The UnPopulist
Shikha Dalmia, Jacob Grier, Andy Craig, Debasish Roy Chowdhury, Berny Belvedere, Stan Veuger, Pouya Nikmand, Michael G. Holzman, David J. Bier, Christopher Purdy, Executive Watch, Marlene Laruelle, Mike Masnick, Chris EdelsonDefending liberal democracy against authoritarianism in the U.S. and around the world.
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How the Internet Became a Tool for Domination and Control Instead of Liberation
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and U.S. President Donald Trump (Shutterstock, The UnPopulist illustration)
In January 2011, somewhere in the crush of bodies in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, a man held up a handwritten sign. It read: “Facebook: against...
Mindless Middleness Was Keir Starmer’s Undoing
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer (Shutterstock)
In the summer of 2024, Keir Starmer’s Labour Party won 411 seats, a Commons majority of 172, the largest in a generation. It swept the Conservatives out of power after 14 years and reduced Ni...
Trump Has Not Turned Americans Against Immigrants: A Conversation with Greg Sargent
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Shikha Dalmia: Hi, I’m here with of the New Republic. Welcome to Zooming In.
Greg, you and I have known each other a long time, but w...
Dear Leader Trump Wants Americans to Celebrate Him, Not Their Country, on Its 250th Anniversary: An Executive Watch Roundup
The Institute for the Study of Modern Authoritarianism (ISMA), the parent organization of The UnPopulist, launched Executive Watch early in Trump’s second term. It has been meticulously documenting this White House’s illicit actions since t...
Pete Hegseth Echoes a Fascist Novel to Commemorate D-Day
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (Joshua Sukoff, Shutterstock)
In what we used to think of as ordinary times, commemorating the anniversary of D-Day—when Allied forces stormed the Normandy beaches to break Hitler’s grip on Europe—wou...
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I'm the editor of The UnPopulist
Jacob Grier is a freelance writer in Portland, Oregon, and co-founder of the link-sharing app Seabird. His books include "The New Prohibition," "The Rediscovery of Tobacco," and "Raising the Bar" (with Brett Adams).
Senior editor at The UnPopulist.
Debasish Roy Chowdhury is co-author of "To Kill A Democracy: India's Passage to Despotism" (OUP/Pan Macmillan)
Senior Editor of The UnPopulist. Executive Director of the Institute for the Study of Modern Authoritarianism (ISMA).
I am a senior fellow in economic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. Veugerity is my monthly newsletter — a roundup of what I've been writing, saying, and doing.
I'm a writer who escaped Iran and embarked on a perilous, ongoing journey to reach freedom in the United States—my favorite country. I write to bring out what's good in people because I've seen too much of the bad in them. [email protected]
Rabbi, writer, creator of faith250 and American Scripture Project, spiritual leader of Northern Virginia Hebrew Congregation.
I am Director of Immigration Studies at the Cato Institute and occupy The Selz Foundation Chair in Immigration Policy
Chris Purdy is the founder and CEO of The Chamberlain Network, an organization that empowers veterans to defend democracy in their communities He served in the U.S. Army from 2004 to 2012.
A project of the Institute for the Study of Modern Authoritarianism and The UnPopulist
Founder and CEO of Floor64 and editor of Techdirt. Writer, speaker, game designer, and advocate for innovation, free speech, and open internet principles.
Author of three books on emergency presidential power, most recently Above the Law? The Evolution of Emergency Presidential Power.
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