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Commentator who reportedly influenced JD Vance’s politics calls Trump admin a ‘failure’ and ‘tragedy’

In a lengthy Substack post, Curtis Yarvin accused the Trump administration of not doing enough to overhaul democracy

The Independent UK

Conservative Think Tanks Should Never Have Crawled Into Bed With Tucker Carlson in the First Place

Explaining the crackup on the American right

Reason

The American New Right Looks Like the European Old Right

When conservatives reject constitutional limits on executive power and foment civil conflict, what exactly are they conserving?

Reason

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Yes, British democracy is under threat – from Musk and his billions, not desperate people on small boats

Tesla’s boss has already done his best to destabilise the US, Canada and Germany. Keir Starmer needs to push back, says Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian - UK

The Anti-Lockdown Imposters of the New Right

Today’s MAGA intellectuals rail against COVID restrictions, but in 2020 many cheered them on—or demanded even harsher crackdowns.

Reason

Did Bill Buckley Really Lead a Successful Revolution?

You can hear echoes of Buckley's early career in more than one MAGA crusader's rhetoric today. That's not a sign of a man who won.

Reason

Remote Wyoming vacation lodge emerges as haven for US ‘dissident’ right

Wagon Box Inn, founded by Paul McNiel, attracts figures with ambitions to push politics and culture rightwards

The Guardian - US

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Friday essay: Trump’s reign fits Curtis Yarvin’s blueprint of a CEO-led American monarchy. What is technological fascism?

The plan was simple. It started by retiring all government employees by offering them incentives to leave and never return. To avoid anarchy and keep authority, the police and military would be retained.

The Conversation

Extremist blogger to debate Harvard professor at unsanctioned campus event

Event between Curtis Yarvin, a favorite of Vance, and Danielle Allen put on by far-right publishing house

The Guardian - US

Maga’s sinister obsession with IQ is leading us towards an inhuman future

A coalition fixated on intelligence is staking the US economy on AI – which will devalue the very skills the right fetishises, says author Quinn Slobodian

The Guardian - UK

From MAGA to monarchy

Common sense for the Trump age

Salon

The Guide #177: Son of a Century is a gripping, timely series – and maybe the end of the antihero drama

In this week’s newsletter: Joe Wright’s show on the rise of Mussolini feels like the last of a breed centring morally dubious men

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Under Donald Trump it’s goodbye virtue-signalling, hello vice-signalling

Selena Gomez has 422 million followers on Instagram, more than any woman on the planet. Sobbing and without make-up, the singer, who has Mexican heritage, posted her feelings about the deportations under Donald Trump. “All my people are getting attacked, the children. I don’t understand. I’m so sorry, I wish…

Evening Standard

He’s anti-democracy and pro-Trump: the obscure ‘dark enlightenment’ blogger influencing the next US administration

Key figures in the incoming administration follow Curtis Yarvin, who’s pushing for an autocratic takeover of the US

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Elon's harassment reveals his weakness

Musk's relentless misbehavior on X leads MAGA into a "cowardly troll" era

Evening Standard

OPINION - Look at all these Trumps... we are entering Royal Family territory now

Since the election, courtiers have been swarming around Mar-a-Lago like bees in a honeypot to pay homage to Donald Trump. The Florida Versailles, with its ballroom, chandeliers and disco lights, has attracted various oligarchs and power-brokers night after night. Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, Robert F Kennedy…

Salon

JD's Big Lie is even more fascist

Trump's conspiracy theory was vague and self-centered, but Vance's version is about justifying a radical ideology

The Guardian - US

JD Vance is the handpicked leader of the anti-democracy movement in the US

Rightwing tech lords are betting that Vance will be the Republican presidential pick in 2028. They’re probably right

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Maddow: Beware Vance's political agenda

The MSNBC host flagged Vance's constant invocation of Curtis Yarvin as part of his GOP agenda

Salon

Melania's nudity defense is trolling

The former first lady suddenly breaks her silence on decades-old photos. She's trying to troll feminists

Salon

"Fake crowd" is sadder than the Big Lie

It's the same coping mechanism MAGA used to deny the popularity of Taylor Swift and the Barbie movie

The Independent UK

‘Bizarre beliefs’ and ‘creepy friends’: Choosing JD Vance could be a costly mistake for Trump

While MAGA-loving Republicans celebrated Trump’s pick for running mate this week, so did Democrats. Andrew Feinberg reports on why the opposition believes Vance is such an easy target for their upcoming campaigns

Reason

The Post-Liberal Authoritarians Want You To Forget That Private Companies Have Rights

J.D. Vance and Co. are trying to give themselves permission to wield public power unconstitutionally.

The Conversation

An antidemocratic philosophy called 'neoreaction' is creeping into GOP politics

President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election were brazenly antidemocratic. Yet Trump and his supporters nonetheless justified their actions under the dubious pretense of preserving American democracy – as a matter of getting the vote right, of reversing voter fraud.

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