He cant be feeling comfortable if his corruption is so publicly exposed. It. Is still worth it and necessary. His downfall may still happen.

It is the Saudi royal family that is the cancer

Peter Thiel is not lined up for an appointment as far as I know, but he is also there in the background - supporting Trump

We know that Ukraine will be betrayed by the Trump government. A Russian victory will embolden Russia to further threaten Europe. This will also embolden China and other authoritarian states.

We also know a Trump government will stop climate action. Unfortunately, this will also signal to many other governments that they can do the same.

We also know that immense cruelties will be perpetrated such as the family separation policy of the 1st Trump presidency

But yes, if you are white, straight and middle class or rich, you'll be able to think all is OK until such time as the authoritarian ascendancy led by China and Russia affects your own life, which might be a decade or more away.

C'mon. Like any politician, she had to try and be electable if she were to accomplish anything. How can it be that this is not obvious?

Defeatism leads to losing

Bezos owns the Washington Post, not the NYT

Looking at the European situation from outside is also baffling, with putinite parties on the rise by whipping up fears over migration. Similarities with the USA situation easy to find

Defeatism has a self fulfilling outcome if enough people have it

Would it be incorrect to think that Mark Twain already described how scammers feed off the US religious right in "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (1884). I am referring to "The King" and "the Duke".

I think you should add in promoting the imperial interests of a very hostile power, Russia, to your list.

There is still some contestation within the Republicans - unfortunately not as strong in the House as in the Senate. Some strong words feature in the article:

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) called Carlson Russia’s “useful idiot.” After Navalny’s death, he added: “History will not be kind to those in America who make apologies for Putin and praise Russian autocracy. Nor will history be kind to America’s leaders who stay silent because they fear backlash from online pundits.”

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) urged fellow Republican and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to “spend less time pushing Russian propaganda.”

A top political aide to Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) promoted Young’s denunciation of Navalny’s death by saying, “My U.S. Senator is not a venal Putin apologist, but I’m less sure about yours.”

Presidential candidate Nikki Haley said Navalny was killed by the “same Putin who Donald Trump praises and defends.” Haley soon noted that, while Trump weighed in repeatedly on NATO this week and posted dozens of times on Truth Social on Friday, he hasn’t yet mentioned Navalny . Former Trump vice president Mike Pence posted, more generally, “There is no room in the Republican Party for apologists for Putin.

Pretty hard for me to see a difference between a pacifist and a tankie