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Thomas Zimmer
@thomaszimmer.bsky.social
Historian at Georgetown - Democracy and Its Discontents - Newsletter: Democracy Americana thomaszimmer.substack.com/ - Podcast: Is This Democracy podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/is-this-democracy
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Strip away the idiosyncrasies that have distorted the mainstream perspective on Trump himself, and what is left is the ugly face of a radicalizing reactionary movement fueled by ethno-religious nationalism – and the grievance-driven authoritarian desires of rightwing elites.
I wrote about the dynamics that keep Project 2025 on the public’s radar and have prompted the media to cover it in a distinctly different - and better! - way from how the mainstream political discourse usually treats the extreme Right. How Project 2025 Became Toxic. New piece:
How Project 2025 Became Toxic and Exposed the Right’s Toxicity
The public history of Project 2025 reveals a lot about how Trump understands power - and how the mainstream discourse (mis-) understands the extreme Right
TZ
Thomas Zimmer
@thomaszimmer.bsky.social
Historian at Georgetown - Democracy and Its Discontents - Newsletter: Democracy Americana thomaszimmer.substack.com/ - Podcast: Is This Democracy podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/is-this-democracy
13.5k followers431 following3.8k posts