Populism
Republicans want to strip workers of benefits, legal protections, and Social Security—but at least they own the libs!
It’s not so much “Don’t Tread on Me” as it is “Only Tread on People and Things I Don’t Like.”
Against basic safety net programs for low-income families, and backed by libertarian billionaire Peter Thiel, the Ohio GOP Senate candidate is about as populist as Gordon Gekko.
Yascha Mounk, author of “The Great Experiment: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure,” talks with The Daily Beast.
MAGA members of Congress touted their “economic populism” and then voted against a modest price cap on insulin.
National conservative populists were obsessed with hard borders. Then Putin invaded a sovereign country.
The Italian island prides itself on being a welcoming crossroads of cultures, but rising populist rhetoric is changing the conversation.