Gabriel N. Rosenberg

Oct 4, 2024 | newrepublic.com | Gabriel N. Rosenberg

If I were to perform anacademic close-reading of Collins’s post according to right-wing internetsemiotics, it would be this: The previous night’s debate performance revealedthe truth of Vance’s inner Chad over and against that of the Virgin Walz. Vance’sperformance had been so powerful and dominating that it was now “crystalclear,” to quote a very aroused RodDreher, thatVance was “the future of American conservatism.” Vance had—pardonme—man-handled Tim Walz to show how a true alpha debated.

Oct 4, 2024 | flipboard.com | Gabriel N. Rosenberg

Liberal View16 hours agoTrump’s True Crowd Size Exposed in Embarrassing Videonewrepublic.com - Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling • 16hDonald Trump always insists he has the biggest crowds. The truth looks a little different.

Oct 4, 2024 | news.yahoo.com | Gabriel N. Rosenberg

Bright and early the morning after the vice-presidential debate, Republican Congressman Mike Collins of Georgia shared a puzzling picture from his X account of GOP Vice Presidential candidate, Senator J. D. Vance. At first glance, the image masquerades as a conventional political headshot. It features Vance delivering a steely gaze, sitting before a soft blue backdrop framed by an American flag and the state flag of Ohio.

Nov 3, 2023 | newrepublic.com | Gabriel N. Rosenberg

Fellas, is it gay to be obsessed with another man’s feet? Onceupon a time, the Republican base would have frowned at it, for sure. But overthe past several months, Governor Ron DeSantis’s footwear has increasingly becomean object of lurid attention on the internet. Stoked by DeSantis’s Trumpistfoes as well as by Donald Trump himself and his social media team, internet commenters and now some journalists want to know: Is Ron DeSantis wearinglifts in his cowboy boots?

Apr 20, 2023 | historynewsnetwork.org | Matthew Dallek |Lauren Thompson |Jan Dutkiewicz |Gabriel N. Rosenberg

; 4/21/2023 Roundup How Fox News Helped Break the American Right by Matthew Dallek The Republican Party has long struggled to keep extremists within its ranks at bay, if partly for political reasons. But the rise of Fox News has destroyed the guardrails older generations of mainstream conservatives set up against conspiracists, hatemongers, and bigots.