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BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT: We cons will be fine and we’ll win in the end, but it’ll take time and hard fighting (Am I allowed to say “fighting” in the political struggle context anymore, or will stupid people wet themselves? Let’s find out!). Sure, I may be in the minority among conservatives by saying that. There’s a lot of fear out there, a lot of pessimism, and a lot of muttering about how we’re all doomed.We’re not.We’ll be fine, and not cartoon dog drinking coffee in a blazing room meme fine either.Now, all righteous and cool people acknowledge that the...

There is indeed a fight underway for the future of the Republican Party, but it's not about QAnon conspiracy theories or crackpot lawmakers.There’s a big push right now among corporate media, Democrats, and NeverTrumpers to establish a narrative that the Republican Party is being torn apart in a bitter civil war between its establishment wing and its supposed QAnon wing. It’s about as true as your garden-variety QAnon conspiracy theory, but it’s politically useful, which is why you’re seeing it crop up all over the media right now.According to this narrative, dangerous right-wing conspiracy theorists and QAnon acolytes make up...

What is the second impeachment trial for? The simple but untrue answer is that it will determine former President Donald Trump's culpability for the Jan. 6 ransacking of Congress, punish him, and cleanse our Augean politics at least a little by banning him from future public office. But everyone knows this won't happen. It takes two-thirds of senators to convict, which means 17 Republicans would have to join all 50 Democrats. Fat chance. Of the 50 Republican senators, 45 already declared the trial unconstitutional. It's their view — they may be right — that impeachment exists to remove an incumbent...