How the de-platformed far right far-right responds to being de-platformed
Tabatha Southey: Laura Loomer found a well-populated public space upon which to pronounce, attack, offend—and thus fundraise and recruit
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Tabatha Southey
Tabatha Southey is a columnist for Maclean’s. She has written for a number of publications and is the author of three books, including Collected Tarts and Other Indelicacies.
The great American migration you might have missed this week
Tabatha Southey: No one knows exactly why a Trump tweet sent millions of people to calmly waltz straight into the ocean blue
Britain marches face-first into a self-made mess of biblical proportions
Opinion: As the deadline to leave the EU looms, Theresa May faces a rebellion over her latest Brexit plan. Still, Britain carries on, into a breech of its own making
Jeff Sessions is gone. Now meet the new, more craven fox guarding the henhouse
Opinion: Surprising no one, Jeff Sessions is out as Donald Trump’s attorney general, and Matthew Whitaker is in. Still, says Tabatha Southey, this is not good news
How the Munk Debate between Steve Bannon and David Frum should have gone
Opinion: Tabatha Southey envisions ’The Best of All Possible Worlds Wherein the Munk Debates Still Didn’t Figure Out That Inviting Bannon Was A Bad Idea’
When Trump phones a pal on an unsecured cell, won’t someone think of the spies?
Opinion: China and Russia are reportedly eavesdropping on the U.S. president’s cellphones. But maybe, muses Tabatha Southey, those foreign spies are the real victims
Welcome to Canada, the hotbox of the world
Tabatha Southey: If Canada had a door, clouds would come billowing out whenever we opened it, just like the teachers’ lounge circa 1979
With Brett Kavanaugh, misogyny is the message
Tabatha Southey: The Republican party has laid out a new contract with America and all it says is: We will put them in their place.
What if Donald Trump told his personal story honestly?
Opinion: Tabatha Southey rewrites ’The Art of the Deal,’ except a little more accurately—because after all, his childhood wasn’t all fun and creative accounting
’Can you make them love us the way they love bees?’ When wasps want a rebrand
Opinion: A vast swarm of angry wasps make their way to Tabatha Southey for advice on how the insects can improve their poor public image