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Raising the cost of telling the truth about the far right
The 1959 death of fascist seditionist Robert Edmondson and the plight of the poor editor of the Bend Bulletin
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Some thoughts on the messed up memory culture of late 20th century America into which I was socialized
Or, why did so many late 20th C. Americans feel like we had to give a pass to historical figures who committed their lives to undermining the foundational values we claimed the US stood for?
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The Eternal Batshittery of the Right Wing Mind
The 55 year history behind the conspiracy theories dogging today's advocates of 15-minute cities
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I read a box and a half of "crackpot letters" in Tom McCall's archive and all you got was this newsletter
Or, how I found some politically meaningful stories in a place Oregon's Republican Governor thought there weren't any
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An inspiring 1962 dispatch from a 63 y.o. Antifascist rancher from Sturgis, SD
Ok, he didn't call himself "Antifa," but this fiery letter I found in Congresswoman Edith Green's archive is a reminder of the importance of the 100% American tradition of everyday antifascism
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Walter Huss's plan to take back America for God, one precinct at a time, Part 1 of 2
Or, a reminder that Steve Bannon isn't the first right winger to propose a grassroots "precinct strategy" for a populist take over of the GOP
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The Trilateral Shitpost Fire that was the 1980 GOP convention, part 2
How did the Trilateral Commission go from being a ho hum news item to the salacious talk of the 1980 GOP convention?
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The World According to Lyle Hartford VanDyke, Jr.
A special edition of Rightlandia for the conspiracy theory aficionados out there, and a more serious discussion of why weirdos like VanDyke are worth knowing about
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Walter Huss and the Fascist Fifth Column in Cold War America
From Pedro del Valle's Minutemen to the Oath Keepers' January 6
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Walter Huss and "The Best People," Episode 2 (Richard Barrett)
In which we meet Richard Barrett, an energetic white nationalist troll with fancy letterhead and an unfortunate ability to foresee the political future
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Why the right's cultural counter-offensive is unlikely to succeed
It turns out that blaming cultural changes you feel uncomfortable about on some version of "the joos" does not make for clear-eyed political strategizing
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Salem hosted not one, but TWO Christian Nationalist events this Saturday, July 29
Sean Feucht, Kari Lake, and the different flavors of Christian Nationalism in Oregon