PDF-(BOOS)-Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump

The story of the remarkable resurgence of rightwing extremists in the United StatesJust as Donald Trumps victorious campaign for the US presidency shocked liberal Americans the seemingly sudden national prominence of white supremacists xenophobes militia leaders and mysterious AltRight leaders mystifies many But the extreme right has been growing steadily in the US since the 1990s with the rise of patriot militias following 911 when conspiracy theorists found fresh life and in virulent reaction to the first black president of the country Nurtured by a powerful rightwing media sector in radio TV and online the farright Tea Party movement conservatives and Republican activists found common ground in Producerist ideology and Constitutionalist interpretations of US law an alternative America that is resurgent even as it has been ignored by the political establishment and mainstream media Investigative reporter David Neiwert has been tracking extremists for more than two decades and here he provides a deeply reported and authoritative report on the background mindset and growth on the ground of farright movements across the country The product of years of reportage and including the most indepth investigation of Trumps ties to farright figures this is a crucial book about one of the most disturbing sides of the US. p. 3 32 ff trump card flustered composure radical conspiracy “For the most part we’ve found that Donald Trump’s supporters lap up every conspiracy theory he pushes out there,” said Dean Debnam, President of Public Policy Polling. “But the Ted Cruz’s dad was involved in killing JFK one appears to be a bridge too far even for them.” And closing the loop on the greatest conspiracy theory of this election- a rare one that Trump didn't embrace- 5% of voters nationally think Ted Cruz is the Zodiac Killer, 18% are unsure, and 77% find Cruz not guilty of the charge of being a serial killer in diapers. So at least he has that going for him. Trump’s major campaign slogan is ‘Make American great again’. His major promises are to improve the US fiscal situation with an emphasis on ‘straight talking’, patriotism and standing against ‘political correctness.’ Russian and Iranian forces last night warned Donald Trump they would retaliate with military action if he launched more airstrikes on Syria Frank Donatelli. Executive Vice President . Director, Federal Public Affairs. Gov. Jim Hodges. Senior Advisor. Director, South Carolina Government Relations. 2017- A Full Plate, and They Won’t Be Sharing Dessert. Artemus . Ward. Dept. of Political Science. Northern Illinois University. aeward@niu.edu. http://www.niu.edu/polisci/about/faculty-staff/full-time-faculty/ward-site. /. Greenfields. Geneva, IL. April 26, 2017. Artemus . Ward. Dept. of Political Science. Northern Illinois University. aeward@niu.edu. http://www.niu.edu/polisci/about/faculty-staff/full-time-faculty/ward-site. /. 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From an award-winning journalist at The Atlantic, these searing essays make a damning case that cruelty is not merely an unfortunate byproduct of the Trump administration but its main objective and the central theme of the American project.“No writer better demonstrates how American dreams are so often sabotaged by American history. Adam Serwer is essential.” (Ta-Nehisi Coates)“Trump summoned the most treacherous forces in American history and conducted them with the ease of a grand maestro.Like many of us, Adam Serwer didn’t know that Donald Trump would win the 2016 election. But over the four years that followed, the Atlantic staff writer became one of our most astute analysts of the Trump presidency and the volatile powers it harnessed. The shock that greeted Trump’s victory, and the subsequent cruelty of his presidency, represented a failure to confront elements of the American past long thought vanquished.In this searing collection, Serwer chronicles the Trump administration not as an aberration but as an outgrowth of the inequalities the United States was founded on. Serwer is less interested in the presidential spectacle than in the ideological and structural currents behind Trump’s rise - including a media that was often blindsided by the ugly realities of what the administration represented and how it came to be. While deeply engaged with the moment, Serwer’s writing is also haunted by ghosts of an unresolved American past, a past that torments the present. In bracing new essays and previously published works, he explores white nationalism, myths about migration, the political power of police unions, and the many faces of anti-Semitism. For all the dynamics he examines, cruelty is the glue, the binding agent of a movement fueled by fear and exclusion. Serwer argues that rather than pretending these four years didn’t happen or dismissing them as a brief moment of madness, we must face what made them possible. Without acknowledging and confronting these toxic legacies, the fragile dream of American multiracial democracy will remain vulnerable to another ambitious demagogue.Listening Length: 7 hours and 35 minutes