Pete Hegseth’s Rhetoric of Violence

Pete Hegseth wasn’t always like this. In 2005, a moral calling led him to volunteer for the Iraq war. He had read about a suicide bomber who killed 18 Iraqi children and wanted to ensure that ideology ...
Yahoo

When it comes to heated rhetoric, experts say it's as old as politics itself

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BOSTON — Unhinged political rhetoric is at the forefront of much of the public’s mind, especially when attacks on the Capitol or ...
WUWM

'The rhetoric of fear was effective': How language reflects & impacts presidential campaigns

Associate professor Allison Prasch breaks down some of the political rhetoric we saw unfold in both former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris' campaigns. As analysis continues ...
The Hill

The US sits on a political powder keg of its own making

Americans hardly needed an assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump to realize that our civil society is fraying. Last weekend’s horrific shooting feels in many ways like the ...

Democrats requested probe into complaints military commanders used Christian rhetoric to justify Iran war

Social media users claimed commanders pushed "end-times Christian fascism" as a justification for the Iran war. Here's what ...
NPR

Is Toning Down The Rhetoric All Talk?

This week brought a high volume of hypercharged rhetoric over whether hypercharged rhetoric contributed to last Saturday's shootings in Tucson, Ariz. Yet there is no indication that the country ...
The Hill

Trump’s rhetoric has caused violence, not Democrats calling him a threat to democracy

I agree with former President Donald Trump that politicians shouldn’t make false and inflammatory claims that could incite violence. But if Trump wants to see the politician who has made the most such ...