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Authoritarianism

  1. election 2024
    Trump Wants His Enemies to Fear for Their LivesThe GOP front-runner is stoking threats of violence against anyone who threatens his power. It’s working.
    By Eric Levitz
  2. the national interest
    Let’s Compare How Trump and Biden Treat Indicted Crooks on Their Own SideRepublicans won’t admit it, but Biden is respecting DOJ independence.
    By Jonathan Chait
  3. the national interest
    Republicans Attacking Trump As ‘Unelectable’ Is Just So PatheticIt’s not only weak, it’s not even true.
    By Jonathan Chait
  4. 2022 elections
    For Republicans, Abetting Coups Is a Good Career MoveHouse Republicans who aided Donald Trump’s efforts on January 6 are more likely to win reelection.
    By Eric Levitz
  5. the national interest
    ‘Lock Them Up’ Is Now the Republican Party’s Highest GoalIt’s no longer about policy or even culture war but prosecutorial revenge.
    By Jonathan Chait
  6. the national interest
    Why Republicans Want a Nakedly Partisan Justice DepartmentNeutral law enforcement is a losing game for them.
    By Jonathan Chait
  7. the national interest
    The GOP’s Authoritarian AccelerationInternal resistance to its anti-democratic turn has all but vanished.
    By Jonathan Chait
  8. the national interest
    White Supremacy Is a Dangerous Threat Because Republicans Use ItHorrifying developments in the week since Biden’s warning have vindicated it.
    By Jonathan Chait
  9. the national interest
    John Durham Shows ‘Lock Her Up’ Politics Were Never About Real CrimesRepublicans want to send people to jail after Durham finds no crimes.
    By Jonathan Chait
  10. the national interest
    Ron DeSantis’s Thuggish New Threats Against DisneyThe Florida governor is trying to out-authoritarian Trump.
    By Jonathan Chait
  11. the national interest
    The Republican Party May Not Be Fascist, But It’s Definitely Getting Fasci-erThe left-wing case for downplaying authoritarianism is not convincing.
    By Jonathan Chait
  12. the national interest
    DeSantis Promises Florida Will Control Disney ContentRight-wing board to clamp down on “woke ideology” in cartoons.
    By Jonathan Chait
  13. the national interest
    Ron DeSantis Is Imposing Political Control on SchoolsA step by step blueprint to turn the state into a political weapon.
    By Jonathan Chait
  14. the national interest
    Ron DeSantis’s Anti-Vaccine Campaign Continues Trump’s War on the Rule of Law“Lock her up” becomes a permanent GOP tactic.
    By Jonathan Chait
  15. the national interest
    The Republicans’ Problem Isn’t ‘Candidate Quality,’ It’s Crazy PeopleBeing sane isn’t a messaging choice.
    By Jonathan Chait
  16. the national interest
    First Amendment: 1, Ron DeSantis: 0Judge smacks down Florida law ending academic freedom.
    By Jonathan Chait
  17. the national interest
    The Right’s Only Regret About Trumpists Is That They LostDon’t mistake tactical critiques for moral ones.
    By Jonathan Chait
  18. the national interest
    Of Course Democracy Is on the BallotGiving more power to an authoritarian party is dangerous.
    By Jonathan Chait
  19. the national interest
    Biden’s Defense of Democracy May Not Work, But It Is RightThe case against taking authoritarianism seriously is too cynical.
    By Jonathan Chait
  20. the national interest
    Denying the Attack on Pelosi Is a Bridge to Supporting ItThe mental contortions of the anti-anti-DePape right.
    By Jonathan Chait
  21. the national interest
    This Is Not the Political Violence That Should Scare UsThe conditions are present for much deadlier political violence.
    By Jonathan Chait
  22. the national interest
    Why Are Florida Republicans Paying a White Supremacist Goon?The saga of Marco Rubio and the Proud Boys.
    By Jonathan Chait
  23. early and often
    The Media Did Not Trick Voters Into Disliking InflationIt is possible for a voter to worry more about rising prices than creeping authoritarianism without ever watching CNN.
    By Eric Levitz
  24. politics
    How to Make a Semi-Fascist PartyThe hostile, paranoid, and increasingly authoritarian path ahead for American conservatism.
    By Jonathan Chait
  25. the national interest
    Illiberal Chic Deserves to Die on the Battlefield of Putin’s Failed WarBeing authoritarian doesn’t make your country strong or smart.
    By Jonathan Chait
  26. the national interest
    The Republican Response to Biden’s Democracy Speech Proves His PointYep, they are dominated, driven, and intimidated by Donald Trump.
    By Jonathan Chait
  27. the national interest
    Pennsylvania GOP Governor Candidate Doug Mastriano Refuses to Denounce Nazi AllyAn incredibly ominous sign in the GOP’s rightward lurch.
    By Jonathan Chait
  28. the national interest
    Without Media Accountability, Republicans Will Govern Like a One-Party StateWhat happens when Republicans shut out independent media.
    By Jonathan Chait
  29. the national interest
    Blake Masters, Nazi-Adjacent Arizona Republican Senate CandidateAnother sign of the party’s radicalization.
    By Jonathan Chait
  30. the national interest
    Republicans Are Trying to Cover Up Greatest Political Scandal in U.S. HistoryThe GOP still won’t admit it even deserves to be investigated.
    By Jonathan Chait
  31. the national interest
    Republicans Respond to January 6 Hearings by Defending TrumpNo remorse, no accountability.
    By Jonathan Chait
  32. the national interest
    Trump’s Insurrection Is Building Professionalized InstitutionsNext time, they won’t rely on amateurs.
    By Jonathan Chait
  33. the national interest
    Republicans Block Bill to Monitor Their Violent Allies“Domestic extremists — hey, that’s us!”
    By Jonathan Chait
  34. the national interest
    J.D. Vance Is a Dangerous AuthoritarianThe only coherent aspect of his worldview is a lust for power.
    By Jonathan Chait
  35. the national interest
    In DeSantis’s Banana Republic, Corporations Must Support the PartyOrbanism is Florida.
    By Jonathan Chait
  36. the national interest
    Trump, Putin, and the Paradox of PropagandaWhen you set out to brainwash others, you end up brainwashing yourself.
    By Jonathan Chait
  37. the national interest
    DeSantis’s Threats to Disney Is What Post-Trump Authoritarianism Looks Like“Special treatment” as long as you support the government.
    By Jonathan Chait
  38. the national interest
    Republicans Can’t Decide Whether to Celebrate Trump’s Coup Plot or Ignore ItWhat the “legitimate political discourse” fight reveals.
    By Jonathan Chait
  39. the national interest
    Republican Party Excommunicates Liz Cheney for Opposing the InsurrectionRNC calls rioters “ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse.”
    By Jonathan Chait
  40. the national interest
    Trump Dangles Pardons to His 2024 Insurrectionist AlliesHe said he would pardon the January 6 rioters, which really means he is soliciting insurrection next time.
    By Jonathan Chait
  41. the national interest
    Republicans Want You to Think January 6 Was Random ViolencePolitical violence that has major-party support is categorically different.
    By Jonathan Chait
  42. authoritarianism
    Trump Endorses Viktor Orbán, His Hungarian Role ModelIt’s an unusual move that may signal what Trump hopes to achieve for himself.
    By Ed Kilgore
  43. the national interest
    Conservatism and Fascism Are Not the Same ThingYou can’t stop authoritarianism unless you understand it.
    By Jonathan Chait
  44. the national interest
    ‘Normal’ Republican Ron DeSantis Wants to Lock Up Anthony FauciBeing a less deranged authoritarian than Trump is a low bar.
    By Jonathan Chait
  45. the national interest
    Trump Took Over the GOP Because He’s Willing to Break ItAnd his Republican critics aren’t.
    By Jonathan Chait
  46. the national interest
    If Trump Voters Lived in Germany, They’d Be in the Fascist PartyNo, not that one.
    By Jonathan Chait
  47. the national interest
    Chris Christie and the Death of the Never Trump Republican“The line of supporting Donald Trump starts behind me!”
    By Jonathan Chait
  48. the national interest
    Trump Openly Defends Insurrectionists Trying to Hang Pence As ‘Common Sense’The slow, inevitable evolution of the former president’s pro-riot rhetoric.
    By Jonathan Chait
  49. the national interest
    Republican Infrastructure Supporters Facing Right-Wing PurgeThe only good infrastructure bill is a Trump infrastructure bill.
    By Jonathan Chait
  50. the national interest
    Report: Corporations Ready to Resume Donating to Pro-Coup RepublicansIt’s not because they’ve solved the problem of Republican authoritarianism.
    By Jonathan Chait
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