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The Primary Calendar

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Too early? Yes, but it's still interesting to watch the jockeying: Even though the party has the power to do virtually anything it wants, conversation has once again largely centered on the handful of states that have led the calendar for decades. Iowa Democrats, who appear...
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The Epstein Files and Russiagate

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Great essay by Seva Gunitsky (h/t Philip Koop) about what the Epstein scandal is really about: It should not be surprising that Russian names are all over the files. In many ways Russia pioneered the modern transnational kleptocratic class when Soviet state assets were liquidated and...
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LGM Book Club: Furious Minds

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This thread is for a discussion of Laura K. Field's recent book Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right. I'll kick things off with some general observations. What Field is describing is a classic pattern of cumulative radicalization, in which the various ideological strands...
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