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“The broligarchs’ ascendancy on both the foreign- and domestic-policy fronts has taken many observers by surprise—including me,” @EBHarrington writes.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/11/broligarchy-elon-musk-trump/680788/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYXayU6Trt0UTjax8T_KsaEQ&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

Down About the Election? There Is a Speech I Want You to Read.

Frederick Douglass knew what to do when faced with Jim Crow.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/opinion/election-frederick-douglass.html?smid=em-share

How an Empty Internet Gave Us Tradwives and Trump

Trump excelled at tapping into the information ecosystems where minority and young voters express their identity.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/opinion/trump-trad-wives-podcasters-wellness.html?smid=em-share

The Greatest Cancel Culture Warrior in America Is Donald Trump

Sure, the left can be nuts, but have you looked at the right lately?

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/opinion/trump-cancel-culture-maga.html?smid=em-share

The Right’s Triumph Over Social Media

Under heavy pressure from the right, and with the help of Elon Musk, the leading social media platforms opened the floodgates for propaganda.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/opinion/trump-musk-social-media.html?smid=em-share

Trump Kicks Down the Guardrails

Anne Applebaum on how to think about autocracy and authoritarianism in a second Trump term.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-anne-applebaum.html?smid=em-share

Why Study History?

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1988/11/why-study-history/670027/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYf0J9VbNnNKY0A8FOMaGelw&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

When Will Democrats Learn to Say No?

Why supermajority thinking is urgently needed on the left.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/16/opinion/democrats-interest-groups-majority.html?smid=em-share