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GOP Defector: ‘The Most Strikingly Anti-Conservative Aspect of Today’s Allegedly Conservative Movement Is Its Contempt for Institutions’

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Writing about Chief Justice John Roberts’ decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act, Andrew Sullivan, a British ex-pat conservative who used to advocate for Republican Party positions, sums up how the American conservative movement lost its way:

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Declaration of Incendiary

July 7, 2012July 6, 2012 Buck Banks

It’s just one of our American perks,
To behave like pusillanimous jerks.
They’re dirty and loud,
But they prove that we’re proud —
And that’s why we set off fireworks.

Day: July 7, 2012

Do You Have an Offshore Bank Account?

GOP Defector: ‘The Most Strikingly Anti-Conservative Aspect of Today’s Allegedly Conservative Movement Is Its Contempt for Institutions’

Declaration of Incendiary

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“One woman at a rally in New Jersey told me last week that she was ‘nauseously optimistic.’ That may capture a lot of people’s last-minute jitters.”

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by Axios, on what Democrats feel ahead of the midterm elections.

“I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace’s bathroom.”

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by The Wrap.

“Boy, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel. It feels like a real desperation play to me, because it has got zero basis in the law.”

— Republican election law expert Ben Ginsberg, quoted by Politico, on the Trump administration’s effort to invalidate Alaska’s election results.

Numerati

3,824

$1.4 billion

-35 points

31%

63% to 38%

KFF Poll: “With the 2026 midterm campaigns in full swing and early voting about to begin, there is a wide enthusiasm gap between partisan voters, with Democratic voters 25 percentage points more likely than Republican voters to say they are ‘more motivated’ than usual to vote (63% vs. 38%).”