Matthew Schmitz

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editor @compactmag
religion editor @postopinions
co-host @counterpod

New York, NY compactmag.com/subscribe Joined September 2010

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Matthew Schmitz @matthewschmitz 1d

When the Radical Right Loved India

Historian Mark Sedgwick for @compactmag compactmag.com/article/when-t…

www.compactmag.com When the Radical Right Loved India In the run-up to the 2026 midterm elections, the American right was consumed by a conflict over the “Indian question.”

Matthew Schmitz @matthewschmitz 2d

Ezra Klein was bigger than Ross Douthat when both were at the Times. But over the same period when Douthat interviewed El-Sayed and Trump, Klein interviewed his editor and another colleague.

It’s funny how many people said this move didn’t make sense.
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Proud to welcome @alicianieves__ as a contributing writer for @compactmag.

Read her latest on why Republican populists and the party’s old guard will have to work together.
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Matthew Schmitz @matthewschmitz 3d

Republicans are losing the populist moment.
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Matthew Schmitz @matthewschmitz 3d

Andrew Jackson also struggled with the idea of forgiving his enemies

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Wow — Trump says that before the judgment of God he could not forgive Comey and Pelosi and that he will always hate his enemies

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