Tristan Penafiel“Is Trump Hitler?”: Why a Trump Nomination Was Always InevitableIs Trump Hitler?Aug 22, 2023Aug 22, 2023
Tristan PenafielThe Authoritarian Knife Fight: Why Trump Will Win the Republican NominationThere is a 100% chance that Trump will win the Republican nomination for president. It’s not 50/50, it’s not likely, it’s certain, and Paul…Mar 10, 2023Mar 10, 2023
Tristan PenafielHow to Deprogram a Conspiracy Theorist: The MegapostThis is a long post. It was written primarily as a series of video scripts and Reddit posts but is collected here for anyone who is trying…Jan 6, 20231Jan 6, 20231
Tristan PenafielWhat the End of Roe and Return of Q Mean for UsThis is the text of a video essay in my series documenting my attempts to deradicalize my dad. You can watch the video here.Jun 30, 2022Jun 30, 2022
Tristan PenafielThe 2011 Study Behind the 2021 CoupThis is the abridged text version of a video essay I posted to YouTube. You can watch the video here.Jun 15, 2022Jun 15, 2022
Tristan PenafielHow a Conservative Atheist Finds the Power of Christian NationalismThis is the text version of a video essay I published to YouTube. You can watch the video here.Jun 15, 2022Jun 15, 2022
Tristan PenafielI Took My Influential Nazi Conspiracist Dad to a Family Therapist: This Is What I Learned about…Desperate, surreal clinging to Authoritarian Certainty that tears families apart can only be countered with Reconciling Truths.Jan 9, 2022Jan 9, 2022