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In the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade in June, many Republicans have sought to avoid inflammatory rhetoric on the topic of abortion, particularly following Democratic victories in special elections and ballot measures that have hinged, in part, on support for abortion rights. Some Republican candidates have even tried to downplay their position on abortion, scrubbing their websites of more hard-line language.

It’s a beguiling fantasy: Mitch McConnell lies bolt awake at 3 o’clock in the morning staring disconsolately at the ceiling. If you listen closely, you can hear him mutter, “Merrick Garland. Damn Merrick Garland. I should have confirmed Merrick Garland.”

“The greatest source of lawlessness in America isn’t Republicans,” Senator Marco Rubio wrote in a Fox News editorial published on Monday, “it’s the southern border, where the president’s failed policies are allowing drug dealers to feed the worst overdose crisis in our country’s history.” Rubio was not merely trying to draw fire away from Republicans after Biden’s speech condemning the party’s fascist turn. The Florida senator was blaming Biden’s alleged inaction for the deaths of children and young people. Читать дальше...

In George Bernard Shaw’s 1928 play The Apple Cart, a satire set in an indeterminate future, a British prime minster and his Cabinet blackmail the king into giving up the crown’s remaining prerogatives. The king consents, then upsets the titular apple cart by saying he will abdicate and stand for Parliament. The elected officials immediately recognize that as ex-monarch he can capitalize on his popularity to become prime minister and turn them all out of office. So they back down, leaving the monarchy’s powers unmolested. Читать дальше...