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Rush Limbaugh and the Nineties Roots of “Cancel Culture”

His meteoric rise to mainstream celebrity could only have happened in 1990s America. Some people would like to go back.

By Alex Pareene

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Ted Cruz Should Have Stayed in Cancun

The Texas senator doesn’t do his job even when he’s home because conservatives have given up on governing.

By Alex Shephard

	Arizona’s Democratic Senators Are Already Angering the Left The activists who sent Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema to Washington aren’t happy with their early moves in office. By Osita Nwanevu

	The Rise and Fall of the L. Brent Bozells How four generations of one American family are a synecdoche of the decline of the conservative movement.By Timothy Noah

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	The Capitol Riot Killed “Both Sides” Journalism Trump’s acquittal notwithstanding, these violent events have forever changed the way Beltway reporters should do their jobs. By Meredith Shiner

	The Predictable Politics Behind Trump’s Second Impeachment Acquittal It was a foregone conclusion that the former president wouldn’t be convicted—and the mainstream press is finally reaching a consensus about why. By Osita Nwanevu

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