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Alexander Hurst
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Alexander Hurst is a Paris-based writer, editor, and freelance journalist.
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November 6, 2019
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Alexander Hurst
The Vigilante President
As impeachment and the 2020 election loom, Trump’s hard-core supporters are poised to unleash a wave of violence against their enemies.
January 7, 2019
Alexander Hurst
The Ugly, Illiberal, Anti-Semitic Heart of the Yellow Vest Movement
The protests have combined legitimate economic grievances with the worst of far-right politics. And the French left has been happy to go along.
December 14, 2018
Alexander Hurst
Escape From the Trump Cult
Millions of Americans are blindly devoted to their Dear Leader. What will it take for them to snap out of it?
December 31, 2015
Alexander Hurst
Donald Trump and the Politics of Disgust
The Republican presidential front-runner is disgusted by a lot of things. And it's resonating with voters.
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