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Deplatforming Backfired

Progressive censors failed to suppress our political demons. It's finally time to confront them.

Reason · Dec 22, 2025

Matt Dallek: The John Birch Society's Deep Influence on Trump's GOP

The George Washington University historian argues that the group's paranoid mindset and obsessions are front and center in the modern GOP.

Reason · Apr 26, 2023

For ultraconservatives in McCarthy’s red California district, speaker drama in D.C. was welcome

HANFORD, Calif. — At an Elks Lodge in the Central Valley, Larry Faria stood before a grassroots conservative group called the 1776 Sons of Liberty and asked for a show of hands.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 13, 2023

A New History of the Old Right

On the American right, populism has always been lurking in the shadows.

Reason · Jul 10, 2022

A New History of the Old Right

In the American right, populism has always been lurking in the shadows.

Reason · Apr 24, 2022

Before Trump and QAnon came Robert Welch

Robert Welch and the John Birch Society were dismissed for years as wackos and losers. But they won the long game

Salon · Feb 9, 2022