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“Laura K. Field’s ‘Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right’…is a deeply researched account of the rise of the MAGA New Right during the past two decades braided with the narrative of her break with it.”
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The Neo-Right's Multi-Front Revolt Against America
A political theorist traces the intellectual history of the various strains of a movement gone rogue
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November 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
“Laura K. Field’s ‘Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right’…is a deeply researched account of the rise of the MAGA New Right during the past two decades braided with the narrative of her break with it.”
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"Without civil liberties, there can be no meaningful democracy.
At the same time, without a vigorous, mobilized democratic politics to support them, civil liberties are deeply vulnerable, especially to the designs of authoritarian governments."
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At the same time, without a vigorous, mobilized democratic politics to support them, civil liberties are deeply vulnerable, especially to the designs of authoritarian governments."
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The Red Scare, Free Speech, and Democracy—Then and Now
Below is the text of an invited talk that I gave to the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics club at Indiana University, Bloomington, on November 11, 2025.
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November 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
"Without civil liberties, there can be no meaningful democracy.
At the same time, without a vigorous, mobilized democratic politics to support them, civil liberties are deeply vulnerable, especially to the designs of authoritarian governments."
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At the same time, without a vigorous, mobilized democratic politics to support them, civil liberties are deeply vulnerable, especially to the designs of authoritarian governments."
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In honor of Larry Summers, I asked the female members of my college class (1987) to say if they had any experiences with sexual harassment by teachers/professors, back when this was tolerated as, I dunno, the cost of attending college, and OH MY GOD.
November 21, 2025 at 12:13 AM
In honor of Larry Summers, I asked the female members of my college class (1987) to say if they had any experiences with sexual harassment by teachers/professors, back when this was tolerated as, I dunno, the cost of attending college, and OH MY GOD.
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The consumer base for luxury goods is shrinking—but the ultrawealthy are still spending.
The Wealthy Are Spending More On Vacations, Fine Dining And Yachts, Report Shows
The consumer base for luxury goods is shrinking—but the ultrawealthy are still spending.
www.forbes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The consumer base for luxury goods is shrinking—but the ultrawealthy are still spending.
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Still honoring her oath against threats. #SheIsAVeteran not a sucker or loser. She defended innocents against the terrorists. 🇺🇸 1/2
November 18, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Still honoring her oath against threats. #SheIsAVeteran not a sucker or loser. She defended innocents against the terrorists. 🇺🇸 1/2
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Writing was invented over 5000 years ago.
Genuine question: how much of that corpus was written by women?
I mean state decrees, law codes, record-keeping, religious texts, literature, contracts, letters..
My guess?
Before 20th Century?
Less than 1%?
Genuine question: how much of that corpus was written by women?
I mean state decrees, law codes, record-keeping, religious texts, literature, contracts, letters..
My guess?
Before 20th Century?
Less than 1%?
November 16, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Writing was invented over 5000 years ago.
Genuine question: how much of that corpus was written by women?
I mean state decrees, law codes, record-keeping, religious texts, literature, contracts, letters..
My guess?
Before 20th Century?
Less than 1%?
Genuine question: how much of that corpus was written by women?
I mean state decrees, law codes, record-keeping, religious texts, literature, contracts, letters..
My guess?
Before 20th Century?
Less than 1%?
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No, claims of a rise of conservatism among young men (compared with women) don’t ring true. New research shows youth gender gap is something we’ve seen across time.
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November 17, 2025 at 8:01 AM
No, claims of a rise of conservatism among young men (compared with women) don’t ring true. New research shows youth gender gap is something we’ve seen across time.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Repost this everywhere you’re active on social media. Send to your friends and family who aren’t.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Repost this everywhere you’re active on social media. Send to your friends and family who aren’t.
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Karma sure is a Bitch . This fool deserves an El Salvador treatment. His efforts got Trump elected and now we live in a Hellscape of a Country, hated Around the World 😡😡😡😎
November 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Karma sure is a Bitch . This fool deserves an El Salvador treatment. His efforts got Trump elected and now we live in a Hellscape of a Country, hated Around the World 😡😡😡😎
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“The kids are alright. The real problem might be older generations projecting their own racial anxieties onto them.”
This is a must-read piece by two of the finest scholars of U.S. politics, @adambonica.bsky.social & @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social
This is a must-read piece by two of the finest scholars of U.S. politics, @adambonica.bsky.social & @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social
The Shocking Truth About Gen Z Voters Is That They’re Pretty Great
Stop panicking: They are the most progressive generation ever, especially on race. If that surprises you, you’ve been listening to the wrong story.
newrepublic.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
“The kids are alright. The real problem might be older generations projecting their own racial anxieties onto them.”
This is a must-read piece by two of the finest scholars of U.S. politics, @adambonica.bsky.social & @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social
This is a must-read piece by two of the finest scholars of U.S. politics, @adambonica.bsky.social & @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social
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Conservatism: America’s Empathy Disorder
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Conservatism: America’s Empathy Disorder
A law enforcement officer turned researcher discovers that the psychological traits defining prison life, callousness, dominance, and empathy deficits, have shaped our politics.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Conservatism: America’s Empathy Disorder
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Rather than let them escape, conservative policymakers are trying to trap women in marriage and motherhood. Because caregiving responsibilities make it harder for women to get themselves out.
"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
news.gallup.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Rather than let them escape, conservative policymakers are trying to trap women in marriage and motherhood. Because caregiving responsibilities make it harder for women to get themselves out.
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NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
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"It is no stretch to imagine ICE agents snatching people from voting queues and thereby deterring U.S. citizens who speak with an accent or have dark skin from exercising their right to vote." No benefit of the doubt for these guys anymore. www.thebulwark.com/p/its-time-t...
It’s Time to Pivot to 2026 Election Security
Don’t underestimate how Trump and his allies will attempt to control the outcome of the midterms.
www.thebulwark.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"It is no stretch to imagine ICE agents snatching people from voting queues and thereby deterring U.S. citizens who speak with an accent or have dark skin from exercising their right to vote." No benefit of the doubt for these guys anymore. www.thebulwark.com/p/its-time-t...
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Indiana University removed a Lecturer from her "Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice" course after a student filed a complaint about a graphic the instructor showed in class, which included "Make America Great Again" as an example of "Covert White Supremacy."
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IU lecturer removed from class during intellectual diversity investigation
A lecturer in the Indiana University School of Social Work has been removed from teaching one of her classes Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice while the university investigates a complaint...
www.wfyi.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Indiana University removed a Lecturer from her "Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice" course after a student filed a complaint about a graphic the instructor showed in class, which included "Make America Great Again" as an example of "Covert White Supremacy."
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
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This is from good 5 years ago. I would still recommend all five books, even if even more rxcellent books on the far right have been published since.
The Far Right
The best books on the far right, as recommended by political scientist Cas Mudde, Stanley Wade Shelton UGAF Professor of International Affairs.
fivebooks.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This is from good 5 years ago. I would still recommend all five books, even if even more rxcellent books on the far right have been published since.
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In honor of Viktor Orban's visit to Washington, here's a reminder that Orban has made his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
America’s Future Is Hungary
MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.
www.theatlantic.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
In honor of Viktor Orban's visit to Washington, here's a reminder that Orban has made his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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To emphasize what @moiradonegan.bsky.social is saying:
In the same speech where Rothbard announced his desire to “repeal the twentieth century,” he raged against “organized feminism” and the “loony left” as a key enemy - the “feminist, deconstructing, quota-loving, advanced victimological left.”
In the same speech where Rothbard announced his desire to “repeal the twentieth century,” he raged against “organized feminism” and the “loony left” as a key enemy - the “feminist, deconstructing, quota-loving, advanced victimological left.”
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
To emphasize what @moiradonegan.bsky.social is saying:
In the same speech where Rothbard announced his desire to “repeal the twentieth century,” he raged against “organized feminism” and the “loony left” as a key enemy - the “feminist, deconstructing, quota-loving, advanced victimological left.”
In the same speech where Rothbard announced his desire to “repeal the twentieth century,” he raged against “organized feminism” and the “loony left” as a key enemy - the “feminist, deconstructing, quota-loving, advanced victimological left.”
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Friends, “Furious Minds” is out!
@lkatfield.bsky.social wrote an important book - one that truly is essential reading for anyone who seeks to understand the rightwing intellectual scene, the defining ideas on today’s extremist Right, and the ideological traditions they draw on.
Please read:
@lkatfield.bsky.social wrote an important book - one that truly is essential reading for anyone who seeks to understand the rightwing intellectual scene, the defining ideas on today’s extremist Right, and the ideological traditions they draw on.
Please read:
Furious Minds
“[An] excellent new book.”—Michelle Goldberg, New York TimesThe story of the radical conservative intellectual movement shaping Donald Trump’s agenda—and how it threatens American freedoms, values, an...
press.princeton.edu
November 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Friends, “Furious Minds” is out!
@lkatfield.bsky.social wrote an important book - one that truly is essential reading for anyone who seeks to understand the rightwing intellectual scene, the defining ideas on today’s extremist Right, and the ideological traditions they draw on.
Please read:
@lkatfield.bsky.social wrote an important book - one that truly is essential reading for anyone who seeks to understand the rightwing intellectual scene, the defining ideas on today’s extremist Right, and the ideological traditions they draw on.
Please read:
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I presume this to be the majority opinion across Republicans generally, including a hypermajority of Republican men and a surprisingly high double-digit percentage of Republican women.
It’s the inevitable conclusion of mainstream conservative thinking.
It’s the inevitable conclusion of mainstream conservative thinking.
Some on the far right want to repeal the 19th amendment. Many more share a coercive, patriarchal view of women.
I wrote about this and how the far right sees subjugating women as key to building the sort of electorate they need to win. @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/women-should...
I wrote about this and how the far right sees subjugating women as key to building the sort of electorate they need to win. @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/women-should...
Women Should Make Babies, Not Vote: Why Some on the Far Right Want to Repeal the 19th Amendment
The far right takes losses at the ballot box as evidence that women do not deserve their rights.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I presume this to be the majority opinion across Republicans generally, including a hypermajority of Republican men and a surprisingly high double-digit percentage of Republican women.
It’s the inevitable conclusion of mainstream conservative thinking.
It’s the inevitable conclusion of mainstream conservative thinking.
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Like you I am celebrating Tuesday's victories. However, my job is not to sugarcoat things and tell you it's all fixed. It is to warning about what to expect next and fight back.
That is why I wrote this and why I hope you read and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...
That is why I wrote this and why I hope you read and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...
What Comes Next After the 2025 Elections
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Like you I am celebrating Tuesday's victories. However, my job is not to sugarcoat things and tell you it's all fixed. It is to warning about what to expect next and fight back.
That is why I wrote this and why I hope you read and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...
That is why I wrote this and why I hope you read and share. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what...
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Hate preacher says GOP can only save the country by denying women the right to vote - buff.ly/Vj0Aygr
November 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Hate preacher says GOP can only save the country by denying women the right to vote - buff.ly/Vj0Aygr
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Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."