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Red Hat Rebranders: How MAGA Became the Final Sanctuary for Shameless Celebrities

These guys aren’t patriots. They’re opportunists with felony records and a shortcut.

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Kristoffer Ealy
Aug 10, 2025
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A while back, I wrote about how MAGA has become a cheat code for politicians who don’t want to do the hard work of explaining things, governing, or interacting with reality. They just slap on the hat, scream “deep state,” and watch their supporters do backflips to rationalize anything that follows. That article was about Trump-era logic. But now, we’re …

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Political science prof & political psych nerd. Writes about groupthink, power, & American nonsense. Sometimes funny on purpose. 📬 professorealy.substack.com 🐦 kmezdoesit.bsky.social
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