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Charlie Kirk

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The MAGA Movement Is Splintering Without Charlie Kirk

David A. Graham

September 10, 2026

Charlie Kirk speaking at a convention

J. D. Vance’s New Book Wasn’t Meant to Be Read

Matthew Walther

September 2026 Issue

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A Disorienting Weekend With the Women of Turning Point

June 9, 2026

Turning Point USA crowd

MAGA’s Strange Quiet After the Shooting

April 26, 2026

Construction cranes are seen behind a flagpole on the South Lawn of the White House on April 16, 2026.

This Is What It Looks Like When Nothing Matters

February 14, 2026

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Conservative Women Find a New Way to Talk About ICE

February 10, 2026

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The Manosphere Breaks Containment

February 6, 2026

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The Second Death of Charlie Kirk

February 4, 2026

Ted Cruz, Ben Shapiro, Steve Bannon, Nick Fuentes, and J.D. Vance over an image of Charlie Kirk

The Atlantic Daily

Trump Shrugs Off the Ilhan Omar Attack

David A. Graham

January 29, 2026

Minneapolis Is a Second Amendment Wake-Up Call

Tyler Austin Harper

January 24, 2026

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Trump’s Golden Age of Culture Seems Pretty Sad So Far

Spencer Kornhaber

January 20, 2026

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Everything Reacting to Everything, All at Once

January 6, 2026

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The Atlantic Daily

Companies’ ‘Wrapped’ Features Keep Getting Weirder

December 23, 2025

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J. D. Vance Fails a Simple Moral Test

December 23, 2025

‘It’s Very Controversial, but I Love Nick Fuentes’

December 22, 2025

An image of a Charlie Kirk mural at AmericaFest, Turning Point USA's annual gathering

There Were Two Charlie Kirks

Judith Shulevitz

December 22, 2025

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Trump’s Inferno of Hate Is Intensifying

December 16, 2025

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Trump Blames Rob Reiner for His Own Murder

David A. Graham

December 15, 2025

Trump speaking into mic

Why the Cinnabon Story Doesn’t Make Me Happy

December 12, 2025

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The Left’s New Moralism Will Backfire

Thomas Chatterton Williams

November 13, 2025

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J. D. Vance’s Bad Answer to an Anti-Semitic Question

October 31, 2025

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Top Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military Bases

Michael Scherer, Missy Ryan, and Ashley Parker

October 30, 2025

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The Appeal of the Campus Right

Julia Steinberg

October 23, 2025

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MAGA’s Next Top Influencer

October 22, 2025

The Depth of MAGA’s Moral Collapse

October 17, 2025

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Kash Patel’s Challenge Coin Is Perfect for Him

October 3, 2025

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The Other Martyr

Thomas Chatterton Williams

October 2, 2025

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The Myth of the Campus Snowflake

Christopher L. Eisgruber

September 30, 2025

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Fully MAGA-fied Christianity

September 29, 2025

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The Race to Save America’s Democracy

September 28, 2025

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Charlie Kirk and the ‘Third Great Awakening’

Stephanie McCrummen

September 27, 2025

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How Charlie Kirk’s Death Will Change His Message

September 25, 2025

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Lower Than Cowards

September 25, 2025

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America’s Zombie Democracy

September 24, 2025

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Why Assassinations Shaped the 1960s and Haunt Us Again

September 24, 2025

Jimmy Kimmel Ran Right at His Critics

September 24, 2025

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