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Union Made
President Joe Biden made history today by joining the United Auto Workers on a picket line in Michigan. “Wall Street didn’t build this country, the…
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The Big Pupdate
Today is the second anniversary of Sarge’s Accident, so I thought I’d take a moment to catch his fans up on his progress. (If you’re not familiar with…
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"Who's Really Guilty?"
Today marks the sixtieth anniversary of one of the more tragic moments of the civil rights movement — the bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church…
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Exhuming McCarthy
It seems inevitable now that Republicans will move to impeach President Joe Biden. Cementing his status as the absolute weakest Speaker of the House in…
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Disqualified
There’s been a lot of discussion recently about whether or not Donald Trump should be disqualified from running for office again due to the Fourteenth…
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March On
We’re coming up on the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, with a major commemoration taking place this Saturday in D.C…
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The Elephant Not In the Room
When the Republican presidential field meets tonight at the first debate of the primaries, there’s going to be a noticeable absence — former president…
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Update and Pupdate
Sorry for the lighter posting this last week, but I’ve been busy writing the new chapter on the Trump presidency for the updated edition of FAULT LINES…
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Allegedly
Earlier this week, professional podcaster and part-time US Senator Ted Cruz tried his best to boost the contrived controversy about Joe Biden being…
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Up and Anthem
The early exit of the U.S. Women’s National Team from the 2023 World Cup led to some predictable taunts from conservative critics who’ve long clashed…
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Capital Crimes
With the latest installment of criminal indictments against former president and future defendant Donald J. Trump, we’ve got the latest round of…
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Update and Pupdate
As I noted in the last one of these, I’ll be using CAMPAIGN TRAILS to share some of the research from my current book project on the civil rights era…
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A newsletter connecting the past and present of American politics from a historian who has written extensively about civil rights, religious nationalism and modern conservatism.
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