David Bromwich, a TomDispatch regular, teaches literature at Yale University. His new book, American Breakdown: The Trump Years and How They Befell Us (Verso Books), will be published later this month.
Right now, second only to Trump and his farcical election deniers, are there any greater hypocrites in the world than extremist American fundamentalists?
The Republican Party’s latest wave of attacks against anyone who threatens the white supremacist patriarchy is couched in false concern for health and well-being.