# Scenes from a Slow Civil War

I reported Trump '16 and '20 for magazines & in my book THE UNDERTOW: Scenes from a Slow Civil War. I was going to sit '24 out, but the slow civil war is speeding up.

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## ["Cole Allen," Scare Quotes](https://slowcivilwar.substack.com/p/cole-allen)

_2026-04-27 · Jeff Sharlet_

The would-be assassin Cole Allen is in jail, but "Cole Allen," the political narrative, is running wild.

## [Believing is What Keeps Me From Blinking](https://slowcivilwar.substack.com/p/believing-is-what-keeps-me-from-blinking)

_2026-02-25 · Jeff Sharlet_

An interview with Michael Lesy, author of Wisconsin Death Trip, on how to see suffering without turning away

## [Other Thieves Are Bolder](https://slowcivilwar.substack.com/p/other-thieves-are-bolder)

_2026-02-19 · Jeff Sharlet_

Five very brief meditations on seeing otherwise in an age of authoritarianism. A London diary, Pt. 3

## [Other People's Houses](https://slowcivilwar.substack.com/p/other-peoples-houses)

_2025-12-12 · Jeff Sharlet_

A London diary, pt. 2

## [London Diary, Pt. 1](https://slowcivilwar.substack.com/p/london-diary-pt-1)

_2025-12-03 · Jeff Sharlet_

A way I have of driving off the spleen

## [Nothing is Holy](https://slowcivilwar.substack.com/p/nothing-is-holy)

_2025-10-21 · Jeff Sharlet_

Ava Razavi on trading in American dreams for nightmares.

## [Larry and Arthur](https://slowcivilwar.substack.com/p/larry-and-arthur)

_2025-10-17 · Jeff Sharlet_

On the eve of No Kings, two old men and a college boy ask, "How much is enough?" The first in a series by new writers.

## [Rubber Glue Fascism](https://slowcivilwar.substack.com/p/rubber-glue-fascism)

_2025-09-26 · Jeff Sharlet_

A close reading of "NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-7: Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence"

## [Parable of the Trickster](https://slowcivilwar.substack.com/p/parable-of-the-trickster)

_2025-09-23 · Jeff Sharlet_

On unfinished stories in a time of terror

## [Transcript-Driven Stock Discovery (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/cVgmTHpVVX6v)

_2025-09-23 · **Sponsored**_

Ranked, evidence-backed watchlists from indexed executive transcripts for 1–2 quarter horizons

## [The Mourning Suit](https://slowcivilwar.substack.com/p/the-mourning-suit)

_2025-09-15 · Jeff Sharlet_

Reading public grief and politics with Ann Neumann and Sandhya Dirks