In the World of His Supporters, Trump Has Already Won
New Lines Magazine
That the Republican base is incapable of accepting defeat points to a deeper crisis that demands attention.
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In the World of His Supporters, Trump Has Already Won
The Apotheosis of Donald Trump
Logos Journal
It might seem curious that Trump spent a valuable Sunday of campaign time before the election at a rally the middle of a city and a state that he has no chance of winning. MAGA Republicanism has never been about building out a broad coalition so much solidifying a hard kernel of passionate anger and … Read more
What’s next for far-right groups like the Proud Boys?
KCRW
KCRW’s PRESS PLAY WITH MADELEINE BRAND interviews Joe Lowndes about the former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, who was sentenced to 22 years for his role in the Capitol insurrection — the harshest penalty yet related to that attack. Listen to the show
Trump wants no limits on presidential power. That’s not new for the GOP.
The Washington Post
“When I get back into the Oval Office,” former president Donald Trump told the annual gathering of the conservative group Turning Point USA recently, “I will obliterate the deep state.” While this may sound like simply more of the same authoritarian bombast that he is known for, it is no idle threat. Indeed, it is deeply rooted in a Republican imperative that predates Trump, one that has a political traction that probably will outlast him.
Secession movements in the PNW aren’t new. But lately, eastern Oregon is feeling Idaho-curious
KUOW.org
The “Greater Idaho” movement is on a longshot quest to supersize Idaho by absorbing more than a dozen eastern Oregon counties — a big chunk of Oregon’s territory.
Adventures in Post-Democracy: January 6 and The House Leadership Debacle
A far-right flank in the House of Representatives has disabled Congress far more effectively than the rioters who stormed the Capitol two years ago today.
