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A Sunday Reid: 'Fourteen words' conservatism has gone mainstream in Trump's second term. Part one: an assassination in Denver

The MAGA movement has mainstreamed some of the themes of the white nationalist far right. That's frightening news for immigrants, racial minorities, women, and America.

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Joy-Ann Reid
Aug 24, 2025
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I was in tenth grade when radio talk jock Alan Berg was gunned down in front of his home in Denver, Colorado. The crime hit particularly close to home due to its proximity. My family lived in a majority Black Denver suburb called Montbello, and Berg was a well known, popular local, liberal talk radio host. My family didn’t actually listen to talk radio…

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