Hunger Games, MAGA Style

The semiquincentennial events that President Trump has personally directed have been a celebration of his very particular version of America. The bloody UFC fight on the White House lawn was followed by the sparsely attended Great American State Fair and a world-record-breaking July 4 fireworks show held alongside a dangerous lightning storm. Next weekend will bring a high-speed car race through the museum-lined streets of Washington. But of all of these festivities, the Patriot Games in Ohio this week might have been the oddest. Organizers convened 120 teenagers from across…

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Post op-ed: The triggering style is thriving in US politics – Concord Monitor

Concord Monitor Post op-ed: The triggering style is thriving in US politicsConcord MonitorIn 1964, the historian Richard Hofstadter published an essay titled “The Paranoid Style in American Politics” in Harper's Magazine, and maybe that set it all in motion. “In recent years we have seen angry minds at work mainly among extreme right … us politics – Google News

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Another View: The triggering style is now thriving in US politics – Brattleboro Reformer

Another View: The triggering style is now thriving in US politicsBrattleboro ReformerIn 1964, the historian Richard Hofstadter published an essay titled "The Paranoid Style in American Politics" in Harper's Magazine, and maybe that set it all in motion. "In recent years we have seen angry minds at work mainly among extreme right …and more » us politics – Google News

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