Last week was a bad week of social media posts from the Department of Homeland Security. Videos claiming a militarized Border Patrol is God’s will; memes about ICE funding assisting in mass…
Spoiler Alert: The article below discusses virtually everything that happened in this week’s South Park.If you haven’t seen this week’s season premiere of South Park , you might be forgiven for…
It’s just another normal week in America, where the President is reposting—i.e. re-“Truth”ing— deepfake videos of a former President being arrested and on its official Instagram account the White…
Black helicopters roll over the tarmac. From off screen we hear a voice with a generic Southern accent casually intone: “Here’s a Bible verse I think about sometimes, many times. It goes…” The images…
Katherine Stewart traces the rise of the antidemocratic movement fueling Trumpism and the authoritarian Right in this adapted excerpt from her book Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy.
Elon Musk’s DOGE initiative reveals a new neoreactionary bloc is growing in strength and influence within the Trump administration, although competing interests may reveal fault lines in this coalition of tech capitalists.
In this wide-ranging piece covering the first 100 days of the second Trump administration, PRA researchers recap the state’s authoritarian gains and sweeping repressive policies, from LGBTQ rights to immigration and Christian Zionism.
It’s the uncoupling of the decade—bigger than Brangelina and messier than Kanye breaking up with everyone. Yes, you got that right, dear citizens of the disunited states: Elon Musk, the sentient vape…
Last week, the BfV, a German intelligence agency tasked with investigating threats to the “liberal democratic basic order,” made headlines by officially classifying the far-right Alternative für…
Last week, just days after Pope Francis was laid to rest in Rome, Trump was asked by reporters if he had anyone in mind for the next pope. His answer : “I’d like to be pope. That would be my No. 1…