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Scott Porch is a contributing writer for The Daily Beast on books and politics. He is also a podcast producer for Starburns Audio and a contributing writer for Decider.
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The Americans Who Give Nationalism a Dirty Name
way past dog whistlesSometimes theyâre white nationalists, sometimes Christian nationalists, but as sociologist Samuel Perry says, âItâs complicated, but itâs essentially an ethnic identity.â

Trump Turns the Georgia Primary Into His Personal Vendetta
POLITICS AS PAYBACKâI think Georgia is the biggest test for Donald Trumpâs influence in the entire nation,â says political reporter Greg Bluestein.

Louis Menand Dynamites the Cliche of the Sleepy Fifties
dig deeperThe Pulitzer-winning historian spent a decade researching and writing âThe Free World,â a reexamination of Cold War America that turns a lot of old assumptions inside out.

How to Tackle a Bullying, Alcoholic, Racist Named Hemingway
CANON FODDERKen Burns and Lynn Novick portray an insecure, vain, depressed, unfaithful, visionary modernist in PBSâs âHemingwayâ, and reframe his complicated place in the literary canon.

Kill the Senate Filibuster or Watch Bidenâs Agenda Die
Bye Bye BipartisanshipDonât count on a sudden wave of bipartisanship, says former Senate aide Adam Jentleson.

The Constitution Has Always Been a Construction Zone
WORK IN PROGRESSOne of the smartest things Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison put into the Constitution was a way to fix it, says journalist and historian Thomas E. Ricks.

Blame Comey First and Last for Trump Taking the White House
GAME CHANGERThink 2020 has been crazy? Read âOctober Surprise,â in which reporter Devlin Barrett traces the FBIâs cascade of missteps that led to the surprise election of Donald Trump.

The Year the GOP Lost to Carter and Embraced the Dark Side
DIXIE FRIEDIn Rick Perlsteinâs "Reaganland," Jimmy Carter beat the Republicansâ Southern Strategy in 1976 but got overwhelmed by it in 1980. What happened in between?

Ezra Klein: The Real Reason U.S. Politics Is So Broken
UNRIG THE SYSTEMThe Vox founder argues in a new book that political polarization is realâbut not the problem we think it is.

Will Obama Voters Who Switched to Trump Switch Back in 2020?
CHANGE UP?Podcast host and former Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau goes to Pennsylvania, Florida, Wisconsin, and Arizona and talks to Obama voters who strayed from Democrats in 2020.
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