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Chris Murphy and the Tehran Whisperer

On the evening of April 20, 2026, with American sailors enforcing a naval blockade of Iran in the middle of an active war, United States Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut pulled up his phone and typed a single word in response to a report that 26 Iranian shadow fleet vessels ha…

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The Long Game Part Deux: The Unholy Alliance

In The Long Game, I documented what is being done to evangelical Protestant America, the systematic theological demolition of the base that has powered American conservative electoral success for seventy years.

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AMERICA’S OWN SHIP

The dominant narrative in contemporary political discourse holds that the United States-Israel relationship is driven primarily by lobbying pressure, domestic politics, and foreign influence.

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The Long Game

How a Network of Catholic Integralists, Russian Ideologues, and Media Provocateurs Are Systematically Dismantling the Evangelical Foundation of the American Right

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