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Why the Right Hates Me

(A Modest Inventory of My Crimes)
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The Limits of Tyrants
A voice from another era speaking directly to ours
The One Who Relinquished Power vs. The One Who Won’t
A Presidents’ Day reckoning from George Washington
The Innocence Trap
Why We Learn to Accept Violence by Ranking the Dead
Monstering to Murder: How Ridicule Enables State Violence Against Women
From Renee Good to a Century of Dehumanization — A Suffragette’s Warning on Mockery, Testimony, and Power
The Death Penalty for a Former President
South Korea prosecuted a president for insurrection. America normalized one.
The Letter I Actually Sent to My Congressional Representative
On Cowardice, Obedience, and the Abdication of a Constitutional Duty
How Close Are You to the “Slaughter Line”?
How the U.S. System Decides When You’re No Longer Worth Saving
All Is Not Calm: A Letter from Santa to Trump Voters
On higher prices, broken promises, and how “ho ho ho” turned into “oh no, no”
LEAKED! The GOP Crisis Response Manual — or, The Handbook of Republican Cowardice
From the Capitol to the Caribbean: Why Republicans Always End Up Defending Trump’s Atrocities
Open Letters by Mersault
Open Letters by Mersault
“Rage, Reason, and Righteous Mockery. Mersault writes what the moment demands.” – New York Magazine
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