Republican Party

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  1/23/2023
  

  Miami-Dade has Lurched Right, but Still Loves "Obamacare"

  by Catherine Mas

  Even though conservative Latinos in Miami are generally suspicious of "socialism", the long history of local government support for medical access means that many carve out a big exception for the Affordable Care Act. 

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• SOURCE: The New Republic
  1/20/2023
  

  The History of Consumption Taxes Shows GOP Won't Eliminate IRS

  Consumption taxes are successful when they target luxury purchases and the rich. A broad-based consumption tax like the one proposed by House Republicans to replace the income tax would be suicidal to even bring to a vote. 

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• SOURCE: Slate
  1/21/2023
  

  Why do Republicans Keep Calling it the "Democrat Party"?

  by Lawrence B. Glickman

  The odd rhetorical device isn't just trolling—it reflects 70 years of the Republican Party seeking to define itself against the opposition even as terms like "liberal" and "conservatism" had not yet taken on stable meaning. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  1/12/2023
  

  House GOP Invokes Church Committee, but Echoes Earlier McCarthy

  While they claim to be fighting abusive government agencies, promised investigations have uncomfortable parallels to McCarthy and HUAC, warns historian Beverly Gage. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  1/17/2023
  

  Conspiratorialism is Now a Defining Feature of Republican Politics

  While both British and American politics have become bitterly polarized and dysfunctional, the embrace by American leaders on the right of conspiracy theories as a uniquely American phenomenon. 

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• SOURCE: The New Yorker
  1/19/2023
  

  As a History of Insurrection, the January 6 Report is a Mess

  by Jill Lepore

  The Committee delivered a potent indictment of Donald Trump's responsibility for the events of January 6, but shed little light on the origins or the future of the antidemocratic insurrection and failed to tell a compelling story about what happened. 

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• SOURCE: Slate
  1/9/2023
  

  New Anthology Mistakes the Roots of the Problem as "Misinformation" Rather than Power

  by Paul M. Renfro and Matthew E. Stanley

  The new "Myth America" offers insight into some recurrent myths about history from some excellent scholars, but it hews too closely to the idea that historical lies are a Trumpian phenomenon, rather than a broader aspect of the pursuit and consolidation of power for MAGA and New Democrats alike. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  1/5/2023
  

  Why the Fringe is in Charge of the GOP

  by Richard H. Pildes

  The ability of a couple dozen hardliners to derail the Speaker election reflects deep transformations in the power of congressional leaders to wield power through commitee assignments and campaign funds. Will this make governing impossible? 

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• SOURCE: Christian Science Monitor
  12/19/2022
  

  Historians Predict How History Will Remember January 6

  Historians of the Civil War era including Manisha Sinha and Joanne Freeman, suggest that the Jan. 6 Committee has assembled a documentary record of events that can support a definitive understanding of events. But what politicians and voters make of the information will determine what history is written. 

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• SOURCE: Substack
  12/14/2022
  

  It's Time to Be Honest About the Partisan Nature of Gun Culture

  by Heather Cox Richardson

  "The national free-for-all in which we have 120 guns for every 100 people... is deeply tied to the political ideology of today’s Republican Party. It comes from the rise of Movement Conservatism under Ronald Reagan."

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• 12/11/2022
  

  Will the Republican's Tilt Toward Isolationism End?

  by Waller R. Newell

  The Republican Party's fracturing between the remaining neocons and a younger group of isolationists comes at a critical moment when Russia is testing the possible limits on its expansive ambitions. 

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  12/5/2022
  

  The GOP Once Supported the Youth Vote

  by Jennifer Frost

  Once Republicans championed opening the franchise to 18 year-olds. Today, it seems the party is unwilling to win those votes and would prefer to restrict them. 

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  11/28/2022
  

  Republicans Can Thank Suburban New Yorkers for House Majority

  by Stacie Taranto

  The volatile politics of New York's downstate suburbs trace back to the settlement of massive suburban tracts outside the city after World War II, which created a large constituency of homeowners concerned with "law and order." 

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• SOURCE: The Nation
  11/29/2022
  

  Did Today's Right Originate in the 1990s? (Review)

  by John Ganz

  Nicole Hemmer's book "Partisans" looks to a generation of conservatives who found the Reagan Revolution inadequate and laid the foundations for MAGA during the Clinton years. 

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  11/7/2022
  

  Whatever the Result on Tuesday, Don't Expect the GOP to Go "Back to Normal"

  by Cas Mudde

  It's become clear that, win or lose, the hard right and conspiracy theorists are too prominent in the Republican base for the party to stop catering to them. 

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• 11/4/2022
  

  Eying Return to Power, Conservatism Learns to Love the Administrative State

  by Jim Sleeper

  Some conservatives are turning away from the idea of a government small enough to drown in a bathtub to the idea of one large enough to enforce economic, cultural and sexual orthodoxy in line with their vision of the common good. Will the midterms be their coming out party? 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  11/1/2022
  

  GOP Response to Paul Pelosi Attack is a Sadistic New Low

  by Tom Nichols

  "January 6 was not an outlier. Laughing over a hammer attack on an old man, the GOP has completed its transition from a political party to a brutal mob."

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• SOURCE: The Guardian
  10/22/2022
  

  Once Again, Republicans Will Choose Radicalization to Turn The Base Out

  by Thomas Zimmer

  The problem with the Republican Party isn't Trump, it's the fact that the party knows it can't win without riling up the far-right elements that compose a growing part of its base. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  10/24/2022
  

  Tim Snyder: Why Putin Wants the Republicans in Power

  Although the Republicans are split, it seems clear that Putin is working to boost the isolationist elements of the MAGA movement at a moment when Ukrainian forces are close to defeating Russia's invasion with international and American support. 

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• SOURCE: The Trace
  10/25/2022
  

  Edward Miller on Why Republicans Won't Dump Alex Jones

  Only a tiny majority of Republicans in contested races will go on record with an opinion about Sandy Hook conspiracist Alex Jones. A historian of the conspiratorial far right explains why.