Even after following Wolf's antics for years, or rather, after having them follow me, I was taken aback by the decisiveness of this boundary crossing. How did she—a Jewish feminist who wrote a book warning how easily fascism can throttle open societies—rationalize this alliance with Trump and Bannon? How, for that matter, did Bannon—a proud anti-abortion Catholic who was once charged with domestic assault and whose ex-wife told a court that he didn't want their daughters "going to school with Jews"—rationalize teaming up with Wolf? (Bannon pleaded not guilty to the domestic assault charges, which were dismissed after his wife did not show up in court, and he denies the remark about Jews.)

QUESTION: This raises the puzzle of why figures on opposite ends of the ideological spectrum cooperate — worth investigating the psychology and incentives behind such alliances. XREF: Connects to broader patterns of strange-bedfellows politics and coalition formation across contemporary ideological divides.

Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, loc. 317