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A newsletter on U.S. politics and history - and the ongoing struggle over how much democracy, and for whom, there should be in America
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A Far-Right International Is Assaulting Democracy
https://steady.page/592d8a22-bf28-437e-8fcc-2ae8772d4bb9/posts/3a16237c-484a-4d5e-8f15-2ea94fd8f4d2
Published: September 13, 2026 07:52
MAGA and the AfD are united in a struggle against democratic pluralism that transcends national borders. It is an alliance of extremists defined by aggrieved revanchism
Warnings and Lessons from the Struggle Against Trumpism
https://steady.page/592d8a22-bf28-437e-8fcc-2ae8772d4bb9/posts/01654b70-1319-4395-8191-0c6da2ae195b
Published: September 5, 2026 11:52
Germany is facing the prospect of rightwing extremism in power. Time to push back hard against the narratives that have undermined the democratic response in the U.S.
Does Donald Trump Have an Ideology?
https://steady.page/592d8a22-bf28-437e-8fcc-2ae8772d4bb9/posts/955a3f59-06c5-4dfe-a0e4-c66405bc56e3
Published: August 26, 2026 09:13
No, not exactly. But he has a consistent, grievance-fueled idea of how power and status should be distributed, and that aligns him with the Right’s ideologues just fine
The Assault on Public Health and the Self-Sabotage of a Nation
https://steady.page/592d8a22-bf28-437e-8fcc-2ae8772d4bb9/posts/06961553-0881-46b0-b0fa-5672ca718eae
Published: August 16, 2026 07:11
MAHA channels vague grievances into a radical project. It’s a form of extremism that stands in a long tradition of paranoid conspiracism on the Far Right. We must stop it
Power, Opportunism, and Ideology in Republican Politics
https://steady.page/592d8a22-bf28-437e-8fcc-2ae8772d4bb9/posts/da2ea08b-e35c-427b-b190-66a2fc097abb
Published: July 26, 2026 09:50
About cowardice and conviction, the complicity of conservative elites, and the permission structure that governs the Right
A World-Historic Chance
https://steady.page/592d8a22-bf28-437e-8fcc-2ae8772d4bb9/posts/812a42b1-dc13-4e26-b659-736ce7c146b9
Published: July 13, 2026 21:53
The Right is freaking out because we could be on the brink of proving that egalitarian, pluralistic democracy is possible. A glass-half-full interpretation of our moment.
From the Declaration to Donald Trump
https://steady.page/592d8a22-bf28-437e-8fcc-2ae8772d4bb9/posts/3ed79187-f4a3-4d02-98ed-cd49f1762756
Published: July 5, 2026 12:57
Wrestling with a history that is complicated, inspiring, frustrating, uplifting, and horrifying. A continuity of conflict, 1776-2026
Understanding Our Disruptive Moment in History – and What It Requires
https://steady.page/592d8a22-bf28-437e-8fcc-2ae8772d4bb9/posts/59b197fa-1a03-44e5-b155-2c221e2a3c0e
Published: June 29, 2026 11:26
The old order is dead. The Right has a revolutionary theory of the moment that promises renewal. Unless we can counter it with a transformative vision, we will lose.
When the Republic Almost Fell
https://steady.page/592d8a22-bf28-437e-8fcc-2ae8772d4bb9/posts/71475e17-b44e-43ec-83de-f17533e5bf92
Published: June 17, 2026 22:44
What we can learn from new reporting on how the Trumpists have been contemplating despotism, the fault lines within the regime, and the prospects for a post-Trump MAGA
Big News: Democracy Americana Now Also Available in German
https://steady.page/592d8a22-bf28-437e-8fcc-2ae8772d4bb9/posts/e2a20ac6-c976-46a5-88a5-3528bc96b800
Published: June 13, 2026 11:12
No worries: Nothing changes over here on the main feed. I am just adding a second channel – same content, same analysis, but accessible in an additional language