# We’ve Mistaken Politics for Identity

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Podcast: [Newsweek Radio](https://stenobird.com/podcast/newsweek-radio-5583993)
Published: 2026-04-28T17:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

People aren’t responding to what you say, they’re responding to who they think you are. This is how politics became identity. My latest at Newsweek: The Trump Staged Shooting Conspiracies Need to Stop https://www.newsweek.com/the-trump-staged-shooting-conspiracies-need-to-stop-opinion-11881629 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

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