Antisemitism is growing on the right and increasingly coming out into the open. Statements that would have ended careers in the past have been normalized - and even serve as a path to recognition and influence.
Elon Musk’s X feed is a cesspool of racist paranoia about black criminality, white race traitors, the "genocide" of white people, and the perfidy of the Jews.
Top Republicans are pushing wild conspiracies about communist infiltration, warning that murderous revolution is imminent, and rehabilitating Joseph McCarthy. At least the previous Red Scare occurred when there was an actual Soviet Bloc. Today’s Red Scare is jumping at shadows.
Treason is the only crime defined in the constitution, and it is punishable by death. But the Secretary of Defense casually accuses others of treason, including military leaders, Congressmen, journalists, and even the tens of millions of Americans on the political left.
Donald Trump admitted in 2006 that Jeffrey Epstein was a pedophile. But Trump and Epstein had been best friends since the 1980s - partying together, regaling each other with sexual escapades, and even sharing women. The implication is clear: Trump knew that Epstein was preying on girls, and didn't care.