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the trick is to spend 30 years stacking the courts with charlatans who value the political project above all else, and to have a congress full of complete losers with no self respect or desire for public service


Dang. I didn’t know MAGA existed 30 years ago. Hell they didn’t even exist 20 years ago. Quite powerful.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heritage_Foundation

Working to dramatically alter the courts and protect criminal presidents from consequences since 1973. Notice what very-recent document they're behind, having "2025" in the title. Take a look over the "positions" section, too.

I don't want to overstate the situation, but this organization is pretty close to being the most-apt answer to "why can't we have nice things?"


This isn't a MAGA thing. This rot started with Nixon


The rot started with the Business Plot, it's just that WW2 beat fascism back for a generation and they couldn't functionally regroup until Nixon's time.




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