Trumpism isn’t dead, as the roaring MAGA-merched crowds at CPAC make clear. But Trump is struggling through a political winter that could signal the early stages of his MAGA movement’s decline.
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La base électorale du président Donald Trump l’a soutenu à travers d’innombrables controverses. Le mouvement MAGA pourrait-il se détourner de lui avec la publication des dossiers Jeffrey Epstein ?
President Donald Trump’s base has supported him through countless controversies. But they split from him over the release of the Epstein files. Why does MAGA care so much about this issue?
Trump voters still reliably back the president, believing that most of the criticism of him is fake news.
The justices overruled a lower court that had paused the Trump administration’s plan to fire over 1,300 workers.
The lone wolf metaphor used to describe mass shooters misinforms views of extremists – and hampers law enforcement efforts to deter the violence.
Trump’s claims of a white genocide happening in South Africa have been debunked by fact-checkers. But this is still the rationale for bringing white South African people to the US as refugees.
O encontro da CPAC deste ano foi uma volta da vitória para os apoiadores de Trump, que dedicaram seu tempo no evento para elogiar o presidente e suas realizações
This year’s CPAC gathering has been a victory lap for Trump supporters, who have devoted their time at the event to praising the president and his accomplishments.
A desire to fight ‘wokeness’ and reduce government spending are among the reasons that Trump and his supporters want to close the Education Department.
Understanding the common terms that Trump supporters scorn can help decrease polarization in the country
People acknowledging and inspecting their own political biases is one way that they can begin to reduce polarization.
While Harris and Trump diverge on many key policy issues, they find common ground in other areas.
Harris’ support for abortion rights and political unity – as well as the fact that she offers an antidote to Donald Trump – helps explain her appeal to the people who plan to vote for her.
An anthropologist who studies polarization asked people why they supported Trump. Here’s what they said about immigration, the economy and his ‘bull in a china shop’ style.
While Ronald Reagan is closely tied to this conservative conference’s origins, it has become a multiday event for die-hard Trump supporters.
While the Genocide Convention has helped raise awareness and prevent ethnic violence from escalating, it has not stopped many accusations of genocides, including violence in Darfur and in Ukraine.
Both Israelis and Palestinians are accusing each other of genocide. In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we speak to a genocide expert on the legal definition of the term.
¿Se está produciendo un genocidio en Oriente Próximo? A ambos lados del conflicto en Israel y la Franja de Gaza, muchos responden que sí.
Un experto en genocidios aclara algunos conceptos en este artículo.
As pessoas falam sobre genocídio de várias maneiras diferentes, desde técnicas até coloquiais - mas uma guerra de palavras não substitui um caminho para a paz, escreve um estudioso de genocídio.
Banyak orang menyebut genosida dalam perang Israel-Hamas, tetapi perang kata-kata tidak dapat menjadi jalan perdamaian.
People talk about genocide in a few different ways, ranging from technical to colloquial – but a war of words does not replace a path to peace, a genocide scholar writes.
A scholar of extremism attended the CPAC meeting in March, in part to try to understand political polarization, and only saw signs of a worsening divide.
The lone wolf metaphor used to describe mass shooters misinforms views of extremists – and law enforcement efforts to deter the violence.
Russia and other countries and political regimes have a long history of forcing people to move, mostly for security and economic gains.
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