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  ICYMI yesterday: Six theses on the historical significance of the midterm elections. A diminished MAGA government remains acutely dangerous. But the path to consolidated authoritarian rule is shut. America must use this fleeting window for transformation. Some thoughts from my new piece: 🧵 https://steady.page/en/democracyamericana/posts/014f72cf-2e67-4859-adcb-9ffc7916f155

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  The Right’s Fascistic Fever Dreams Are a Sign of Weakness MAGA wants us to believe that Trump can simply declare “martial law” and wipe away the system - but it’s just not true. A threat assessment before the midterms. Some thoughts from my new piece: 🧵 https://steady.page/en/democracyamericana/posts/ce368414-634e-4401-a48e-07af9585c025

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  The Right’s Fascistic Fever Dreams Are a Sign of Weakness MAGA wants us to believe that Trump can simply declare “martial law” and wipe away the system - but it’s just not true. A threat assessment before the midterms. My new piece: https://steady.page/en/democracyamericana/posts/ce368414-634e-4401-a48e-07af9585c025

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  Weekend reading: I wrote about the key challenge of finding the balance between being justifiably alarmed – and drowning in doomsaying and defeatism, which is exactly what the Trumpists rely on to bring the system down. This week’s piece: https://steady.page/en/democracyamericana/posts/1ebfca62-2ac4-4cd7-be24-1e888437c208

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  The German version of my latest essay is out: A Far-Right International Is Assaulting Democracy MAGA and the AfD are united in a struggle against democratic pluralism that transcends national borders. It is an alliance of extremists defined by aggrieved revanchism. https://steady.page/de/demokratie-americana/posts/fbba55cf-328e-48eb-bcd1-35aba27ae280

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  A Far-Right International Is Assaulting Democracy MAGA and the AfD are united in a struggle against democratic pluralism that transcends national borders. It is an alliance of extremists defined by aggrieved revanchism. Some thoughts from my new piece: 🧵 https://steady.page/en/democracyamericana/posts/3a16237c-484a-4d5e-8f15-2ea94fd8f4d2

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  Sunday reading - on a day that could mark a caesura in German post-war history: Warnings and Lessons from the Struggle Against Trumpism In the fight against the far-right AfD, Germany must avoid the mistakes that have sabotaged the democratic response to rightwing extremism in the United States. 🧵 https://steady.page/en/democracyamericana/posts/01654b70-1319-4395-8191-0c6da2ae195b

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  The German version of my latest essay is out: I wrote about cowardice and conviction, the complicity of conservative elites, and the permission structure that governs the Right. Power, Opportunism, and Ideology in Republican Politics: https://steady.page/de/demokratie-americana/posts/138c09f0-6ddd-464c-a15f-ac77e904b93b

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  Ich habe über Lindsay Graham geschrieben – und über die Republikanischen Eliten wie ihn. Über Feiglinge und Überzeugungstäter, die Komplizenschaft konservativer Anführer - und wie diese sich selbst die Erlaubnis zur Radikalität erteilen. Mein neuer Essay: https://steady.page/de/demokratie-americana/posts/138c09f0-6ddd-464c-a15f-ac77e904b93b

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@tzimmer_history/116986417530346600 The first part of this piece is free – the rest exclusively for paid members. Being an independent writer offers a lot of autonomy, which is a privilege. But it is also consistently precarious and comes with lots of financial uncertainty. If you can become a paid member, please do.

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  Power, Opportunism, and Ideology in Republican Politics About cowardice and conviction, the complicity of conservative elites, and the permission structure that governs the Right. My new piece: https://steady.page/en/democracyamericana/posts/da2ea08b-e35c-427b-b190-66a2fc097abb

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  This week’s piece: The glass is half-full. Or at least this is my attempt to argue it might be. We are confronted with a world-historic chance. I am taking down the paywall for this one, as I believe it remains relevant as a potential antidote to cynicism and declinism. https://steady.page/en/democracyamericana/posts/812a42b1-dc13-4e26-b659-736ce7c146b9

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  I am taking down the paywall for this one, as I believe it remains relevant as a potential antidote to cynicism and declinism. The glass is half-full. Or at least this is my attempt to argue it might be. We are confronted with a world-historic chance. The German version of this week’s piece: https://steady.page/de/demokratie-americana/posts/3ca0c464-1c7a-4af5-b7eb-e393101bc6d4

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  The German version of my latest essay is out - a glass-half-full interpretation of our moment: The Right is freaking out because they know we could be on the brink of proving that egalitarian, pluralistic democracy is possible. We are facing a world-historic chance: https://steady.page/de/demokratie-americana/posts/3ca0c464-1c7a-4af5-b7eb-e393101bc6d4

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  My new piece - a glass-half-full interpretation of our moment: The Right is freaking out because they know we could be on the brink of proving that egalitarian, pluralistic democracy is possible. We are confronted with a world-historic chance: 🧵 https://steady.page/en/democracyamericana/posts/812a42b1-dc13-4e26-b659-736ce7c146b9

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  A World-Historic Chance The Right is freaking out because we could be on the brink of proving that egalitarian, pluralistic democracy is possible. My new piece - a glass-half-full interpretation of our moment: https://steady.page/en/democracyamericana/posts/812a42b1-dc13-4e26-b659-736ce7c146b9

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  From the Declaration to Donald Trump Wrestling with a history that is complicated, inspiring, frustrating, uplifting, and horrifying. A continuity of conflict, 1776-2026 My new piece: (no paywall, free to read) https://steady.page/en/democracyamericana/posts/3ed79187-f4a3-4d02-98ed-cd49f1762756

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  Ich habe über diesen Moment welthistorischer Umwälzungen geschrieben - und was er von uns erfordert.   Die alte Welt geht unter. Die Rechte hat eine revolutionäre Theorie, die Erneuerung verspricht. Um ihr zu begegnen, brauchen wir eine Vision grundlegender Veränderung.   Neuer Essay, auf Deutsch: 🧵   https://steady.page/de/demokratie-americana/posts/61a827ea-a4d9-48fd-9851-5c5cfe16f2b6

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  Was dieser Moment welthistorischer Umwälzungen von uns erfordert Die alte Welt geht unter. Die Rechte verfügt über eine revolutionäre Theorie, die Erneuerung verspricht. Um ihr zu begegnen, brauchen wir eine Vision grundlegender Veränderung. Neuer Essay für die deutsche Version von Democracy Americana: https://steady.page/de/demokratie-americana/posts/61a827ea-a4d9-48fd-9851-5c5cfe16f2b6

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  Understanding Our Disruptive Moment in History – and What It Requires The old order is dead. The Right has a revolutionary theory of the moment that promises renewal. Unless we can counter it with a transformative vision, we will lose. Some thoughts from my new piece: 🧵 https://steady.page/en/democracyamericana/posts/59b197fa-1a03-44e5-b155-2c221e2a3c0e

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@tzimmer_history/116833530000213980 I wrote about how the political, economic, technological, and environmental crises intersect and why they are escalating now – and about the political implications of recognizing the profound disruption we are witnessing. Here are eight propositions about this inflection point in history:

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  Understanding Our Disruptive Moment in History – and What It Requires The old order is dead. The Right has a revolutionary theory of the moment that promises renewal. Unless we can counter it with a transformative vision, we will lose. My new piece: https://steady.page/en/democracyamericana/posts/59b197fa-1a03-44e5-b155-2c221e2a3c0e

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  Wer dabei hilft, die politische Auseinandersetzung in diese Bahnen zu überführen und die hysterische Belagerungsmentalität der Rechten zu schüren, hat ganz sicher nicht unsere Sympathie verdient, wenn er selbst von den radikalen Gewalten zerschmettert wird.

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  Gleichzeitig bilden sie sich ein, die radikalen Energien der Basis einhegen und steuern zu können. Aber tatsächlich ist das Verhältnis genau umgekehrt: Als „respektable“ Gesichter helfen sie, den Extremismus zu legitimieren und in die Mitte der Gesellschaft zu tragen.

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  Rufo ist einer der Stars der „neurechten“ intellektuellen Szene. Er ist auf dem Rücken von Verschwörungstheorien berühmt geworden, die er so effektiv wie kein anderer salonfähig gemacht hat: Über sinistre linksradikale, „globalistische“ Kräfte, die alle Macht in Händen hielten…

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@tzimmer_history/116527774915147022 Because Louisiana v Callais is, in many ways, the culmination of a “backlash” against multiracial democracy that has been raging for decades, it signifies the end of a distinct phase in U.S. history. The Second Reconstruction is over; we are into the second “Redemption” now.

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  Multiracial Democracy is Young and Fragile A brief history of the struggle to reconstitute a nation built on racial hierarchy around the principle of equality – Part I: Lessons from the rise and fall of Reconstruction. This piece is free to read, no paywall - and some thoughts: 🧵 https://steady.page/en/democracyamericana/posts/b0eafc14-f68d-4499-8108-b440bad1af7f

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  Frisst die rechte „Gegenrevolution“ ihre Anstifter auf? Für Die Zeit habe ich über Chris Rufo geschrieben – und über die lange Tradition „konservativer“ Intellektueller, die sich einbilden, die extremen Energien kontrollieren zu können, nur um selbst zu Steigbügelhaltern des Extremismus werden.   https://www.zeit.de/feuilleton/2026-04/usa-konservative-extremismus-maga-christopher-rufo?freebie=3600b1b0

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  RE: https://mastodon.art/@blnensemble/116487240824572227 What’s next, America? Really excited about this: I’ll be discussing the political situation in the United States, how we got here, and where America might be going, with Robert Habeck and Adam Tooze at the Berliner Ensemble. If you are in or around Berlin, come join us!

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  When the Rightwing Revolution Devours Its Intellectual Enablers For Die Zeit, I wrote about Chris Rufo – and the long tradition of conservative intellectuals who fancy themselves the vanguard of the Right while actually serving as facilitators of extremism. Gift link - and some thoughts in English: https://www.zeit.de/feuilleton/2026-04/usa-konservative-extremismus-maga-christopher-rufo?freebie=ba3a4dac