The Jebification of Ron DeSantis
Republican donors hoped Ron DeSantis could replace Donald Trump as a right-wing populist without the chaos and ineptitude. Instead, DeSantis is looking more and more like Jeb Bush.
484 Articles by: Luke Savage
Luke Savage is a columnist at Jacobin. He is the author of The Dead Center: Reflections on Liberalism and Democracy After the End of History.
Conservatives Need a Safe Space From the Imaginary Threat of “Woke Capitalism”
Conservatives today look like their own exaggerated caricatures of “social-justice warrior” liberals: shrill, censorious, and terrified of encountering any perspective they oppose.
Donald Trump’s NFTs Are the Perfect Symbol of American Capitalism in 2023
I bet you thought you were done hearing about non-fungible tokens. Well, Trump is bringing them back. The former president has never met a scam he didn’t love, and what’s a better scam than NFTs?
Ordinary Americans Are Being Forced to Subsidize the Military-Industrial Complex
This year, the average American paid $1,087 in taxes just for Pentagon contractors alone. Imagine the kind of society we could construct with just a fraction of the resources we devote to war.
The “Conservative Movement” Is a Giant Exercise in Plutocrat-Financed Astroturfing
The scandal of Clarence Thomas accepting enormous gifts from billionaire Harlan Crow is a reminder of just how little mass support the Right has. Take away the rich financiers and there’s not much of a conservative movement to speak of.
Elon Musk Is Waging War on Freedom of Speech on Twitter
It was supposed to be a new day for free speech on Elon Musk’s Twitter. Instead, the petulant billionaire has actually clamped down on speech.
At Twitter, Elon Musk Is Doing a Great Job of Disproving the Idea of Meritocracy
Elon Musk is definitive proof that our capitalist overlords have absolutely no idea what they’re doing.
The No Labels Party Can’t Give Up on the Conservative Dream of Post-Partisanship
Joe Lieberman wants a “commonsense, moderate, independent” politics in America, to be advanced by his group No Labels. It’s a bankrupt “post-partisan” vision that has no solutions to any of the multiple dire threats facing Americans.
States Across America Are Trying to Weaken Child Labor Protections
It’s not just Arkansas: in states across the country, Republicans are making a concerted push to roll back laws protecting children from working dangerous jobs like construction and meatpacking.
Conservatives Are Banning Books in America, Not Liberals
For all we hear from conservatives about liberals’ censoriousness, data newly released by the American Library Association is a reminder that the overwhelming majority of book-banning campaigns come from the Right.
ChatGPT Will Never Replace Thomas Friedman
No amount of technological innovation will ever hold a candle to the very special brain that is New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman’s.
In the Post-9/11 Media Landscape, the Fake News Was Coming From Inside the House
Twenty years ago, George W. Bush and Tony Blair lied their way into invading Iraq. The mainstream media cheered them along.
QAnon Will Not Be Leaving Us Anytime Soon
Will Sommer, author of the new book Trust the Plan: The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America, explains where QAnon came from, why it isn’t going away anytime soon, and how material deprivation helps drive conspiracy theories.
Why QAnon Will Outlive Donald Trump
QAnon has become far bigger than any one political figure attached to it. Q is a new and radically postmodern species of right-wing politics, capable of transcending the boundaries of nation and culture. And it’s not going away anytime soon.
Democrats in Michigan Are Showing National Democrats How to Actually Wield Power
Democrats usually waste their electoral majorities. So it’s shocking when the party uses its power to actually pass progressive and pro-worker legislation, as it just did in Michigan — including repealing the state’s right-to-work law.
Florida Republicans Are Reminding Us Again: The Right Doesn’t Care About Free Speech
The Right makes a big show of supporting free speech. But Republicans are advancing legislation in Florida that is doing the exact opposite, attempting to clamp down on the free speech rights of bloggers who criticize Gov. Ron DeSantis.
How the Right Gets George Orwell Wrong
Free-market zealots like Friedrich Hayek and others on the Right love claiming George Orwell as their own. That requires ignoring Orwell’s entire body of work defending democratic socialism — and denouncing the right-wing worldview of figures like Hayek.
Mainstream Media Is Doing PR for Pete Buttigieg
The press is supposed to hold the powerful accountable. But Pete Buttigieg keeps getting treated by mainstream reporters with kid gloves.
Even Right-Wing Think Tanks Are Finding High Support for Socialism
Poll after poll after poll keeps showing high levels of support for socialism in the United States and Canada — even when it’s conservatives doing the polling.
The Root of Fake News Is the Corporate Lust for Profit in Media
Recent court disclosures prove it beyond a shadow of a doubt: Fox News knowingly lies to its audiences. But corporate media is fundamentally a vehicle for profit-making, which means that both right-wing and liberal outlets have an incentive to lie.