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Phil Dubose, the former Koch Industries manager who spent twenty-six years working for the Kochs before testifying against them in court, had no doubt that they now had their sights on all three branches of government. “What they want is to get their own way,” he said. “They call themselves libertarians. For lack of a better word, what it means is
... See moreJane Mayer • Dark Money
For years, the New Right has had little political representation and been treated as beneath notice by the mainstream press. This is no longer an option, especially in a social media world. Its members are smart, they are organized, and, most importantly, they do have a very coherent worldview. Illiterately tweeting “YOUR RACIST” over and over at o
... See moreMichael Malice • The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics
Ava Kofman • Curtis Yarvin’s Plot Against America
protected versus the unprotected. Enhancing the common good versus maximizing and protecting the elite winners’ winnings.
Steven Brill • Tailspin: The People and Forces Behind America's Fifty-Year Fall--and Those Fighting to Reverse It
The New Right is not only opposed to civil discourse; it’s opposed to pretty much any discourse with those it considers the enemy. It’s a working strategy. Peter Thiel secretly funded a legal battle between Hulk Hogan, a man he didn’t even know, and the gossip website Gawker, one of the mainstays of sneering media progressivism. The result was the
... See moreMichael Malice • The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics
Brock has cultivated an impressive body of liberal megadonors and assembled an eclectic collection of no fewer than thirty smear-related projects, most notably his flagship “media watchdog,” Media Matters. This collection of groups was cited to me by nearly every Democrat and Republican operative I interviewed as the most ubiquitous and successful
... See moreSharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
Right-wing pundits like Kurt Schlichter and sites like the Daily Caller frequently use New Right ideas, jokes, and even slang.
Michael Malice • The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics
I learn that First Draft was founded in the United Kingdom in 2015 with primary backing from Google. The executive chairman of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, is Hillary backer Eric Schmidt. Alphabet was Hillary’s second-largest campaign contributor. According to internal campaign emails, Google offered up use of its jet to Clinton during her ca
... See moreSharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
Rayburn did not, moreover, understand—perhaps because he was a man who could not be bought, and this reputation, and the fear in which he was held, kept anyone from explaining his position to him—how important he was to the wildcatters, how the protection he had extended to them in the past, and the protection they were hoping he would continue to
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