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The right regularly assumes that those who don’t share its politics must have been brainwashed. It's a function of the increasingly closed information universe in which the political right sits, in which assumptions are often unquestioned and unchallenged washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/…
‘We only need some metal things' — To abandon Ukraine now would allow Russia and its authoritarian friends China, Iran, and North Korea to believe that the 21st century is moving their way into a future of brutal armies, cowed populations, and endless lies theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
University leaders came across as hypocritical: chilling the speech of anybody who offends against campus orthodoxy, giving broad latitude to students who tout popular progressive causes to intimidate their enemies with impunity
By Yascha Mounk theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
Washington has a bad case of panic — When Trump says, openly and clearly, what extreme, radical, and unconstitutional things he plans to do, listen. In the Trump era, panic is not a negotiating tactic; it’s a warning ignored at one’s peril
By Susan Glasser newyorker.com/news/letter-fr…
Republicans' return to isolationism endangers Ukraine’s survival, in a bait-and-switch that gives them an excuse to do what their base wants —abandon Ukraine— while trying to blame Democrats for “jeopardizing security around the world'
By Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸 washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…