Rightwing culture warrior Christopher Rufo on the Joe Rogan Experience.

GOP School Censorship 2.0

How the MAGA Crusade Against Critical Race Theory has Become a Movement Against Knowledge Itself

April 19, 2026

A sure sign of spring is the dropping of new GOP bills regulating what is taught in schools. This year’s legal seedlings are trending toward more sweeping restrictions. Missouri’s “Sunlight in Learning Act” threatens to cut half of any district’s budget found to be teaching prohibited concepts. It turns out the lights on many topics […]

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Timothy F. Messer-Kruse is an American historian who specializes in American labor history.

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Marco Rubio points the finger at Israel for leading the US into the Iran War. (Screengrab from video of Rubio's press briefing.)

Israel Isn’t Driving the Iran War, US Imperial Decline Is

Lies Rubio Tells

Dan Glazebrook March 22, 2026

Lies Rubio Tells

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