@lkatfield.bsky.social, author of Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right, joins The Briefing with Michael Waldman to discuss the new conservative movement on the right.

Another reminder: if there exists *any* class of people who don't have due process rights, then *nobody* actually has due process rights because the government can always just say you're in that class.

Really enjoyed reading and writing up some thoughts on @lkatfield.bsky.social excellent book Furious Minds. She brilliantly demonstrates the perils of ideas-first determinism. I was especially interested in how the Christian Right has been corrupted. open.substack.com/pub/johnheat...

Join A.J.Bauer for a book talk about MAKING THE LIBERAL MEDIA on May 27 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM CMT at Goldsmiths University of London. Mark your calendar today! buff.ly/QqtjxPL

Goes so hard

just open contempt for the united states as a pluralist and secular democracy. and a reminder that the function of the fiction that the united states was founded as a fundamentalist christian nation is to establish a hierarchy of human worth with white christians at the top

Check out this feature in @dagensnyheter.bsky.social written by Max Hjelm in which he discusses Furious Minds by @lkatfield.bsky.social: www.dn.se/ledare/max-h... 🇸🇪

DC friends, this is happening today: Come and hear Osita Nwanevu discuss democracy and how to build one. Join us @illsp.bsky.social at 4:30pm at GW. Register here: lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/kcc5nwp

DC friends, this is happening today: Come and hear Osita Nwanevu discuss democracy and how to build one. Join us @illsp.bsky.social at 4:30pm at GW. Register here: lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/kcc5nwp

Reminder to join us this Thursday, May 11, for a discussion with Osita Nwanevu about his timely new book on American democracy, past and present. Register here: tinyurl.com/58r2frj3 @lkatfield.bsky.social

Who will think of the plight of the “vilified” ultra wealthy now that their second-homes in NYC might be taxed at a slightly higher rate, as they already are in Montana? share.google/EeFfrPecjZrO...

For @theipaper.com, I tried to explain why we live in a world where Laura Loomer is still a thing. inews.co.uk/opinion/pro-...

Incredible reporting (and writing) here, by @robertdownen.bsky.social. A must-read chronicling of decades-worth of efforts to expose abuse throughout the SBC, and also a searing indictment.

Incredible reporting (and writing) here, by @robertdownen.bsky.social. A must-read chronicling of decades-worth of efforts to expose abuse throughout the SPC, and also a searing indictment.

This was an incredible piece Rob. It deserves awards.

Paul Pressler is one of the most influential figures you may have never heard of. The onetime judge remade the Southern Baptist Convention, and helped forge the marriage between the GOP and white evangelical voters. As he did so he also committed decades of alleged abuses. A long look at his legacy:

Can’t wait to interview @robertdownen.bsky.social about this piece. Interview coming Sunday on SWAJ.

Tomorrow I’ll be giving a talk at the University of Vienna! vdtr.univie.ac.at/activities/p...

Who are the dudes of the New Right and what do they want? Listen to this fascinating conversation with @lkatfield.bsky.social about who these men are, what they want, and how they could shape American democracy far beyond the Trump era: linktr.ee/savedbythecity

In case you missed it: @lkatfield.bsky.social, author of Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right, was interviewed by Julia Amalia Heyer in @spiegel.de. You can read the full article here: www.spiegel.de/ausland/die-... 🇩🇪📚

Tomorrow (April 27) at 5:30 pm BST, @lkatfield.bsky.social will be at Michaelhouse in Cambridge! She will discuss her book, Furious Minds, and the radical conservative intellectual movement shaping the New Right. Register for this free, in-person event here: buff.ly/5JbXsoG

“Two recent books help clarify why some extremely well-educated people support Trump’s fundamentally anti-intellectual movement.” – @rbratten.bsky.social reviews @lkatfield.bsky.social and @jacobsilverman.com (tags: @princetonupress.bsky.social @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social)

If you're near The Hague, see @lkatfield.bsky.social, author of Furious Minds, at the Atlantische Commissie tomorrow (21 April) at 4:00 pm CEST! She and Marlene Laruelle will explore how contemporary conservative movements are reconfiguring political alignments. Get tickets here: buff.ly/lbdvJ0N

Next week, April 27 at 5:30pm BST, @lkatfield.bsky.social will be at Michaelhouse in Cambridge! She will discuss her book, Furious Minds, and the radical conservative intellectual movement shaping the New Right. Register for this free, in-person event here: buff.ly/5JbXsoG

Saturday at 2pm in Chicago I'll be moderating this discussion with @lkatfield.bsky.social about her new book on the MAGA intelligentsia. Arrive early to secure seating—it's an intimate venue. Presented by @newlinesmag.bsky.social. Location/details on Eventbrite ⤵️ www.eventbrite.com/e/furious-mi...

Yes. I highly recommend @lkatfield.bsky.social 's new book on this, Furious Minds. I think the most serious/pragmatic version of this is Hazony's nationalist conservatism. Postliberalism and integralism are more extreme versions but still present as serious academic schools.

I'm seconding @dwmbarker.bsky.social's recommendation of @lkatfield.bsky.social's Furious Minds, which is all about these people. I don't think Vermeule or Deneen, have any interest in retaining classical liberal democracy. So this has particularly dark connotations for "intellectual diversity."

We're thrilled to see @anneapplebaum.bsky.social recommend @lkatfield.bsky.social's Furious Minds on @thebulwark.com Podcast with @timmiller.bsky.social! Listen to the full episode here:

If you're near The Hague, see @lkatfield.bsky.social, author of Furious Minds, at the Atlantische Commissie next week, 21 April at 4:00 pm CEST! She and Marlene Laruelle will explore how contemporary conservative movements are reconfiguring political alignments. Get tickets here: buff.ly/lbdvJ0N

Heading to Chicago! With an event at Seminary Co-op on Thursday and then this one below with @dannypostel.bsky.social on Saturday. Can’t wait I love that city.

Join us in Chicago Saturday for this discussion with @lkatfield.bsky.social about her excellent new book on the pro-Trump intelligentsia. Please note the 2pm start time (a departure from the usual 3pm start time for this event series). Details/RSVP on Eventbrite ⤵️ www.eventbrite.com/e/furious-mi...

… including a long discussion of post-liberalism over lunch in Beijing on Friday which included a discussion of @lkatfield.bsky.social excellent book which is being read and discussed by many in China

Fourth edition of Li Qiang’s (Peking University / Beira) Chinese study with a new extended preface (60 pages) covering the debates from 1998 to the present. He and I have been debating liberalism together for four decades - we don’t agree but have a genuinely interesting conversation.

Despicable.

Join Pomona College tomorrow (Apr 7) at 4:30pm PDT for a talk with @lkatfield.bsky.social, author of Furious Minds. She'll explore her research into the ecosystem of far-right intellectuals and right-wing think tanks and their powerful assault on American freedoms and ideals. RSVP: buff.ly/hAKAjPg

Spring Term! (cc: @lkatfield.bsky.social, @lefebvrealex.bsky.social)

Highly recommend this @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social article on Gladden Pappin (and the MAGA-Hungary alliance). It is so great. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Facing the reality that brutality and cruelty also have tradeoffs and are not a secret weapon that facilitates an easy victory, they are furious at being embarrassed by their lessers and seeing their theory of the world publicly discredited (not that they would ever acknowledge that)

A different perspective. Always helpful.

I understand the impulse not to let this guy's statements dictate the news cycle but the fact that he can say shit like this and it barely causes a ripple in the media is a key to his ability to maintain power. Constantly pushing the bar of normality downwards, no pressure to take responsibility.

Happy Easter, everyone.

I wrote up some updates including a list of upcoming events in CA, Chicago, and Europe. open.substack.com/pub/lkfieldn...

Join Pomona College next week, Apr 7 at 4:30pm PDT for a talk with @lkatfield.bsky.social, author of Furious Minds. She'll explore her research into the ecosystem of far-right intellectuals and right-wing think tanks and their powerful assault on American freedoms and ideals. RSVP: buff.ly/hAKAjPg

You can’t enjoy the show if you don’t know the players. Thanks @lkatfield.bsky.social

First of all, she might be shocked to know that not everyone who lives in Iowa, or Michigan, or Ohio, is a racist MAGA misogynist xenophobe. A lot of Midwesterners (especially in cities!) hate Trump and want Dems to move farther to the left.

If the estimates were right, there were about 9 million people at No Kings rallies today. That would mean this protest was THIRTY TIMES AS LARGE AS THE TEA PARTY PROTEST which we were told, over and over again, was a massively important sign that US politics had shifted dramatically to the right

Eight million patriots > one wannabe king.

Gutter racism. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u...

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