With Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler embroiled in scandal, the group is now on the defensiveā€”and that will hurt Republicans in this fallā€™s elections.

Moms for Liberty has fallen on hard times. Membership is dwindling in some precincts, and its school board candidates are on a losing streak. Co-founder Bridget Ziegler is embroiled in a sex scandal involving her husband, former Florida GOP Chair Christian Ziegler, and parents are running brutal ads attacking her. We chatted with journalist Jennifer Berkshire, the author of a forthcoming book on battles over education, who explains the bigger story here: The right is now on the defensive in the culture wars.

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      I mean, I want to believe. But these pop-up shops have always been disposable. Moms for Liberty. Project Veritas. Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. They arenā€™t built to last. Their staff will be recycled into the next astroturfed group, be it ā€œConcerned Uncles Noticing Terroristsā€, ā€œFreedom Advocate Rights Techniciansā€, or ā€œGrandmothers Overseeing All Temporary State Enforced Xenophobiaā€.

      And theyā€™ll get a dozen Op-Eds in your national news org of note, because Harlan Crow knows which Ombudsman needs a new RV.

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        Itā€™s actually way more of a sure thing than that, Trump winning in November pretty much signs the death warrant for virtually any climate change mitigation initiative. And while nuclear war is a very real possibility either way itā€™s clearly lower under the least impulsive of the two options

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          I think the US breaking its own oil production record was the death warrant.