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"Resistance" icons Gary Kasparov and Bill Kristol both revealed recently they're fantasizing about holding show trials for supporters of President Donald Trump. "Those who stand against Trump will move on to many different things when he's gone," Kasparov wrote Saturday on Twitter, "but those who still support him should never be forgotten or forgiven." His tweet got nearly 10k retweets and 34k likes. In a second tweet, which got only a tiny fraction of the retweets and likes, Kasparov said, "I'm not talking about functionaries attempting to keep the government working despite Trump, but people of influence who know exactly...

Debate Winner: Mitch Daniels JAN 23, 2012 BY WILLIAM KRISTOL I’ve got to think Monday night’s debate further swelled the groundswell of support for Mitch Daniels. The liveliest part of the debate was at the beginning, when Mitt went after Newt—and Republicans all over America watched with fascinated horror at the thought that these are the two GOP frontrunners. The only spectacle in American politics more off-putting than Newt Gingrich in self-righteous defense mode is Mitt Romney in self-righteous attack mode. I thought Mitt’s attacks were somewhat more dishonest than Newt’s defenses were disingenuous, but it was good to move...

The lone conservative voice on the Times’ op-ed page is history. Bill Kristol, the op-ed page’s lone conservative, has been unceremoniously booted out the door by the Times. Kristol’s Monday contribution, “Will Obama Save Liberalism?” concluded with the sad line: “This is William Kristol’s last column.” “I’m ambivalent,” Kristol said. “It’s been fun. It’s a lot of work. I have a lot of things going on. But I haven’t really focused on it.” “Kristol’s not the only conservative in the world,” said an unnamed and completely fictional Times spokesperson. “We were negotiating with Karl Marx, but the rest of our...