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Walter Huss's 1987 plan for the "silent majority" to "save America" from impending ruin.
[Spoiler Alert: It didn't work.]
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On the Road with Walter Huss and his Weirdo Friends
The last chapter of Walter Huss’s 40-year career as a right wing activist in Oregon came in the 1990s when he launched several unsuccessful efforts to get a ballot measure passed that would have eliminated all property and income tax in the state and replaced them with a
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The Far Right Genealogy of Today's Dopey "FrEe sPeAcH!" arguments
“There is a CONSPIRACY in this country to limit public comment and discussion to what a small but powerful clique has predetermined to be 'acceptable.' The moment anyone attempts to introduce an idea that is 'unacceptable,' nationwide forces are mobilized to silence the 'heretic'
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That's Nazi Coffee! vs. the Hermeneutic of Generosity
On the challenges of writing a democratic history of an anti-democratic movement
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Is it a Rabbit Hole? Or...
...Is it the buzzing background noise of white conservative political culture from the 1950s to the present
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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