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The Party that Forgot How to Blink

How MAGA has exhausted itself into irrelevance.

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Kristoffer Ealy
Nov 20, 2025
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Illustration by Riley Levine

Republicans are exhausted — not from governing, but from pretending to.

For nearly a decade, MAGA has sold performance anxiety as authenticity: rage as a lifestyle brand, cruelty as patriotism, and daily humiliation as community service. But the November 4, 2025 results were less “wave” and more “intervention.” Voters pried op…

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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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