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MAGA Exploits Shooting to Justify Trump's Illegal Ballroom Vanity Project
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/maga-exploits-shooting-to-justify
Published: April 28, 2026 20:02
An orchestrated chorus is trying to discredit objections to a corruption-ridden project that has bulldozed every required procedure
Where Will the GOP—and Where Should Democrats—Go After Trump: A Conversation with Jamelle Bouie
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/where-will-the-gopand-where-should
Published: April 27, 2026 13:25
The New York Times columnist offers his thoughts on the great MAGA crackup and the rightward shift of centrist Democrats
There Is No Limit to the Trump Administration’s Multifaceted Corruption: An Executive Watch Roundup
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/there-is-no-limit-to-the-trump-administrations
Published: April 25, 2026 18:37
Our late-April selection of the president's latest and greatest assaults on the rule of law
Only Liberal Societies Can Handle Alien Life
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/only-liberal-societies-can-handle
Published: April 24, 2026 18:19
Its existence will raise confusing and difficult questions for earthlings that authoritarians won’t have the credibility to negotiate
The Political Weaponization of Overcriminalization Was Entirely Predictable
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/the-political-weaponization-of-overcriminalizati
Published: April 22, 2026 18:28
We dismantled the safeguards the Framers built against political persecution and are now paying the price
From Res Publica to the United States of Trump
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/from-res-publica-to-the-united-states
Published: April 20, 2026 18:52
This president's vulgar self-glorification is revolting to a self-governing people and must not stand
Trump Proved to be Unimaginably Bad for the Free Market Cause: A Conversation with Veronique de Rugy
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/trump-proved-to-be-unimaginably-bad
Published: April 19, 2026 17:14
He has done things that Bernie Sanders would never have dared and opened the door to radical leftist interventions
Can Primary Reform Keep Out Extremist Candidates and Depolarize America?
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/can-primary-reform-keep-out-extremist
Published: April 18, 2026 17:46
Don't count on it—deeper structural reforms like proportional representation are the real fix
Will the New Hungarian Prime Minister Use His Victory to Restore Democracy?: A Video Roundup
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/will-the-new-hungarian-prime-minister
Published: April 17, 2026 17:42
Our mid-April collection of clips
JD Vance's Devil-May-Care Attitude Is UnAmerican and UnCatholic
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/jd-vances-devil-may-care-attitude
Published: April 15, 2026 20:06
He is disrespecting the pope to please a president who violates core tenets of his chosen faith
Douglass Rejected That Black Gratitude to Lincoln Required Jingoistic Praise
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/douglass-rejected-that-black-gratitude
Published: April 14, 2026 15:34
On the Emancipation Memorial's 150th anniversary, Douglass' oration needs rescuing from both left and right
Orbán Lost Spectacularly Because the Hungarian People Simply Stopped Fearing His Authoritarianism
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/orban-lost-spectacularly-because
Published: April 13, 2026 15:17
They understood that his corrupt party was selling out the country to serve its own interests