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The Return of McCarthyism w/ Chris Lehmann / The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer

The Nation Podcasts · Aug 2, 2026 · 44:21

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Republicans are plummeting in the polls in the lead-up to the midterm thanks to the unpopularity of the Iran War and the attendant inflation. As my Nation colleague Chris Lehmann has noted , in an attempt to shore up their fracturing base, the GOP has decided to label all Democrats as communist, a weird rhetorical move now being made by Donald Trump and his supporters. I talk to Chris about this strange and dangerous development.



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