"The term counterrevolution is significant not only because conservatives have regularly employed it, but also because it highlights their own agency, something they often seek to conceal. In order to portray their actions as defensive rather than aggressive, conservatives tend to depict themselves as acted upon and besieged. As William F. Buckley wrote in the National Review's mission statement in 1955, conservatism "stands athwart history, yelling Stop." Here the agent is history; conservatives are merely making a reply. But such rhetorical gestures discount what any close look at these movements makes clear: Conservatives have done much more than yell. They have fought against equality vigorously, often violently. "
The country [House Speaker Mike] Johnson has the power to save is Ukraine, two years after Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded, decreeing that it didn't have the right to exist. read more
"t troubling thing about all this is that an entire party would sell its soul to a supposed strong man who doesn't have the decency to ensure he doesn't smell up the place wherever he goes. Barring an illness that Trump may or may not have (which is where some of my reservations persist), this could be yet another example of the disdain that Trump has for the rest of us.
Something for stupid people to consider. Why does Russia not have an illegal immigration problem (oppor?
Answer: Because no one wants to go there.