These divisions on the right may be pitting one loathsome crew of racist reactionaries against another, but it is extremely novel to see the American Republican party and broader right wing tearing itself apart over whether or not to put Israel first.

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    “The ‘intellectual backbone of the conservative movement’ is only as strong as the values it defends,” McConnell tweeted.

    Gotta give Mitch cred for this astute observation about his party that is simultaneously defending pedophiles and fucking up the economy

    Usually I think of their lack of ethics as being due to a lack of intellectual backbone, so its interesting to see the egg come before the chicken for once