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The War on the Woke Trumps the Truth for Many Heterodox Thinkers
Their flagship publication, The Free Press’, failure to correct an error-filled defense of George Floyd’s killer demonstrates that they are just another…
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Radley Balko
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There Is No Piecing Back Our Badly Shattered Constitutional Order
We are past the point of crisis and have entered an era when our political disputes will be settled by the raw exercise of power, not the law
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Andy Craig
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The Free Press' Passage Into the Dark Side
The publication has lost its way and is radicalizing the more sophisticated right
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Matt Johnson
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Trump's America Is in a Free Fall—Not a Slippery Slope—to Tyranny
He is instilling fear not just among lawmakers but every sector of society that dares to criticize him or hold him accountable
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Larry Diamond
28
The Postliberal Delusion that Trump will Restore Gods Allegedly Destroyed by the Open Society
A prominent critic of liberalism has no solutions so he puts his faith in Trump to resurrect the fallen gods of traditional orders
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Brink Lindsey
Elon Musk Has Appointed Himself Dictator of America
He has taken over government departments and is barking orders at public servants without any legal or constitutional authority
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Andy Craig
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How Silicon Valley’s Corrupted Libertarianism Is Dismantling American Democracy
Donald Trump is a vehicle for Musk and Thiel to implement their radical ideas of replacing accountable governance with an unaccountable techno-monarchy
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Mike Brock
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Trump Is Going After the Independence of the Entire Legal Profession, Not Just Big Law
A new presidential memo is meant to instill fear in any firm that dares to represent his political adversaries
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Walter Olson
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How to Undo Trump’s Growing Dictatorship and the Damage it Is Inflicting
Not giving in to tyrants who count on obedience in advance is the key to defeating them
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Larry Diamond
28
The Trump Administration Will Be the Government’s Evil Twin
He has assembled a cabinet of nihilists who will be loyal to him not their jobs
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Robert Tracinski
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The New Right Has No Solution to the "Elite Problem"
It will replace existing elites with even less accountable ones, exacerbating the growing lack of trust in America's governing institutions
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Tyler Cowen
Trump Is Turning America Into its Opposite and a Threat to the World
A French politician issues a stark warning
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