On September 5, The New York Times’ David Brooks published a communiqué from an internet extremist. On the same day, the Prospect also received a message from this same individual.
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The Tea Party–Trump Decade
The Republican electoral sweep of 2010 set up a decade of anti-democratic destructiveness culminating in Donald Trump. But the tide’s about to turn.
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The Brexit Leninists Are Tearing Up Britain’s Political Rulebook
Boris Johnson is shredding Britain’s unwritten conventions of parliamentary democracy—and he faces no real challenge.
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David Koch’s Heirs Will Enjoy the Biggest Tax Loophole Nobody Talks About
It’s called step-up in basis, and it wipes away all capital gains in his $50 billion estate.
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Can the Appalachian Trail Block a Natural Gas Pipeline?
The question of the trail’s ownership looms large in a case that may be headed to the Supreme Court. The answer could determine the fate of natural gas megaprojects on the East Coast.
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Authoritarian Past and Future
Yale University professor of philosophy Jason Stanley discusses his book How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them.Â
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Britain’s New Prime Minister Remains a Mystery—Even to Himself
Boris Johnson will have to choose between Brexit revolutionary zeal and political expediency.
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Republicans Proved Deficits Don’t Matter
They aren’t a problem politically, and they benefit the country economically. But Republicans only admit this when one of their own is in the White House.
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Live Free or Die—Literally
New Hampshire delayed its Medicaid work requirement deadline, as it seemed that more than two-thirds of recipients’ health coverage would be jeopardized.
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How Florida 2000 Created Our Modern Dysfunction
It’s when the GOP learned that winning washes away all your sins.
