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By giving a growing fascist social and political movement in the United States a classically authoritarian leader, Trump shaped and exacerbated it, and his time in politics has normalized it.

"The idea that people would take up arms against an American election has gone from completely farfetched to something we have to start planning for and preparing for," says an expert on gun policy and constitutional law.

January 6 was practice. Donald Trump’s GOP is much better positioned to subvert the next election.

No holiday break for culture wars

Trump combines militant support for Israeli expansionism with irrepressible contempt for the Jews and all they stand for.

How the Age of Trump Has Changed Fandom

Members of the special House committee investigating the Capitol riot are among those arguing for an overhaul of a more than century-old statute enacted to address disputed elections.

The AG trying to restore norms, but so far he’s let the people who shattered them get away without consequence.

People with scant illusions about Trump are volunteering to help him execute one of his Big Lies.