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The American right is using bad-faith politics and legalism to advance a radical anti-democracy agenda. At Bad Faith Times we break down this effort with clear-eyed analysis.

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For The American Right, There's Only One Kind Of Real Work

Putting working class support at odds with "wokeness" is the goal.

Brazil Has A Plan To Combat The Right Wing's Unreality

Brazil's government is trying something weird: Being proactive about election misinformation.

The Fear Machine Churns And Churns

Right-wing media has found Caitlin Clark very useful

The Rich Man Is Projecting

A different way to think about Elon Musk's casual use of dehumanizing language

Trans Sports Bans Are Oozing With Bad Faith

The hysterical effort to stop trans people from playing sports is dishonest to its core

Superman Is A Shitlib

What is punk rock today won't be punk rock tomorrow.

A Working Class Hero Isn't Something To Be

Graham Platner's disgraced campaign illustrated the problems of class dealignment

Tucker Carlson Wants A Good-Faith Conservative Party. Best Of Luck With That.

The American right needs the deodorant of bad faith politics. And Carlson knows that.

Unfortunately We Have To Be Optimists

Why we should follow the example of James Baldwin and adopt essential optimism.

Title IX Is The Ultimate Bad-Faith Weapon

Protections for women's sports have proven to be useful cudgels against transgender athletes

The Birthright Citizenship Ruling Is Far Worse Than You Think

The Roberts Court has legitimized the white supremacist attack on the 14th Amendment

This Data Might Make You Hope-Pilled

It's tough to overstate how thoroughly the courts are beating back the Trump regime

Alito: There's No Way To Know If The President Is Racist

There are "race-neutral justifications" for the policies Trump pursues, Alito says.

Fascists Aren't Allowed To Enjoy The World Cup

You don't get to delight in a joyful worldwide sporting event that rejects your shithead politics

Dads, Resist That Authoritarian Impulse

You don't have to be a household dictator if you don't want to be