NeverTrump
We are living in a NeverTrump fantasy universe
Last July, Cockburn had this to say: ‘Commentators daydream of the moment Trump is dragged out, like Saddam Hussein from…
The never-ending smugness of the NeverTrumpers
In March 2016 as Donald Trump looked likely to be the Republican party’s nominee to run for president, more than 100 foreign…
Republican resurrection
When Donald Trump took his famous escalator ride, the Republican party was too attached to abstract principles at the expense of the material interests of…
Rise of the swamp creatures
It started a few weeks before Election Day. With the polling data almost universally showing that Joe Biden would win…
Biden’s NeverTrump transition
Former Vice President Joe Biden hasn’t yet been officially certified as the winner of the 2020 presidential election and the…
Who funds #NeverTrump?
On December 17, 2018, the Weekly Standard published its final issue. The brand had been damaged beyond salvation; its anti-Trump gambit had…
The right’s cannibalism problem
The right has a cannibalism problem. It gleefully attacks and eats its own. The left silently watches Republican after Republican…
If the NeverTrumpers are so insignificant, why is Trump so fixated on them?
By George! After numerous attempts to provoke President Trump, George Conway, husband of Kellyanne, managed to elicit a series of…
National Review: for Trump in 2020?
Does President Trump have a new favorite magazine? At yesterday’s Coronavirus Task Force briefing, Trump took a bit of time…
NeverTrump 2020 died in Iowa
In a night that saw a nightmare ending (or beginning) for the Democratic party in Iowa, one thing became resoundingly…
The farce of the ‘Anonymous’ Trump official
Remember ‘Anonymous’? He — or, of course, she (or ‘zhe’ or ‘they’, etc.) — was the person who, back in…
The Democrats don’t want to remove Trump
Democrats are eager for the 2020 election to be defined by something other than the issues. The impeachment of Bill…
Think Republicans will lose the House, Senate and presidency in 2020? Dream on
Politics, said Bismarck, is the art of the possible. Among other things, that apothegm pays homage to the pressure of…
Yes, Joe Walsh can!
When Joe Walsh announced that he’d be running to be the Republicans’ nominee for 46th president of the United States,…
Can we find Bill Kristol a new job?
With millions of people unemployed, finding a new job for a well-heeled Washington insider might seem like a low priority…
