The United States has long been associated with liberal principles, but the nation has also nurtured deep pockets of authoritarianism. With a broad angle of vision across the past century, McGirr teases out the leaders, movements, and regional strong-holds of an American authoritarian tradition. She excavates the historical conditions that have fueled these movements, arguing that the growing power of authoritarianism within the Republican Party poses an urgent peril to the United States as a pluralist and multiracial democracy.

Who gets deplatformed? More specifically, why do social media firms designate only some militant organizations as “terrorists,” imposing consequences on the groups and their supporters? There has been little research on which political actors are removed from tech platforms, despite the importance of this topic. Militant organizations use social media for recruiting, fundraising, and other necessities, so being banned is costly. We build an argument drawing on comparisons to governmental terrorist designation policies, but highlighting firms’ profit motivation.