"There is a straight line from McCarthy and the Birchers to Rush Limbaugh and Judicial Watch hounding Bill Clinton, to the post-September 11 jingoist thirst for vengeance, to the demonization of Obama (including the Birtherist conspiracy), to Trump’s ascendence to the head of the Republican Party—a position from which he has governed (both the party and the country as a whole when he’s been in office) like an occupying power actively attempting to humiliate and punish an unruly and ungrateful native population."
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First seen: 2026-09-11 ·
Last seen: 2026-09-11 ·
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