The MAGA Movement May Be Deteriorating, But Even If That’s So, What Does It Mean?
From Newsweek:
The proportion of Republicans who say they are part of the MAGA movement has dropped by seven percentage points since April.
OK, these people say they are no longer part of the so-called “MAGA movement.” But what exactly does this mean?
Are they still (modern-day) Republicans? Do they want Trump to remain in office? Do they still support the end of democracy, white nationalism, the rejection of science, the demise of the American educational system?
If they have withdrawn their support for Trump, do they want someone who is arguably ideologically worse, e.g., Vance? Do they still want total crackpots in the top governmental positions, like RFK Jr, Pete Hegseth, Kash Patel, and the others? Do they still take millions of dollars from Big Oil, and want to watch as our planet bakes?
If this is the case, I can’t understand why this is good news. We’re simply eliminating a name of a set of terrible people and replacing it with another.
Nice artistic effect here.
In his statement concerning the death of Rob Reiner and his wife, Trump revealed something to Republicans that they had been desperately trying to ignore: the president is incapable of behaving as a sane and reasonable human being. Something in his twisted brain compels him to act out his sociopathic nature.
What a strange thing for someone to say, given that there are millions of people all around the globe who are clearly making the world a better place — every single day of their lives.
We Boomers recall distinctly that the Federal Bureau of Investigation was an extremely credible organization when we were children growing up in the mid-20th Century. Their successes were all over our newspapers, including this item, from 20 years earlier, when they had captured the kidnapper of the Lindbergh baby and had him electrocuted.
Suppose you’re a marketing consultant and you have a client in precious metals. You want to create an ad that will cause folks to a) believe that gold is a good investment and b) trust your client as the go-to resource for investment in gold.
ExxonMobil spends tens of millions of dollars annually on PR and lobbying, which is the only reason why there are actually people out there who believe that the oil giant has any sincere interest in lowering greenhouse gas emissions.
In 2009, when I wrote my first book, 
What makes America unique?
At left we see someone’s assessment of why Norwegians are staying put. Note that the reasons provided here are largely pragmatic.
