The perpetrators may live on society’s fringes, but their call to hate comes from the president of the United States.
Adele M. Stan
Adele M. Stan is a columnist for The American Prospect. She is editor of Right Wing Watch, and a winner of the Hillman Prize for Opinion & Analysis Journalism.
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Trump Continues His War on Journalists
Even as Jamal Khashoggi’s likely murder commands headlines, the president is dehumanizing journalists on the campaign trail and priming his base for more assaults on the First Amendment.
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Trump Signals Journalists Are Fair Game
The president’s dismissive attitude toward the disappearance and likely murder of Jamal Khashoggi reflect the corruption at the core of his administration.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Trump and McConnell Take Gaslighting to New Level in Kavanaugh Confirmation Fight
The use of an anti-Semitic trope to condemn protesters for exercising their First Amendment rights signals a turning point in the authoritarian trajectory of our politics.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Trump and Kavanaugh: Sexualized Dominance and Executive Power
By scheduling the committee vote on the Supreme Court nominee just after his accuser’s testimony, Republicans show they’ll be listening to her with their fingers in their ears—and that they’re ready to confirm a justice with expansive views of executive privilege.
Posted inLaw and Justice
I Know Why Sexually Assaulted Women Resist Coming Forward; I’ve Been There
To name your attacker is to invite vilification by a society more inclined to believe him than you.
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That Anonymous Op-Ed Was About Saving the GOP — Not the Republic
A New York Times essay by an unnamed administration official reads like the opening gambit in a push for a Pence presidency.
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Twitter Abdicates Responsibility for What Appears on Its Platform
Disinformation is simply speech, says the tech company’s head of public policy.
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Trump and the Rise of 21st Century Fascism
Wishing the danger would go away won’t make it so.
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Trump Attacks Constitutional Freedoms as He Ratchets Up Authoritarian Corruption
The Constitution is in trouble. Its destruction has become quite a show, all while the country is being looted.