“If a fascist is merely someone who opposes democracy, then let me be clear: I oppose democracy — and have always opposed democracy,” Jason Lee Van Dyke wrote. That was a part of a lengthy response I received after I’d emailed the North Texas lawyer to ask a few questions because on Nov. 11, he […]
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Bari Weiss Doesn’t Want You to Read This
Fascism doesn’t start by kicking down the door. Sometimes it demands a settlement, manipulates a corporate merger, cancels a comedian, or silences the press. Some thought it couldn’t happen here. But the evidence is all around us. Yesterday news broke that CBS is reportedly appointing Bari Weiss as editor-in-chief of its news division — part […]
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Congratulations, Republicans! The Texas Capitol Is Now a Minimum-Security Prison.
After years of shouting about “limited government,” “personal freedom,” and “tyranny,” Texas Republicans have finally decided to embrace their inner Big Brother. Turns out the best way to stop democracy from working is to treat your Democratic colleagues like middle schoolers on a field trip. Here’s the scene: Texas Democrats ended their walkout over gerrymandering […]
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Texas Wants to Teach Kids About ‘Harmful’ Ideologies. Fascism Isn’t One of Them.
In the late 1940s through the 1950s, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover and Republican Sen. Joseph McCarthy were leading figures in the Second Red Scare. The campaign of persecution targeted people accused, often falsely, of being communist and subjected them to public shaming, blacklists, and raids. You may know it better as McCarthyism. Why is […]
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Musk and Trump Are Marching Us Into a ‘New Fascism’
Since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the wealthiest man in the world has been given carte blanche to allow his lackeys access to sensitive government systems, lock federal employees out of government buildings, and cease the flow of federal funds at his discretion. In less than a month, Elon Musk — whose corporate empire is based […]