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The Conservative Movement’s Intellectual Collapse

Trump is both a product and a cause of the decline in intellectual standards on the right.

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The Conservative Movement’s Intellectual Collapse

How Kamala Wins: What Harris’s Campaign Can Learn From Obama

How Kamala Wins: What Harris’s Campaign Can Learn From Obama

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The Conservative Movement’s Intellectual Collapse

The Conservative Movement’s Intellectual Collapse

Jonathan Chait·The Atlantic·November 2025

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How Kamala Wins: What Harris’s Campaign Can Learn From Obama

How Kamala Wins: What Harris’s Campaign Can Learn From Obama

Jonathan Chait·Intelligencer·August 2024

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