This is a core belief of the new right, that the “postwar consensus” — rules of war, non-targeting of civilians, respect for sovereignty of other nations — needs to be completely trashed. They want a complete restoration of a might-makes-right world, ruled by imperial powers.

Is anyone commenting on the fact that Suey Park finally got her wish all these years later

Even with my expectations at rock bottom the sheer poverty of imagination and values in this tweet made me catch my breath.

Happier times

Am I the only one who just learned today that we even have a Court of International Trade

The central, core value of MAGA is that there is no responsibility to care about people who you don't define as "your own kind." And, in fact, there is virtue in taking pleasure in their suffering.

So by now I’m pretty inured to the MAGA fever dream but “RINO Mitch McConnell” has got to take the cake here. Congrats Republicans. Your party seriously means nothing—nothing at all—but unwavering fealty to one man.

Everybody stop punditing on the vote count until all the votes are counted please. (I don’t mean Trump didn’t win, I mean all your other dumb conclusions)

Completely unsurprising to see the right wing shift rhetoric from “stop illegal immigration” to “actually all immigration is a malignant cancer”—it’s what they always thought anyway.

Somewhat bemused at how many people seem to believe that US progressives rather than the French were in charge of the Paris opening ceremonies.

The most moral army in the world:

If a foundational principle can just get “tied up in traffic” as your civilization embodies, practices and rationalizes the exact opposite for centuries, indeed bases your civilization on the opposite premise, then the term “foundational principle” has no real meaning.

When your militant commitment to merit over ideology means lowering your overall admissions GPA to recruit enough ideologically aligned students. Well done! 👇🏻

The Venezuelans Gov. DeSantis dropped in Martha’s Vineyard last fall as a political stunt are thriving. “I did not even know where Martha’s Vineyard was. And now I feel welcomed by everybody here. I’m working, making friends and this is home for me now.” https://t.co/eeCaBxd8Q4

Does she really not understand that the reason the right wanted to overturn a constitutional right to abortion was not just for bragging rights, but so they could actually restrict abortions?

Amazing how much conservative/heterodox/“anti-woke” content I get when I choose the “For You” instead of the “Following” setting. No thanks, new overlord.

Repubs in Disarray

As an evangelical kid I grew up learning that the founders were devout (untrue), and therefore the creation of the U.S. was divinely inspired—but I *never* came across this belief in the Constitution being directly divinely inspired. Anyone know how long this has been a thing?

It was always clear, but becoming clearer that “opposing CRT” means whitewashing US history of any realities that are less than flattering. The “facts, not feelings” crowd revealing that they believe the true purpose of education is propaganda.

This is the “free speech” debate in a nutshell. *Everyone* involved believes there should be boundaries for speech, with social mechanisms engaged to police those boundaries. The debate is always and only about where those boundaries should be drawn.