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The Anatomy of American Fascism, part 1: Fascist Foot Soldiers and their Patrician Funders

Introducing Jozef Mlot-Mroz, Salem, Massachusetts' most famous Nazi troll (ca. 1960-2000) and the wealthy Exeter/Harvard law grad named Richard J. Cotter who secretly funded his exploits

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Substackers Against Nazis

A collective letter to Substack leadership

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Down the Derp State Rabbit Hole with the Chair of the Marion County (OR) GOP

Cleon Skousen's conspiracy theories, Chinese commandos invading from Mexico, and other oldies but goodies from the right wing playbook

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Those "funny" fluoride fighters were, frankly, fanners of fascism's flames

Or, how I learned to stop laughing and love talking seriously about the anti-fluoridation movement

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The Everyday Antifascists who pushed back against Walter Huss, Episode 1

Or, that time in 1963 when four high school students from Albany, OR exposed Walter Huss and his pal Ken Goff for the violent bigots they were

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Walter Huss's Christian Ventriloquist friend Jim Bisel could have either written a song called "Porno Gravy" or gone to therapy. You'll never guess which one he chose!

Episode 3 of "Walter Huss and the best people"

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What's up with these Christian Nationalists like Mike Johnson and their odd relationship to banks?

Or, did I ever tell you about that time I found $7500 in cash in Walter Huss's archive

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A snapshot of the quack "miracle cure" doctor-corrupt politician-Nazi propagandist industrial complex ca. 1954-7

Or, how I discovered that my Jewish grandparents in Ebensburg, PA were represented by a Nazi-friendly state senator in the 1950s

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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