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My conversation about Walter Huss with historian Thomas Zimmer
I was honored to be an invited guest on the Is This Democracy podcast a few weeks ago. Here's the episode.
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Donald Trump and the Revenge of the Evan Mecham Republicans
If you think Arizona Republicans like Kari Lake are pretty whacky nowadays, just wait till you hear about Evan Mecham
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Sending Spit to Ms. Safron
Walter Huss and the little-known subculture of "Granola Nazis"
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An Archival Find Too Good Not to Share
A 1985 conversation between Walter Huss and a DOJ attorney in which Huss's bizarro understanding of the world confronts reality head on
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What exactly is "Bircherism?" What do we mean when we call it "far right?"
The problem of definitions when writing about the American right
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New Book of Interest for Readers of Rightlandia
Matthew Dallek's "Birchers" was released yesterday and it's well worth your time
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"Dear Patriot"
The Far Right Genealogy of a MAGA Salutation
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A reminder of the real human costs and real social damage wrought by the "culture war" politics of Rightlandia
A dispatch from the queer community in Cedar Rapids, IA well worth reading
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Antisemitism and the Genealogy of American anti-leftism
Or; what I mean when I say that antisemitism was not just an unfortunate character flaw that Walter Huss had, but was the organizing principle of his entire world view
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Why archival research matters: The power of a single document
When you accuse a former chair of a state Republican Party of having neo-Nazi ties, it's important to have receipts. Luckily, Walter Huss left behind a huge stack of them.
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Rightlandia: It's not just a far right fever dream in the mind of Oregon's Walter Huss anymore
That's right, it's also a Substack newsletter (and eventually a book)!
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