In Nikki Haley’s Candied World, Even Losing is Winning—For Now

Inside the Grand Ballroom, Haley appeared not a puppet as much as an actor playing the part of an ambitious striver in a Netflix show about U.S. politics. She offered a little of something to almost everyone. Anti-Democrat signage and Continue reading In Nikki Haley’s Candied World, Even Losing is Winning—For Now

Finally, Some Good News: New Polls Show MAGA Cultist Kari Lake Behind

For the first time in months, a pair of new polls has found that election-denier Kari Lake is trailing in the Arizona Senate race to the Democratic candidate, Representative Ruben Gallego. But she remains a MAGA celebrity phenomenon who cannot Continue reading Finally, Some Good News: New Polls Show MAGA Cultist Kari Lake Behind

The Red States Fighting the Good Fight Against Big Tech

Moreover, the common carriage approach isn’t a recipe for more hate speech: This problem is a function of these platforms’ basic business model—surveillance advertising. In the 1990s, people could express white supremacist views on bulletin boards, but their posts wouldn’t Continue reading The Red States Fighting the Good Fight Against Big Tech

They Came, They Saw, They Left Early: Trump Stumps in South Carolina

The hair was the first thing one noticed, brilliantly fixed in place. He walked slowly, shoulders square, soaking in the adulation. It was astonishing that he looked exactly like his representations—the hair, the blue suit and red tie, the face Continue reading They
Came, They Saw, They Left Early: Trump Stumps in South Carolina