The Index

Every "partial ceasefire" that leaves tanks rolling and bombs falling isn't a step toward anything except prolonged suffering and cynicism. It’s just a used-car sale repackaging of diplomatic half-measures as humanitarian achievements.

Authoritarians never mention what happens after the "strong leader" consolidates power.

The corruption that inevitably follows.

The silencing of dissent.

The capture of institutions by cronies.

The erosion of rights for anyone outside the favored group.

But these are the consequences of a populace who have stopped caring enough to participate.

MAGA has nothing left to offer except more of the same: more screaming, more outrage, more rot. It's all downhill from here.

So what do we make of men like John Fetterman and Gavin Newsom, who now seem desperate to cozy up to it?