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Steve Krakauer, Opinion Contributor

Steve Krakauer, Opinion Contributor

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Murder is bad

Murder doesn’t help raise awareness about important problems. Murder doesn’t start a national conversation. Murder doesn’t get justified —...

19.12.2024 2

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Steve Krakauer, Opinion Contributor

Pancakes, latkes and the American Dream

What I found over time was a story of the American Dream – and one that resonates as a turbulent election year ends.

12.12.2024 3

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Steve Krakauer, Opinion Contributor

‘Wicked’ has a hidden, subversively pro-Trump message

Instead of a critique of Trump, “Wicked” is actually an allegory about how the establishment is fake, nefarious and ultimately a failure.

05.12.2024 4

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Steve Krakauer, Opinion Contributor

Elon Musk isn't 'the media' — and he should be happy about that

The reality is that Musk was never going to buy MSNBC in the first place

28.11.2024 4

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Steve Krakauer, Opinion Contributor

Trump could usher in a golden age of government transparency and disclosure

Elected and unelected bureaucrats display an overarching distrust of the American people.

21.11.2024 2

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Steve Krakauer, Opinion Contributor

Democrats have a 'smug' problem

Large factions of the left condescendingly believe that dumb people are the reason Trump won in 2016, and won again in 2024.

14.11.2024 3

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Steve Krakauer, Opinion Contributor

Trump won because Americans rejected false media narratives

Most Americans fully rejected the framing employed by large portions of the mainstream press about the stakes in the election.

07.11.2024 3

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Steve Krakauer, Opinion Contributor

Washington Post endorsement debacle exposes our ‘zombie elites’

The Post is stiffly wandering around with a smug facade of elitism, not realizing the power and influence it formerly possessed have been deeply —...

31.10.2024 3

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Steve Krakauer, Opinion Contributor

4 questions we will be asking about the presidential race after it's over

These are thought exercises as much as questions — messy and nuanced, unable to be resolved with any definitive answer.

24.10.2024 3

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Steve Krakauer, Opinion Contributor

Young Black men could swing the election to Trump

“There’s a generational shift that has taken place that I think the older African American community doesn’t see."

17.10.2024 5

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Steve Krakauer, Opinion Contributor

Trump’s ‘revival’ in Butler could be what seals his victory

Butler was about more than winning votes. It was about celebrating the survival of a literal near-death experience. It was a fist-pumping show of...

10.10.2024 3

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Steve Krakauer, Opinion Contributor

Tim Walz trusts the experts — and that’s why he lost the debate

“Trusting the experts” — blindly, to the detriment of the people — is a losing strategy.

03.10.2024 9

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Steve Krakauer, Opinion Contributor

JD Vance is ‘Extremely Online’ — and that’s a good thing

“It’s refreshing to see somebody who’s involved in government and politics actually be that responsive."

26.09.2024 3

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Steve Krakauer, Opinion Contributor

The real 2024 election divide is the Catastrophists vs. the Casuals

Catastrophists share a belief that we’re at a crossroads in American democracy. The Casuals see the landscape quite differently.

19.09.2024 3

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Steve Krakauer, Opinion Contributor

Debate moderators failed to ask Harris the most important question

That question: “Why are you here?”

12.09.2024 1

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Steve Krakauer, Opinion Contributor

4 possible outcomes of the Trump vs. Harris debate

The participants in the debate have changed by 50 percent, but the stakes remain equally high in what will likely be the only meeting between Trump...

05.09.2024 4

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Steve Krakauer, Opinion Contributor

Trump’s subversive media strategy to reach young male voters

Over the past three months, Trump has focused his attention on independent media — podcasts and online shows with big audiences and very devoted...

29.08.2024 10

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Steve Krakauer, Opinion Contributor

Pelosi demonstrated the art of her power by pushing Biden out

The Democratic convention has played out in a cadence and design that would have been unthinkable just a month ago, all because Pelosi made it happen.

22.08.2024 2

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Steve Krakauer, Opinion Contributor

A possible October surprise? Biden resigns and Harris becomes president

Imagine it’s a couple weeks after the Democratic National Convention, and the Harris glow is starting to wear off.

15.08.2024 30

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Steve Krakauer, Opinion Contributor

VPs and vibes: Walz vs. Vance in an election where reality doesn’t matter

Walz is the person we can thank for the new narrative from the left about Trump and his running mate JD Vance — that they’re “weird.”

08.08.2024 3

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Steve Krakauer, Opinion Contributor

Is Donald Trump cool now?

“Cool” and “weird” can’t be manufactured — they’re vibes that either resonate, or they don’t.

01.08.2024 2

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Steve Krakauer, Opinion Contributor

The Kamala coronation ignores one obvious question the press should be asking

There are skeletons in Harris’s “Biden’s mental fitness” closet. Just because the legacy press is participating in the Harris coronation today...

25.07.2024 2

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Steve Krakauer, Opinion Contributor

Our unserious media is not rising to the occasion

We all experienced an incredibly historic and important event. And the press coverage has failed to convey its significance, out of fear of helping...

18.07.2024 3

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Steve Krakauer, Opinion Contributor