THE F WORD. Ezra‘s not on yet, but I figured it should be noted that, in his convo with Ben Affleck, Chris Matthews uttered the word “fascist” in criticizing the politics of fear that he thinks Rudy Giuliani employs on national security issues; I’ll link to the transcript when it gets posted.

–Sam Rosenfeld

Sam Rosenfeld, a former web editor for the Prospect, is visiting assistant professor of government at Wesleyan University, beginning in September.