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Zack Beauchamp

Zack Beauchamp

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Zack Beauchamp

    Politics
    Trump’s military parade is a warningTrump’s military parade is a warning
    Politics

    Trump has caused a crisis in civil-military relations — one that could eventually threaten democracy’s foundations.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    World Politics
    The Israel-Iran war hinges on three big thingsThe Israel-Iran war hinges on three big things
    World Politics

    It’s impossible to know how this war will end. But here’s how to make sense of it.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    On the Right
    The LA protests reveal what actually unites the Trump rightThe LA protests reveal what actually unites the Trump right
    On the Right

    For Trump’s ideological allies, it’s always 2020.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    On the Right
    The fascinating backstory behind a bizarre State Department Substack postThe fascinating backstory behind a bizarre State Department Substack post
    On the Right

    How a Catholic theocrat started speaking for Trump’s State Department.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    On the Right
    Why the left gets the far right wrongWhy the left gets the far right wrong
    On the Right

    The left’s attachment to thinking of politics in “material” terms is causing it to misread the moment.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    Two terrible truths about the antisemitic murders in DCTwo terrible truths about the antisemitic murders in DC
    Politics

    How violence like this became thinkable — and what it means for the future of Palestine.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    On the Right
    The forgotten book that foretold Trump’s power grabThe forgotten book that foretold Trump’s power grab
    On the Right

    In 2015, right-wing intellectual Charles Murray wrote a book laying the groundwork for DOGE’s reign of terror.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    On the Right
    The anti-woke right won in 2024. Now they’re turning on each other.The anti-woke right won in 2024. Now they’re turning on each other.
    On the Right

    A glimpse into the bitter infighting consuming MAGA’s intellectual ranks.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    World Politics
    Americans have tuned out Gaza at the worst possible momentAmericans have tuned out Gaza at the worst possible moment
    World Politics

    Israel has a horrifying new plan for “the concluding moves” of the Gaza war. Yet it’s flying under the American radar.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    On the Right
    The warped reality of the elites shaping Trump’s administrationThe warped reality of the elites shaping Trump’s administration
    On the Right

    White House policy is being hatched in elite conservative bubbles.

    By Zack Beauchamp