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Jared Yates Sexton is a political analyst, co-host of The Muckrake Podcast, and author of American Rule: How A Nation Conquered The World But Failed Its People.

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Getting Rid of Trump Won’t Get Rid of Political Violence

CAN’T WISH IT AWAY

You have to ignore a lot of U.S. history to believe that if we somehow banish Trump to the sidelines, the violence spawned by the far right will go with him.

Jared Yates Sexton | Published Jan 28, 2023
opinion

Tucker’s Orban Lovefest Is a Glimpse of a Future MAGA Wants

BROKEN MIRROR

The Fox News star broadcasts from Budapest this week, seemingly to sell his viewers on the Hungarian strongman’s depressingly familiar and deeply dangerous authoritarianism.

Jared Yates Sexton | Published Aug 04, 2021
opinion

Fox News Created a Monster. Now That Monster Wants Revenge.

IT’S ALIVE! ALIVE!

Fox News now “sucks,” election-denying Trumpkins say. And so it’s a race to the bottom for other outlets to appeal to an audience hoping to further remove themselves from reality.

Jared Yates Sexton | Published Nov 10, 2020
opinion

Who Says Americans Can’t Be Nazis?

IT CAN HAPPEN HERE, AND IT HAS

America’s opposition to Nazism and fascism was only as good as the moment.

Jared Yates Sexton | Published Dec 28, 2019

The Toxic Loyalty of Trump's Hardcore Zealots

UNDYING

They’ve excused his winking at neo-Nazis and his support of an accused child molester. Is there anything—anything—that would make Trump’s die-hards leave his personality cult?

Jared Yates Sexton | Published Dec 31, 2017
opinion

Fascism Runs in My American Family

TIES THAT BIND

The diehard Trump supporters aren't being fooled. The Moore voters aren't pinching their noses. A large portion of Americans actually agree with the hateful things these men spew.

Jared Yates Sexton | Published Dec 10, 2017
opinion

Trump Unleashed the Hell That Caused Charlottesville

TIME BOMB

The scene at Charlottesville on Friday and Saturday did not come as a shock to anybody who had attended Trump rallies during the 2016 campaign.

Jared Yates Sexton | Published Aug 13, 2017

Why Trump Doesn’t Need Fox News Anymore

CULT

Donald Trump has effectively replaced Fox News as the center of information for Republicans.

Jared Yates Sexton | Published Jun 19, 2017

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