oppositionreport
The Historically Unpopular War (The Opposition Report #12)
Iran, DHS, corruption, and more.
Chance Phillips
Chance Phillips is an economics PhD student at UMass Amherst with a master’s in political science. He also freelances as a reporter and an essayist.
neonliberalism
Is Platner the Face of the Democratic Tea Party? (Neon Liberalism #67, with Chance Phillips)
According to all current polling, Graham Platner will be Maine's next senator—despite a Nazi tattoo, a history of controversial social media posts, and an almost-total lack of political experience. To try and understand what this tells us about the direction of the Democratic Party, Chance Phillips recently
Platner's Supporters, In Their Own Words
What is going on in Maine's Democratic Senate primary?
oppositionreport
No Respite From the Horrors (The Opposition Report #11)
Iran, ICE, the economy, and more.
oppositionreport
The Opposition Report #10
The occupation of Minneapolis, imperialism, MAHA, and more.
oppositionreport
The Opposition Report #9
Venezuela, Epstein, purchased pardons, and more.
Trump Must Lose the Second Bank War
Henry Clay understood what was wrong with the unitary executive theory back in the 1830s.
Nobody Cares That White Supremacists Are Calling the Shots Now
Darren Beattie, a speechwriter for Trump early during his first term, posted the following in October 2024, a month before Trump would win re-election: “Competent white men must be in charge if you want things to work. Unfortunately, our entire national ideology is predicated on coddling the feelings of women
Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt's Nazi Staffer
Nathan Hochman was fired from the DeSantis campaign for making a transparently neoNazi video featuring the Governor, and has only doubled down on his white nationalism since.
The New York Times Launders Another Fascist
Misogyny, racism, and antisemitism all were glossed over in Ross Douthat's softball interview of Jonathan Keeperman.
The Courts and the Personalist Presidency
The erosion of democratic institutions on behalf of lobbyists, courts, and arbitrary personalism.
Only One Candidate for President in 2024 Has Made and Will Make a Mockery of the Law
Republican hysterics over the hush money verdict are nothing but a projection of the second Trump term they hope for.