Michelle Goldberg

LONGVIEW, Texas -- Lynn Davenport, a lifelong conservative, met Donald Trump backstage at a Texas rally in 2016. On Jan. 6, 2021, she was at his Stop the Steal rally

Of course, deep rifts over religion, race and gender can't simply be wished away. But if Hinojosa can find a way to make them less salient, it could portend not just seismic change in Texas, but the beginning of a political realignment. If some fraction of socially conservative voters conclude that rapacious billionaires threaten them more than supercilious liberals, it would remake America's political map. For decades now, we've lived in an era dominated by what scholars call post-material politics, in which values, identity and self-expression have often taken precedence over economic concerns. What if that era is coming to an end? What opportunities would that open up, and what ideological sacrifices would it require?

LONGVIEW, Texas -- Lynn Davenport, a lifelong conservative, met Donald Trump backstage at a Texas rally in 2016. On Jan. 6, 2021, she was at his Stop the Steal rally

In his final speech as president, Ronald Reagan emphasized the essential role of immigration in American greatness.

I thought my worst New York City experience was getting punched in the face. That was before I started trying to get my kid into a public high school.

“If the Republican Party continues on its current course, the next Republican president is likely to begin where Trump left off. The logic of this brand of politics moves inexorably toward atrocity,” Goldberg writes.

I thought my worst New York City experience was getting punched in the face. That was before I started trying to get my kid into a public high school.

It's quite a feat, in this numb and debased era, to create a political advertisement so shocking and indecent that people from across the political spectrum feel the need to denounce it. Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, who has long fashioned himself as a kind of Donald Trump 2.0--younger and brainier but just as brash--has managed it.

By Michelle Goldberg | The New York Times It's quite a feat, in this numb and debased era, to create a political advertisement so

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