10: America's Cold Civil War

As the Republican party deepens its embrace of white nationalism, and transforms itself into a white identity party, America's lurching into a form of hybrid civil warfare. Combining the influences of racism, Christianity, and hyper-capitalism, the GOP and its supporters are threatening democracy as never before. At the same time, the GOP made a strong pitch at its 2020 convention to suburban women and black men, to accept its false claims to the mantle of feminism and racial justice. Christophe Difo and Sean Prophet discuss the aftermath of the RNC, the Jacob Blake shooting, the Kenosha Guard, and the Kyle Rittenhouse murders.

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Why There Are So Few Moderate Republicans Left

And why that’s not likely to change.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-there-are-so-few-moderate-republicans-left/

Kenosha Tells Us More About Where the Right Is Headed Than the R.N.C. Did

The conservative media’s embrace of Kyle Rittenhouse speaks volumes about its priorities.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/28/opinion/sunday/kenosha-kyle-rittenhouse-trump.html