@lkatfield.bsky.social
Scholar in Residence at the Niskanen Center in DC. Author of Furious Minds, about the MAGA New Right. Bylines at The Bulwark, The New Republic, Politico, NYT, The Atlantic.
Also with American University, Illiberalism Studies at GW.
@ericcolumbus.bsky.socialReposted by @lkatfield.bsky.socialWATCH — don’t just read — all the clips of Ossoff destroying Collins. There hasn’t been a torching like this in Georgia since General Sherman.
@atrupar.comReposted by @lkatfield.bsky.socialOssoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club"
@jamellebouie.netReposted by @lkatfield.bsky.socialjesus christ i have never heard a democratic talk this bluntly about an opponent
@jamellebouie.netReposted by @lkatfield.bsky.sociala livestreamed execution is just a lynching
@princetonupress.bsky.socialReposted by @lkatfield.bsky.social@economist.com cites @lkatfield.bsky.social's Furious Minds as "a sophisticated treatment of New Right thought," in their recent article on why MAGA hates and loves Europe: buff.ly/MDfA1Ht
@jkuznicki.bsky.socialReposted by @lkatfield.bsky.socialIt’s gotten a lot of attention already, but it’s well deserved. @lkatfield.bsky.social has done some excellent work:
it is unbelievable to say that this requires a coalition and a movement
@illsp.bsky.socialReposted by @lkatfield.bsky.socialJoin us on Oct. 9 for a discussion with Alex Lefebvre about his book, Liberalism as a Way of Life! He will be joined by Laura K. Field. Don't miss it! Register here: tinyurl.com/ejayfdjr
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@dandrezner.bsky.socialReposted by @lkatfield.bsky.social+1,000,000
@lkatfield.bsky.socialwell probably a fair instinct - there's always more to it, even with a long book!
@lkatfield.bsky.socialha thank you!!!
@texasinafrica.bsky.socialReposted by @lkatfield.bsky.socialIt's so good, y'all.
@lkatfield.bsky.socialHa thank you! Trust me I pushed the envelope on length as much as possible
@normative.bsky.socialReposted by @lkatfield.bsky.socialSame, endorse. Actually wouldn’t have minded if this one had been somewhat longer.
@soyboy.bsky.socialReposted by @lkatfield.bsky.socialMy whole grad seminar dug this book but don’t take it from us—It made Michael Anton so mad he published a review that was basically
@danmargolies.bsky.socialReposted by @lkatfield.bsky.socialJust finished @lkatfield.bsky.social's superb _Furious Minds_. Nuanced & engaged deep exploration of the post-liberalism, theocratic lunacy, and (in a great and accurate phrasing) the "Schmittian filth" of the Trumpist intellectuals who are laboring to destroy democracy here.
@melanatedmagus.blacksky.appReposted by @lkatfield.bsky.socialQuestion for the data nerds: has any President done this badly or worse in any poll ever?
@lkatfield.bsky.socialOn my way to Vienna, where I’m a fellow this year for the Facing the Future program of the Institute for Human Sciences! I get to go back twice more this year! Also speaking at the Vienna Humanities Festival this weeken.
@texasinafrica.bsky.socialReposted by @lkatfield.bsky.social@lkatfield.bsky.social's Furious Minds & @gilduran.com's The Nerd Reich in tandem pretty much cover this. May be the closest we have for now.
@jacobtlevy.bsky.socialReposted by @lkatfield.bsky.socialLaura Field @lkatfield.bsky.social , whose book is great and is the example of what I'm hoping for, but I'm convinced there's some weird *California* story that unites all of these, which is not the story she's telling.
