Open Letters, from Anne Applebaum

Open Letters, from Anne Applebaum

The Far-Right Playbook in Action

It works, every single time

Aug 03, 2026
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I started seeing the videos before I knew where they were from: Mostly young, mostly male Moroccans crawling onto beaches, climbing hills, scaling walls, jumping over fences, surging past police in order to get into Europe. On Friday, July 31, JD Vance posted one on his X feed, a clip from a Fox News story. The headline read “Migrants Storm Border of No…

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