Charles Homans

Michael Protzman Built a Kingdom of Conspiracy Theories He was the rare QAnon personality whose flock was willing to follow him offline

For the NYT Magazine’s The Lives They Lived issue, I wrote about Michael Protzman, the QAnon personality who led dozens of followers to Dallas to await the return of JFK: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

“Fare thee well, gone away, there’s nothing left to say.”

Rashida Tlaib, Censured by the House, Is Praised and Condemned at Home The Democratic congresswoman from the Detroit area and the only Palestinian-American in the House faces a complicated landscape in her district.

Thanks to recent redistricting, Rashida Tlaib now represents the Detroit area’s most pro-Palestinian constituency, but also some of its most pro-Israel communities. My dispatch from the very polarized suburbs of the 12th District: www.nytimes.com/2023/11/13/u...

Lauren Boebert Wants ‘Mercy.’ Some Republicans Want an Alternative. The “Beetlejuice” incident continues to haunt the once-unrepentant congresswoman from Colorado. The state’s old guard is lining up behind a primary challenger.

I spent last week driving back and forth across Colorado’s beautiful and absurdly large 3rd District, where an increasingly crowded contest for Lauren Boebert’s seat is under way a year out from the 2024 election: www.nytimes.com/2023/11/04/u...

An important point Ralph Reed made to me: evangelicals, now the center of gravity of Republican Israel support, have never particularly wanted the US to look after Palestinian interests in the conflict. Trump was the first president to act accordingly. nytimes.com/2023/10/15/us/…

Nikki Haley, Israel and the Politics of Diplomacy The G.O.P. contender’s combative defense of Israel defined her tenure at the United Nations. Will it also define her presidential campaign?

Nikki Haley arrived at the UN in 2017 with little record on Israel, and emerged two years later as such a vociferous defender that a joke around Turtle Bay held that Israel had two ambassadors. My dive into that history, and its newfound importance: www.nytimes.com/2023/10/15/u...

This remains my favourite exhibit title of all time

Cornel West is abandoning his Green Party bid to run as an independent: www.nytimes.com/2023/10/05/u...

I consider you a MAGA meme account

Going through my follows reverse-chronologically (to move to Bluesky), and it's like looking at tree rings: Hey, it's the Game Theory guys! (2017) MAGA meme accounts! (2016) The media startup founders! (2012-3) The national security bloggers! (2010-1) Iranian protesters! (2009)