In today’s Substack Live, we tackled my latest essay, The Well-Dressed Liars of the Moderate Right, head-on. I pulled no punches, breaking down exactly how supposedly “principled conservatives” justified authoritarian policies under Trump—from ideological screening of foreign students to executive defiance of judicial authority. We examined the sophisticated rationalizations these moderate voices employed to normalize authoritarianism, why their credibility is permanently damaged, and why true defenders of democracy must reject their influence going forward.
Full recording is up—thanks to everyone who joined for an urgent conversation on moral clarity, intellectual honesty, and why we can’t afford to keep listening to well-dressed liars.
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