The Bulwark on the "pro-insurrection intellectuals" behind Trumpism, and what they're all about. https://thebulwark.com/meet-trumps-pro-insurrection-intellectuals/ TL;DR quote: What’s striking is that this fetishization of violence was not merely in reaction to an electoral loss. In the days leading up to the election, some pro-Trump commentators were preparing for violence after Trump won, consumed with the idea that Democrats were organizing a “Color Revolution,” wherein anti-Trump demonstrators would attempt to topple a re-elected Trump. Color Revolution-obsessed activists believed Trump would technically “win” the election (either via the courts or legislatures) and then would face destabilizing protests from groups that might be credibly labeled “Antifa” or “BLM.” Because that hoped-for scenario did not come to fruition, a new, pro-insurrection narrative was needed. But it’s important to note that the idea was for violence if Trump won, and then violence when he lost. The violence is the constant. The violence is the point. With Joe Biden now safely inaugurated as the 46th president, Douthat’s dreampolitik has turned to the subject of secession or, more euphemistically, “national divorce.”
Bulwark continues to provide the clearest eyed critique of the GOP and Trump IMO I mean it's interesting - Biden won, and though they obviously don't agree with all his policies, they barely have time to discuss it because despite being offered on off ramp, the GOP is doubling down on Fascism
Trumpism is alive and well, thanks for asking. Exhibit 1, please look around at the Republican state parties. They are competing to see which one will be the more Trumpian ones and to religiously follow the new orthodoxy. If some think the House GOPers are insane, they should check the state parties, It is basically a stalinist playbook. I don't know how long that will last and if it is even sustainable, but for now that is the only game in town. It is truly the Trump party now.
In the next move Trump needs to marry someone much younger so a generation from now she can rule in Trump's name like Isabel Peron.