Night of the Living Op-Ed! (A Belated Spooktacular)

Update: 2025-11-05

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VR12 - Yes, we absolutely thought this was coming out pre-Halloween. Halloween may be over, but NEVERTHELESS THE SPOOKTACULAR PERSISTED!

In this Vapid Response double feature, Thomas, Matt, and Lydia are haunted by two ghoulish takes from the past:

FEATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON: Politico’s insanely longform access journalism piece from August 2024 on how Project 2025 was so totally over, just never happening, nothing to see here
EROSSERHEAD: New York Times resident traditional conservative Ross Douthat’s 2015 analysis of why Donald Trump is definitely not a fascist

We then screen a short horror film recently shot at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

“The Inside Story of How Project 2025 Fell Apart,” Ian Ward, POLITICO (8/2/2024)
Project 2025 Tracker - Home
“Opinion | Is Donald Trump a Fascist?,” Ross Douthat, The New York Times (12/3/2015)

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Night of the Living Op-Ed! (A Belated Spooktacular)

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Night of the Living Op-Ed! (A Belated Spooktacular)