My Substack email notifications were unusually high towards the end of last week. I soon discovered David Goodwin, president of the Association of Classical Christian Schools, wrote a kind recommendation for Musically Speaking. At about the same time, I received a similar recommendation from Anthony Esolen’s Word & SongSubstack publication. As a result, I have seen a significant increase in subscribers. My thanks to these men for their kind words. To those of you who subscribed to this publication at their recommendation, thank you.

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HAPPY RACE DAY! especially to the mad geniuses behind the inaugural F.A.T. Ice Race in Aspen, Colorado that took place over the weekend. Our friends at Oilstain Lab and BBi Autosport were on hand, along with other like-minded maniacs. Check out this article and photo gallery in the watch blog Hodinkee to see the madness on full display. In today’s email: VinFast stifles critics: An explosive report hits the growing brand

This is the first part (of three) of my deep dive into “Project 2025” and the plans to establish a more effective, more ruthless rightwing regime, focused on the ideas, ideologies, and grievances fueling the project – the radicalizing siege mentality on the Right. Part II offers a detailed dissection of the concrete policy agenda and strategies to impose a reactionary vision on the country. Part III contextualizes “Project 2025” by comparing it to what other rightwing factions, including Trump himself, are planning, situates these plans in the broader context of the Right’s history since the 1930s, and explores why a second Trump presidency would be operating under completely different conditions from the first – conditions that make it much more likely for these radical plans to succeed.

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