Here is Georgetown University public policy professor Donald P. Moynihan at The New York Times: Donald Trump, the former president and current candidate, puts it in apocalyptic terms: “Either the deep state destroys America or we destroy the deep state.” This...
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Today at *Time*: Conspiracy theories then (1790s) and now (2020s)
Time is running my piece on the Bavarian Illuminati. A taste: In the final weeks before the 2020 election, the outsize role of conspiracy theories in American politics has become unmistakable. For some Trump supporters in particular, campaign-season news is filtered through...
The “Deep State” of the 1790s?
Is there a “deep state” seeking to undermine the Trump presidency? Yes, if you define the “deep state” as men and women working to stop Donald Trump from undermining American democracy and institutions. But for many Trump supporters, the “deep...