Today we learned that Roy Moore, the moralizing populist candidate for U.S. Senate and darling of the anti-establishment populist right, attempted to molest a 14 year old girl. We also learned that the incoming National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, known for his hostility towards Islam, allegedly was involved in a scheme to take $15 million from an Islamist aspiring autocrat in exchange for kidnapping and extraditing one of his political opponents.
Welcome to a typical day in 2017, where scandals that once would have transfixed the nation for months come and go in a matter of hours. Where nativist populism untouched by reality provides a get out of jail free card. Where charlatans battle imaginary cabals of international elites, taking jack-hammers to the foundations of western civilization while purporting to be its saviors. And where moral outrage is principally a form of political expression having little to do with morals.
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Welcome to a typical day in 2017, where scandals that once would have transfixed the nation for months come and go in a matter of hours. Where nativist populism untouched by reality provides a get out of jail free card. Where charlatans battle imaginary cabals of international elites, taking jack-hammers to the foundations of western civilization while purporting to be its saviors. And where moral outrage is principally a form of political expression having little to do with morals.
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