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What Does ‘Again’ Mean Exactly in MAGA?

What Does ‘Again’ Mean Exactly in MAGA?

You remember 2016, right? That was the year the Republican Party slapped on a red hat and gave itself a whole new personality—Make America Great Again. Now look, if the hat had just said Make America Great, well hell, that’s a message anybody could get behind. Sounds like

Red Silos, Blue Silos: Neither Side’s Listening

Red Silos, Blue Silos: Neither Side’s Listening

I remember the first Sunday after the 2020 election like it just happened. Joe Biden had beaten Donald Trump, and instead of a concession, Trump gave us talk of stolen votes, rigged machines, and conspiracies thick as molasses. No proof, mind you. Just the usual, “A friend of a friend

Guess What? It Really Is All About the Epstein Files

Guess What? It Really Is All About the Epstein Files

"I TOLD YOU SO!!!".... that’s the text I got from a MAGA buddy, all caps, with a link stuck under it like a tick on a hound. Now, when you live in a small rural town that went 85 percent for Trump last election, you are not

The Power of the Ping: How Our Phones Hijacked Our Brains — and How MAGA Slipped In the Side Door

The Power of the Ping: How Our Phones Hijacked Our Brains — and How MAGA Slipped In the Side Door

Let’s be honest—we’ve all done it. You’re driving down the interstate, foot steady on the gas, maybe in the left-hand lane behind one tractor-trailer that’s trying to pass another. That other truck is hugging the right lane, riding beside you like a wall

How to Win Elections in Rural Districts

We talk with John Peace, a farmer, sales person, and now a political consultant, on how to win in rural areas. John and his partner are helping candiates all across the country, and he shared some valuable insights into what it takes to connect with and win over rural voters.

From Mayberry to MAGA

From Mayberry to MAGA

"From Mayberry to MAGA: The Dangerous (False) Nostalgia of The Andy Griffith Show"

"No One Is Left Behind—Unless You're a Rural Democratic Candidate!"

"No One Is Left Behind—Unless You're a Rural Democratic Candidate!"

I grew up on our family’s SWVA dairy farm, surrounded by older men who’d starved through the Hoover Days of The Great Depression and whipped the Nazis. The Greatest Generation, they called ’em. I just called ’em Papaw and his buddies. They didn’t talk much. But when