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Reflections on American democracy and its discontents. Click to read Democracy Americana, by Thomas Zimmer, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
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What is “weird” and what is “normal” in America?
https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/what-is-weird-and-what-is-normal
Published: August 13, 2024 00:00
Democrats are, finally, asserting their right to define the boundaries of normalcy – and their claim to be defending the nation’s true ideals against the reactionary assault
MAGA on the Beach Redux
https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/maga-on-the-beach-redux
Published: August 3, 2024 08:21
On an encounter with enraged Trumpers - and the difficult road ahead for a society in which conspiracies, extremist iconography, and political violence have become ubiquitous
Kamala Harris May Force a Reckoning
https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/kamala-harris-may-force-a-reckoning
Published: July 23, 2024 22:55
Harris emerged as VP in the summer of 2020 when it seemed the country might finally deal with its defining demons. But as the reactionary counter-mobilization triumphed, she was sidelined. Until now.
Allies Against Democracy: Trump and Project 2025
https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/allies-against-democracy-trump-and
Published: July 9, 2024 22:55
Trump is not the mastermind behind Project 2025. It’s worse: The rightwing establishment has radicalized to the point where their plans are entirely in line with his vengeful desires
The Origins of Trumpism and the Birth of the Present
https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/the-origins-of-trumpism-and-the-birth
Published: June 23, 2024 23:31
Reflections on the pre-history of Trump’s rise, the peculiar nature of Trumpism, and the radical politics of white despair – based on John Ganz’s masterful "When the Clock Broke"
New Feature on Democracy Americana: Article Voiceovers
https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/new-feature-on-democracy-americana
Published: June 17, 2024 16:32
I am trying something new – an audio version of the newsletter essays, for those who prefer to listen rather than read
The Right’s Politics of Revenge
https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/the-rights-politics-of-revenge
Published: June 16, 2024 03:08
The responses to the Trump verdict offer an instructive – and alarming – reminder of what defines the American Right today: They are out for bloody retaliation, all dressed up as patriotism
The “Originalist” Supreme Court vs Democracy
https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/the-originalist-supreme-court-vs
Published: June 3, 2024 22:53
As the Right is using “originalism” to re-impose a reactionary order on the country, I exchange letters with Madiba Dennie about the dangers of judicial supremacy – and how to get out of this trap
The Anti-Liberal Left Has a Fascism Problem
https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/the-anti-liberal-left-has-a-fascism
Published: May 24, 2024 22:19
Prominent leftwing intellectuals are allowing their singular, disdain-driven focus on (neo-) liberalism to completely distort their perspective on the Right
Fascism in America?
https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/fascism-in-america
Published: May 22, 2024 23:10
The fascism debate rages on: Here is why it matters, what the main contentions are, and why the arguments of the Skeptics are increasingly untethered from what is happening on the Right