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The failed Beer Hall Putsch of 1923 resonates as a warning for 2021

The failed Beer Hall Putsch of 1923 resonates as a warning for 2021

As it becomes increasingly clear – barring a miracle – that most Senate Republicans seem poised to excuse a fascist insurrection, certain horrors long past are beginning to impinge on the present. I don’t mean to suggest that history is perfectly positioned to repeat...
MAGA mutant Bruce Castor is not Philly’s finest

MAGA mutant Bruce Castor is not Philly’s finest

Remember back when you were a kid (bear with me if you weren’t this kind of kid) and you were up against a term paper deadline but because you were lazy or overwhelmed you hadn’t done a lick of research, so you just decided to wing it with swollen prose like “The...
Liz Cheney puts the Republican party on trial

Liz Cheney puts the Republican party on trial

Liz Cheney, who rightly eviscerates the insurrectionist in exile, comes with many caveats. She told Fox News yesterday that Republicans should renounce Trumpism and become “the party of truth” – which was a tad ironic, given all the serial lies her dad told to con us...