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The End of Governance?

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In Trump
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On June 3, 2026
The Trump administration has finally decided on an authority for reimposing tariffs. It has decided that every major trade partner is failing to follow U.S. standards for landing goods made by forced labor, and thus must be subject to the same 10–15 percent import duties...
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Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons This week I attended a European workshop on reactionary theory and practice. I talked about two things: 1) the implications of the "deinstitutionalization" of U.S. foreign policy for international order and 2) what I see as unsustainable tensions in contemporary...

Trump Burger

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On May 20, 2025

I was amused by this Eater piece where someone went to Trump Burger in Texas, which is of course owned by an immigrant from Lebanon. From Civil Rights-era lunch counter sit-ins to restaurant.

Fascist Aesthetics

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On March 22, 2025

I enjoyed this discussion of AI and the aesthetics of fascism: Tommy Robinson tweets an image of soldiers walking into the ocean on D-Day. Britain First’s co-leader produces imagery of Muslim.

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My views on the Gaza protests and antisemitism aren't particularly popular on the left. I think it is pretty clear that "core activists" in the movement engaged in behavior that they would (rightfully) condemn if directed at any other minority group. They treated Israeli and...
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