Criticism of Israel and its conduct is fair game. Conspiratorial delusions about Zionism are not.
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Tucker Carlson Broke with Donald Trump. He’s Still Terrible
The longtime conservative commentator is wrapping his newfound opposition to the president in loopy anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.
Posted inPolitics
Don’t Pin Trump’s Iran War on Netanyahu (Or Israel. Or the Jews.)
Joe Kent’s resignation letter is not a noble protest but an anti-Semitic screed that liberals shouldn’t echo.
Posted inBooks
Tucker Carlson’s Long, Strange Trip
From bow-tied neocon to flannel-clad conspiracist, a once-talented writer becomes a promulgator of MAGA bilge.
Posted inForeign Policy
America’s Illiberal Internationalism
The Republican Party’s turn against liberal internationalism is not a passing Trump aberration but a reversion to long-standing illiberalism on the American right.
Posted inPolitics
Memo to the Media: You Are Not Obligated to Cover a Crackpot Like Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Despite what Mark Halperin and Andrew Sullivan say, the conspiracist isn’t a serious protest candidate.
Posted inPolitics
Will Republicans Stand by Ukraine?
It would have been a no-brainer a few years ago, but the Trumpy GOP is divided over backing Kyiv.
Posted inPolitics
Make Republicans Pay a Higher Price for Anti-Hispanic Racism
Democrats have been urged only to talk about pocketbook issues with Hispanic voters. But that advice is incomplete and shortsighted.
Posted inMagazine
Trumpism Before Trump
How a small group of reactionaries hijacked the Republican Party—decades before the 2016 election.
Posted inPolitics
On Guns and Inflation, Republicans Ignore the Rest of the World
Republicans’ dopiest claims are disproved by other countries. No wonder they look away.
