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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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Posts: 10
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Why the Tech Billionaires Are Aligned with Trump
https://steady.page/592d8a22-bf28-437e-8fcc-2ae8772d4bb9/posts/7b369a88-108e-4535-be65-b0faebebe324
Published: April 26, 2026 10:37
Fueled by profit motives, ideological radicalization, and elite self-victimization, America’s tech barons are aggressively taking the side of authoritarianism. Why now?
Why Hungary Matters
https://steady.page/592d8a22-bf28-437e-8fcc-2ae8772d4bb9/posts/84239935-e835-46fe-b97a-24e551c1658c
Published: April 13, 2026 16:48
Six big-picture conclusions from Orbán’s smashing defeat – and what it all means for the transnational struggle against rightwing authoritarianism
Donald Trump Does Not Have a Plan
https://steady.page/592d8a22-bf28-437e-8fcc-2ae8772d4bb9/posts/70c12168-9b07-44a1-aadc-a4ced5a2d5aa
Published: April 11, 2026 10:01
He has dictatorial desires. But not everything is a brilliant distraction or part of a cunning masterplan. Incompetent agents of malice are not omnipotent supervillains.
No Right Is Ever Safe – but Progress Is Possible
https://steady.page/592d8a22-bf28-437e-8fcc-2ae8772d4bb9/posts/0999474f-9069-4edc-8afa-14ba857741fa
Published: April 4, 2026 11:20
The outrageous assault on birthright citizenship should prompt us to reflect on the fragility of democratic progress - and our own responsibility to defend it
What I am Learning from You
https://steady.page/592d8a22-bf28-437e-8fcc-2ae8772d4bb9/posts/81aeedda-914b-4278-9577-7c2850965471
Published: March 27, 2026 12:22
A reflection on what you have told me this week – about a sense of exasperation with politics, the search for ways out of this mess, and the longing for optimism
I Need Your Support
https://steady.page/592d8a22-bf28-437e-8fcc-2ae8772d4bb9/posts/1be0a062-ec92-4944-9eca-4d601ce8ae26
Published: March 24, 2026 11:28
On the state of Democracy Americana after six months, the pitfalls of the newsletter economy – and what the future holds for this independent publication
How the Hell Did We End Up Here?
https://steady.page/592d8a22-bf28-437e-8fcc-2ae8772d4bb9/posts/36887968-d0e1-4693-b4c1-4953912c8435
Published: March 14, 2026 10:48
From the failed ethno-nationalist revolt in the early 1990s to the triumph of MAGA extremism - A history of the Republican Party, Part II
From Abraham Lincoln to… Donald Trump?
https://steady.page/592d8a22-bf28-437e-8fcc-2ae8772d4bb9/posts/ca9ee28e-8da8-48a2-ac80-7a59ddcc1443
Published: March 8, 2026 08:56
A history of the Republican Party – Part I: From anti-slavery origins to white conservative domination, 1850s to 1990
MAGA Unreality vs the World
https://steady.page/592d8a22-bf28-437e-8fcc-2ae8772d4bb9/posts/55dc578f-c914-4239-8dc9-e2bbef1fe5c6
Published: March 4, 2026 12:22
The U.S. government is in the hands of people who are fully detached from reality. That is a major weakness for the regime – but also a source of further radicalization.
How Conservatives Gave Themselves Permission to Go MAGA
https://steady.page/592d8a22-bf28-437e-8fcc-2ae8772d4bb9/posts/cc8aefed-942a-4d82-a2ee-65856400e889
Published: February 24, 2026 12:10
In 2016, leading conservatives came out “Against Trump” – but soon let their disdain for “the Left” override all else. It's the story of Modern Conservatism in a nutshell