Orts #889

"If conservatives become convinced that they cannot win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reject democracy."

David Frum in The Atlantic, January 18, 2018.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/01/frum-trumpocracy/550685/

another snappy excerpt from the same article:

"Immigration is to natural population increase as wine is to food: a good complement, a bad substitute."

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Rick Gates Delivers a Public Lesson on Money Laundering and Political Corruption
https://bit.ly/2vQfXia
John Cassidy, The New Yorker, August 7, 2018
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"You sometimes hear the claim that Republicans hate public spending. In practice, however, their hatred is selective. They tend to be OK with spending that flows into the pockets of private-sector friends, whether it’s mercenaries or for-profit colleges. No, what they really hate are two kinds of spending: outlays that help Americans afford life’s essentials, like food and health care, and paying wages to government employees."

https://nyti.ms/2NKqVgM
Paul Krugman, in the New York Times, Sept.1, 2018

more from the same article:

"Trump is feeling under siege from the 'deep state,' which to him means any part of the government that answers to rule of law as opposed to being personally loyal to him."