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From Charlottesville to Mar-a-Lago
Following the leader, wherever you may go
Aug 12
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The storming of Trump's castle
The incessant whining about "Third World" tactics in response to the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago is telling in more ways than one
Jonathan M. Katz
Aug 11
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The books behind the book, Vol. 4
Here are five more sources you can read if you’re interested in going deeper into the histories and ideas I explore in Gangsters of Capitalism — all of…
Jonathan M. Katz
Aug 5
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Putting her chips on Taiwan
Even though Speaker Pelosi’s island trip did not immediately occasion a real-life reboot of Red Dawn, it’s still worth asking the question: What the…
Jonathan M. Katz
Aug 4
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Dare we hope, President Manchin?
Even those who follow politics for a living were floored by the turnabout in the Senate: The Biden presidency’s destroyer-in-chief, “Coal Joe” Manchin…
Jonathan M. Katz
Jul 29
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Highway robbers of the knowledge economy
A podcast I’d never heard of before stole my work. I’m not alone.
Jonathan M. Katz
Jul 28
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Cheney's gambit
It's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off.
Jonathan M. Katz
Jul 22
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The Terminators
The right is using the end of Roe to abort democracy
Jonathan M. Katz
Jul 21
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An FDR-size hole
In Why the New Deal Matters, historian Eric Rauchway makes a case that the true purpose of Franklin Roosevelt’s program was not merely to put Americans…
Jonathan M. Katz
Jul 15
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'As somebody who has helped plan coups ...'
John Bolton weighs in on Jan. 6
Jonathan M. Katz
Jul 13
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Part of How They Took Away Your Bodily Autonomy Was Through Terrorism
Bombings, arsons, assassinations. Stalkings, clinic invasions. Assaults, bomb threats. Finally, Supreme Court justices.
Spencer Ackerman
Jul 8
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Power is how you use it
When the Supreme Court overturned Roe and Casey last week, I was too deep in my still-lingering COVID haze to put out a newsletter. So I characterized…
Jonathan M. Katz
Jul 1
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