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By Jill Filipovic | Matt Gaetz for attorney general. RFK, Jr., for head of Health and Human Services. Fox News host Pete Hegseth for defense secretary. Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence. 

The whole thing is a big public farce, and Trump is demanding that Republicans publicly play along—that they attach their names to this. It’s a signal that he expects to be treated as powerful beyond measure; that he is not to be questioned, no matter how dangerous or ridiculous his decisions. That he owns the government and everyone in it. 

Tyrants are never one-man machines. They are made and enabled by many others. And when tyrants emerge in democratic systems, they are made by people who consent to their abuse and misuse of that system. 

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By Jackson Katz | Male grievance, especially white male grievance, is the beating heart of Trumpist populism.

Kamala Harris ran a truly impressive campaign under extraordinarily difficult circumstances. It would be reductive and absurd to say that her campaign’s decision not to put her on The Joe Rogan Experience is why she lost. But it does point to a Democratic Party mindset that needs to change.  

If Democrats want to win future presidential elections, they need to communicate more effectively with men, including blue-collar white men and young men of all ethnic and racial backgrounds, whose vote for Trump was less a vote for his policies or against those of Kamala Harris than it was the loudest and angriest statement they could make that we still matter. 

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By Cynthia Richie Terrell | Weekend Reading for Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation. 

This week’s Weekend Reading includes on-the-ground updates from the 2024 Reykjavik Global Forum; the progress of women in state legislatures, particularly in New Mexico and Minnesota; the record number of female governors in the U.S.; and the ongoing global fight for women’s representation.

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Listen to the latest Ms. Studios podcast The Z Factor: Gen Z's Voice & Vote — now on Apple Podcasts + Spotify.

In the third episode of The Z Factor, host Anoushka Chander is joined by Olivia Julianna to dive into how young women voters are experiencing this election. From reproductive rights to the economy and housing, young women are concerned about their futures–and are voting and making decisions based on these concerns. Olivia also provides a grim peek into the state of reproductive rights in Texas, discusses her unlikely path to becoming a political strategist and influencer, and talks about what a utopian Gen Z-powered future could look like.

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