Crash Course: GOP's Halloween horror show: Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't need a costume

Once upon a time she was a far-right nutjob — now she's the Republican Party's biggest star. Who needs goblins? [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlQN5HP0Q2aHR0cHM6Ly9yZWFkLmxldHRlcmhlYWQuZW1haWwvY3Jhc2gtY291cnNlL2xldHRlci81ODI3VwNzcGNCCmNPR1leYzM6xEJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlQN5HP0QWaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tL1cDc3BjQgpjT0dZXmMzOsRCUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images) GOP's Halloween horror show: Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't need a costume All thanks to Elon Musk, who has revived the perfect word to describe what the Republican Party has in mind for us if they take over either or both houses of Congress in January: [Hellscape](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlQN5HP0RqaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucGJzLm9yZy9uZXdzaG91ci9wb2xpdGljcy9tdXNrLWRvZXNudC13YW50LXR3aXR0ZXItZnJlZS1mb3ItYWxsLWhlbGxzY2FwZS1oZS10ZWxscy1hZHZlcnRpc2Vyc1cDc3BjQgpjT0dZXmMzOsRCUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). That's what they're planning to turn this country into — a nation that is already struggling with issues of race, economic inequality, gender, immigration and, yes, crime. They've got plans for the hellscape they dream of: More guns on the street will solve the crime problem; going colorblind will wipe out issues of race; keeping the minimum wage right where it is will take care of economic inequality, which is exactly where they want it; passing laws against gender-affirming medical care will handle those scary trans kids; and accusing Democrats of "opening the border" should keep all those brown people on the other side of the wall they (sort of) built but have already forgotten is there, probably because it's a total failure. [Read the rest from Lucian K. Truscott IV.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlQN5HP0RpaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMTAvMjkvZ29wcy1oYWxsb3dlZW4taG9ycm9yLXNob3ctbWFyam9yaWUtdGF5bG9yLWdyZWVuZS1kb2VzbnQtbmVlZC1hLWNvc3R1bWUvVwNzcGNCCmNPR1leYzM6xEJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) (Getty Images/Bettmann Contributor) Freud was dying of cancer, the Nazis were closing in — and his last book challenged Judaism. Why? Anti-Semitism is surging in a manner eerily reminiscent of the mid-20th century, when World War II broke out and the [Holocaust claimed 6 million Jewish lives](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlQN5HP0Q_aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDkvMTgvLXVzLWFuZC10aGUtaG9sb2NhdXN0LWtlbi1wYnMvVwNzcGNCCmNPR1leYzM6xEJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~). There are extreme right-wingers coalescing around new media platforms (radio then, [the internet](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlQN5HP0RvaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDgvMTMvZmFyLXJpZ2h0LXBsYXRmb3JtLWdhYi12ZWVycy1pbnRvLW92ZXJ0LWFudGlzZW1pdGlzbS0tYW5kLW9ubHktc29tZS1iYWNrLWF3YXkvVwNzcGNCCmNPR1leYzM6xEJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) now) to spread their conspiracies. Conspiracy theories continue to spread about [Jewish banking families controlling the weather](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlQN5HP0R_aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjIvMDQvMTQvZG8tamV3aXNoLWJhbmtlcnMtY29udHJvbC10aGUtd2VhdGhlci1hLXNob3J0LWhpc3Rvcnktb2YtdGhpcy1kdW1iLWJ1dC11Z2x5LWNvbnNwaXJhY3ktdGhlb3J5L1cDc3BjQgpjT0dZXmMzOsRCUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) and [Jewish space lasers igniting wildfires](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlQN5HP0RjaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjEvMDIvMTUvbWFyam9yaWUtdGF5bG9yLWdyZWVuZXMtYW50aS1zZW1pdGlzbS1pcy1hcy1hbWVyaWNhbi1hcy1hcHBsZS1waWUvVwNzcGNCCmNPR1leYzM6xEJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~). 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(Getty Images/alpaksoy) In defense of loving Mounds candy bars It's only been a couple of years since I discovered that one of my flavor preferences is considered by a sizable segment of the population [to be shunworthy](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlQN5HP0QkaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tL3RvcGljL21vbnN0ZXJzVwNzcGNCCmNPR1leYzM6xEJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~). There I was, tucking into my annual savoring of the leftover fun-sized Mounds bar I had set aside for myself from the Halloween hoard and cruising social media when I encountered, for the very first time, a wave of hatred for[ my mainstream candy treat of choiceÂ](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlQN5HP0Q6aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMTAvMDUvMjEvbW9yYWxpdHlfY2FuZHlfaW50ZXJ2aWV3L1cDc3BjQgpjT0dZXmMzOsRCUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~)and disdain for those of us who enjoy them. 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