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Mccarthyism

house arrest Jan. 5, 2023

The GOP Is More Ungovernable Than Ever BeforeEven with Fox News, Donald Trump, and the GOP Establishment united behind Kevin McCarthy, House Republicans still won’t toe the party line.

By Eric Levitz
the national interest Jan. 20, 2020

Now We Know What Would Have Happened If Joe McCarthy Became PresidentThe surprising thing is not McCarthy’s rise to power, but why it took so long for somebody to try the same thing again.

By Jonathan Chait
politics Aug. 19, 2018

Trump Sides With Nixon in New Tirade Against Mueller and the MediaThe president sees Watergate as a failure of loyalty.

By Chas Danner

Feb. 7, 2018

Ron Johnson Is Very Bad at McCarthyismFor the second time in two weeks, the Wisconsin senator made up a wild conspiracy theory about the FBI — only to see it instantly fall apart.

By Eric Levitz
notable quotables Feb. 25, 2017

George Clooney Dings Donald Trump With Edward R. Murrow’s Words on McCarthyismEdward R. Murrow and political activism, two of George Clooney’s favorite things!

By Karen Brill
history repeating itself July 19, 2012

GOP Blasts Bachmann’s ‘McCarthyistic Witch Hunt’She’s finally found the limit to what Republicans will tolerate.

By Margaret Hartmann
early and awful Aug. 27, 2010

Sharron Angle Trying to Bring McCarthyism Back Into StyleShe thinks there are “domestic enemies” in the Senate and House.

By Dan Amira