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October 17, 2024
Podcast
The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent
Trump’s Unhinged Fox News Rants on “the Enemy” Hint at Darker Story
As a former general labels Trump a “fascist” and he seethes in response, a historian explains how the U.S. right’s long overlap with fascist movements is culminating in the MAGA moment.
August 8, 2024
James Robins
The Day the Riots Stopped
For a week, Britain’s far right had its own way. Then a temporary alliance of police and anti-fascists stood them down.
May 23, 2024
Greg Sargent
Awful New Info About Trump and “Reich” Video Shows Deep MAGA Sickness
Yes, the campaign took down the “Unified Reich” video. Meanwhile, Trump and his allies are aggressively seeding the discourse with fascistic language that’s much, much worse.
May 16, 2024
What American Fascism Would Look Like
It can happen here. And if it does, here is what might become of the country.
May 16, 2024
Magazine
Maureen Corrigan
A Right-Wing Counter-Hegemony
On culture in a fascist America
May 16, 2024
Magazine
Michael Tomasky
Yes, That’s Right: American Fascism
Why waste time debating the extent of Trump’s fascism when we ought to be fighting it instead?
May 16, 2024
Magazine
Rosa Brooks
The Liberal Fantasy Is Just That
On the military in a fascist America
May 16, 2024
Magazine
Kian Tajbakhsh
A Cowed Normality
On daily life in a fascist America
May 16, 2024
Magazine
Federico Finchelstein
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Emmanuel Guerisoli
The “Day One” Dictatorship
On the law in a fascist America
May 16, 2024
Magazine
Francisco Goldman
From Texas to Massachusetts
On the border in a fascist America
May 16, 2024
Magazine
Jason Stanley
The End of Civic Compassion
On education in a fascist America
May 16, 2024
Magazine
Brian Stelter
Revenge and Freedom From Fact
On the media in a fascist America
May 16, 2024
Magazine
Ruth Ben-Ghiat
The Permanent Counterrevolution
On politics and government in a fascist America
March 27, 2024
Ed Burmila
The American Right’s Dictator Fan Club
From praise for Hitler and Mussolini to friendships with Putin and Orbán, open adoration for authoritarians is a defining feature of the American right.
March 1, 2024
Podcast
The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent
Is the Media Enabling Trump to “Usher in a New Era of Fascism”?
Former MSNBC journalist Mehdi Hasan is launching a new digital media company that he hopes will counter the mainstream media’s many failings throughout the Trump era.
February 14, 2024
Brynn Tannehill
Earth to Media: Try to Get It—Nice, Ordinary People Can Be Fascists
It’s not surprising that the people at Trump’s rallies are normal and polite. Their good manners have nothing to do with the toxic ideology they endorse.
January 8, 2024
Alex Shephard
Biden’s Pro-Democracy Message Needs Work
The president needs to convince voters that he’s the one to save American democracy.
January 3, 2024
Brynn Tannehill
The Polls Prove It: Many Republicans Love Fascism
Trump keeps cranking up the Nazi-esque rhetoric because his supporters are eating it up.
December 19, 2023
Matt Ford
This Is Still Fascism—Only Worse
His Nazi-esque remarks about undocumented immigrants hint at just how brutal an authoritarian he will be if elected to the White House again.
November 14, 2023
Alex Shephard
The Two Sides of Donald Trump Are Equally Bad
The former president is making news for his ramped-up authoritarian rhetoric, but his embrace of the Republican Party’s most unpopular ideas shouldn’t be ignored.
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