What WAS "Cold War liberalism," you ask? If you read German -- or have Google translate -- you can read my thoughts here: www.kas.de/de/web/gesch... (with references to @jwmueller-pu.bsky.social and @lkatfield.bsky.social, among others)

I sincerely hope that JD Vance gets this reaction every single place he goes.

@davidaustinwalsh.bsky.social calls @lkatfield.bsky.social's Furious Minds "a nuanced and sophisticated look at MAGA’s intellectual and institutional infrastructure," for @washingtonmonthly.com. Check out the full review here:

The MAGA new right “seems to be betting that the American polity has a deep reserve of untapped nativist rage”—but may also be “underestimating the everyday decency and patriotism of the American public,” Laura K. Field argues:

Check out this article by Furious Minds author @lkatfield.bsky.social in @theatlantic.com!

Exciting to see Furious Minds reviewed in @litreview.bsky.social, by Michael Burleigh. @princetonupress.bsky.social literaryreview.co.uk/19658-2

Anyways, Laura explains their philosophy very well (as a non-Straussian I was somewhat mystified at first) but I second her point that they are very misogynist, in deeds and in words.

The Claremont media reps repeatedly called me a "jewish wine mom" with nothing to do, they insinuated that i lied, they told me i had bad taste (?), and they burst into rage, saying i would feel their wrath. I will point out they are very friendly with some dudes journos, so...interpret as you will!

As Claremont pops up, I want to say I started reading @lkatfield.bsky.social's book about far-right intellectuals, and I really appreciated that she put their sexism front and center. It was the book I needed when I was writing mine (bc I did not understand Claremont) bookshop.org/p/books/furi...

From me today with @theatlantic.com Ideas on the intellectuals whose radicalism is fueling the awful DHS etc social media accounts—and of course much on the ground awfulness, too. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

This is true, and also the best response to this is organizing the largest voter registration drive this country has seen in years and making plans to accompany citizens of color to the polls this November This is a trial balloon. Pop it, don't ignore it

I swear on my mother this isn’t an ad but: The entire book just bangs. I’ve bought a good 3-4 copies as gifts for friends/family who were very much under that impression, and it has fundamentally changed their entire view of the movement. Which is as massive of a W as you can get.

I just started "Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right" by @lkatfield.bsky.social and in the very first chapter she launches an absolute broadside against liberals who are convinced the far-right has no true intellectual underpinnings and appeals only to the stupid or uneducated.

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Background: I reviewed @lkatfield.bsky.social's book recently. www.splicetoday.com/politics-and...

From me today with @theatlantic.com Ideas on the intellectuals whose radicalism is fueling the awful DHS etc social media accounts—and of course much on the ground awfulness, too. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... Insightful by @lkatfield.bsky.social.

A special episode of Ideology Unbound is live now! @aaronirion.bsky.social interviews @mattpolprof.bsky.social about his book The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism and the contemporary political stakes of revisiting this neglected tradition. @lkatfield.bsky.social @ieres-gwu.bsky.social

KAITLAN COLLINS: What would say to Epstein survivo--- TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.

The guy who owns Amazon shutting down the books section of the Washington Post is beyond parody

“It’s just weird to see a toddler in a pink onesie getting their eyes washed out from tear gas, you know?”

"We had to destroy the Kennedy Center in order to save it"

THIS. IS. SERVICE. JOURNALISM.

Chris Rufo is so upset about the Minneapolis protests that he is resorting to anti-Nordic racism christopherrufo.com/p/the-curse-...

Positive and comprehensive review of Laura K. Field's: Furious Minds. The Making of the MAGA New Right in Dutch newspaper NRC. "A bright and accessible 'tour d'horizon' of the thinkers of the right-wing revolution in the USA". @lkatfield.bsky.social www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

Read the review online:

“It turns out that Charlie Kirk was the glue holding MAGA together,” historian @davidaustinwalsh.bsky.social writes in his review of @lkatfield.bsky.social's book on the MAGA new right. Now, the movement is fracturing between donors, intellectuals, influencers, and an increasingly radical base.

My latest in @washingtonmonthly.com: a review essay of @lkatfield.bsky.social's FURIOUS MINDS, which I thought was an excellent overview of the various strains of the MAGA Right even as they may (hopefully) be imploding in real time. washingtonmonthly.com/2026/01/29/t...

I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio. Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3. Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.

I am absolutely loving press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... by @lkatfield.bsky.social Completely engrossing, terrifying, and so well-written.

Speaker Announcement 🎙️ Excited to announce that former CIA Analyst and author of The Missionary Kids: Unmasking the Myths of White Evangelicalism, Holly Berkley Fletcher will be at The #PrinciplesFirst 2026 Summit: America 250 Get your tickets today! www.principlesfirst.us/summit/the-2...

I’ve learned so much from “Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right” by Laura K. Field. 5 ⭐️ @lkatfield.bsky.social

Speaker Announcement 🎙️ Dr. @lkatfield.bsky.social, expert on American far-right populist intellectualism & author of Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right, will be joining us for the #PrinciplesFirst 2026 Summit: America 250 Get your tickets today! www.principlesfirst.us/summit/the-2...

I'm digging into @lkatfield.bsky.social's Furious Minds and loving it - lots to chew on and engagingly written.

@lkatfield.bsky.social www.aei.org/multimedia/w...

The best book to track the reactionary legal community that Eastman was and is part of is @lkatfield.bsky.social press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Hell of a time to be reading “Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right” by @lkatfield.bsky.social

Years from now, it'll be difficult to explain the things people in media were wailing about before all this. Sophomores writing underconsidered op-eds about cultural appropriation. Protests against demagogues on campus. YA drama. "Mobs" on Twitter. These were the threats to free society.

If you only read the opinion journalism in elite media over the last decade, you would have been convinced that wokeness, and not fascism, were the greatest threats to American society. Now some of those authors are retconning by trying to relabel fascism as "the woke right."

i think this attitude — that all opposition is illegitimate and nothing we do can be questioned— is probably pervasive in the white house and helps explain why they keep making terrible political choices

Please note that NYT is leading with what the videos show, not the lies from the feds. This is what every news organization should be doing. This is how you cover a government that lies as it breathes. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/us/minneapolis-shooting-ice

These bootlicking fucks

To repeat: Abolish ICE.

I wish I hadn't watched that video. I never watched the killing of Renee Good and hope I never have to. I don't need to see it to fight it. Today at least four federal agents were beating a man and then one of them (I think) shot him point blank while he was on the ground. More agents present.

I think it probably is important to know that this was many outnumbered 9:1 being beaten on the ground before he was shot. Not in a car. Not running. ICE will likely come up with some reason why they were afraid for their lives. But you don't need to watch.

This is so lucid and helpful from @thomaszimmer.bsky.social. The situation is awful and could get a lot worse obviously but also: the country is vast, the authoritarianism is unpopular, and nothing will be settled anytime soon. So power on.

CNN put together a clip of JD Vance claiming ICE agents have "absolute immunity" followed by him two weeks later claiming "I didn't say that officers who engage in wrongdoing would enjoy immunity"

genuinely stunning image

In her Lawfare Lecture series, @lkatfield.bsky.social discusses the intellectual movements behind the MAGA new right. You can watch the first three lectures on Lawfare's YouTube page. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...