How liberals lost comedy − and helped Trump win
The right has become a home for comedians not by making political arguments through jokes, but by positing that there are funnier things to do than to argue.
Putin’s propaganda is rooted in Russian history – and that’s why it works
Putin’s popularity and the widespread impact of his propaganda are not accidental. Putin gives Russians what they have been missing since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 – a surge of national pride.