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Jake Bittle

Jake Bittle is the author of The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration.

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July 31, 2020
MagazineJake Bittle
The Right’s Increasingly Unhinged Fight Against Black Lives Matter
As the movement’s popularity surges, the conservative media insists that it is hell-bent on destroying the American way of life.
June 15, 2020
MagazineJake Bittle
Why Conservatives Believe a Chinese Lab Created the Coronavirus
The conspiracy theory sprung from an amateur YouTube video. Then, the National Review picked it up.
June 1, 2020
Jake Bittle
The Right’s Reign on the Air Waves
How talk radio established the power of the modern Republican Party
May 5, 2020
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Why Conservatives Dismiss the Dangers of the Coronavirus
April 17, 2020
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Could Hunter Biden Cost His Father the Election?
The GOP is turning a strategy it used against Hillary Clinton on Joe Biden
March 20, 2020
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Trump’s Most Devout Disciple
Lou Dobbs believes Trump is one of history’s Great Men. The president is listening.
February 21, 2020
Jake Bittle
The Modern World Disappoints Ross Douthat
Has society really become too comfortable and complacent?
January 31, 2020
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Trump’s War Whisperer
"Fox & Friends Weekend" host Pete Hegseth has the president's ear on military matters.
December 16, 2019
MagazineJake Bittle
Glenn Beck, the Nutty Professor
The conservative blowhard has transformed from a Never Trumper to a Ukraine conspiracist.
November 11, 2019
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How Giuliani Became Trump’s Chief Conspiracist
He's been preparing for this moment since his days as a prosecutor in New York.
October 11, 2019
MagazineJake Bittle
Fox and Foes
Trump is accusing the network of disloyalty, but he's missing the point.
September 10, 2019
MagazineJake Bittle
Remember Trump’s Charlottesville Comments? Conservatives Don’t.
Why "Dilbert" creator Scott Adams, a Breitbart editor, and others claim the president's "very fine people" remark is a "false memory"
August 7, 2019
MagazineJake Bittle
The Magazine of American Theocracy
"First Things" has become the premiere journal for proponents of a religious state.
June 28, 2019
MagazineJake Bittle
Eric Bolling Is Failing Up
The former Fox News host has bounced back from a #MeToo scandal stronger than ever.
May 10, 2019
MagazineJake Bittle
Red Herrings
The conservative media’s delirious efforts to conjure up a socialist nightmare

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