"But if current polls are to be believed, the administration seems to be underestimating the everyday decency and patriotism of the American public."
#Republicans #MAGA #edgelordism #nativism #MaleEntitlement #ICE #immigrants
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"Edgelordism has become the currency du jour in the GOP, from the Ivy League through the streets of Minnesota. The MAGA new right seems to be betting that the American polity has a deep reserve of untapped nativist rage—which can be harnessed in the service of their culture war against the liberal status quo, or of ICE’s more tangible goals."
~ Laura K. Field
#Republicans #MAGA #edgelordism #nativism #MaleEntitlement #ICE #immigrants
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https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/ice-trump-new-right/685854/
"But if current polls are to be believed, the administration seems to be underestimating the everyday decency and patriotism of the American public."
#Republicans #MAGA #edgelordism #nativism #MaleEntitlement #ICE #immigrants
/2
"Edgelordism has become the currency du jour in the GOP, from the Ivy League through the streets of Minnesota. The MAGA new right seems to be betting that the American polity has a deep reserve of untapped nativist rage—which can be harnessed in the service of their culture war against the liberal status quo, or of ICE’s more tangible goals."
~ Laura K. Field
#Republicans #MAGA #edgelordism #nativism #MaleEntitlement #ICE #immigrants
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https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/ice-trump-new-right/685854/
