A Great Disorder: National Myth and the Battle for America.”
Trump super fans are impossible to argue with because they don’t actually believe in logic
Helping people out of a cult begins by understanding why they are in it, writes Matthew Sheffield.
Third parties are a scam, and more from the week
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No Labels is gone for now, but ‘centrism’ is never going away
Its vision of “unity” has always been a product of makebelieve.
Kennedy’s fate is tied to Trump’s
Voters have entered a new stage in which they are remembering what the country was like the last time a demagogue was president.
RFK Jr is the chaos factor
An anti-system candidate in an anti-system era, writes Lee Drutman.
Third parties are a scam
They can’t win, but they can sap your will to make the world better.
How a little girl named Virginia promotes Christian nationalism
Promoting white supremacy on the down-low, writes Claire Potter.
The Republicans’ either/or trap
They ask us to choose God or trans people. Don’t fall for it.
Trump world’s Easter parade of hate
How evangelical, writes Stephen Robinson.