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Mike Lofgren

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Why the Iran war was inevitable

There were many reasons behind Trump's decision to attack — but none of them were about US national security

14.03.2026 7

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Mike Lofgren

No, We Can’t Just Wait for Dictators to Die

11.02.2026 5

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Mike Lofgren

Trump abolishes the Second Amendment

MAGA’s duplicity leads to a total reversal on gun rights — along with a dizzying 360 on foreign policy

07.02.2026 5

Salon

Mike Lofgren

The madness of George Will: Last lonely never-Trumper forges on

Legendary Washington Post columnist bailed on GOP over Trump — but hasn't changed his mind about anything else

20.12.2025 30

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Mike Lofgren

Trump regime isn’t fascist, claims leading intellectual: It just looks that way

Mark Lilla claims MAGA isn't even conservative, let alone fascist. This kind of cowardice won't age well

01.11.2025 4

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Creation of a political martyr: The dark history behind this moment

Charlie Kirk is not the first — totalitarian regimes have long understood how to build myths on violence

28.09.2025 10

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Will we even notice when democracy is gone?

Normal life continues for most of us, most of the time — but everything we took for granted is slipping away

01.09.2025 7

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Mike Lofgren

Why Are Conservatives So Destructive? It’s Everyone Else’s Fault

27.08.2025 5

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Mike Lofgren

We need a new theory of democracy — because this version has failed

It's time to look in the mirror, America: We chose catastrophe — there's no one else to blame

24.08.2025 10

Salon

Mike Lofgren

How did we get from the ’60s to Trump’s kitsch White House?

Our culture turned on itself, stagnated and went rancid — that's how

09.08.2025 8

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Mike Lofgren

David Brooks faces the truth of US history — and runs away

NY Times' pet conservative offers a lengthy apologia for America — and gets pretty much everything wrong

26.07.2025 8

Salon

Mike Lofgren

America slides into totalitarianism — and it won't be easy to reverse

"Authoritarianism" is so 2018 — Donald Trump and his minions want to conquer all of civil society

22.06.2025 10

Salon

Mike Lofgren

Pete Rose, Donald Trump and the corruption of literally everything

Our president's meddling in baseball history: Another reminder that he ruins everything he touches

24.05.2025 10

Salon

Mike Lofgren

Republicans Want You to Die

13.05.2025 4

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Mike Lofgren

Goose-steppers in the name of freedom: The nonsensical cult that now rules America

Trump's followers have embraced so many absurd, illogical contradictions they have no way back to reality. Do we?

05.04.2025 10

Salon

Mike Lofgren

The Last Taboo: Why Are Voters Never Held Responsible for Their Choices?

13.02.2025 4

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Mike Lofgren