After a generational collapse, the various factions of the right find themselves scrambling to pick up the pieces of the wreckage they wrought. They decide to break from the establishment Republican Party to pursue new strategies involving new technologies—one that’s short-term successes would be matched by its long-term consequences. This episode draws from Lee Fang’s The Machine, Theda Skockpol’s The Tea Party and the Remaking of American Conservatism, Claire Bond Potter’s Political Junkies, Gabriel Sherman’s The Loudest Voice in the Room, and Matthew Lysiak’s The Drudge Revolution. For a full list of sources, check our works cited doc here: www.chapotraphouse.com/seeking