None.

As in not even a little bit. driftglass…

None of this is new.

None of this is unexpected.

We fight this same machine-with-human-features, over and over and over again.

This time it calls itself "The Republican Party", "The Conservative Movement" or simply "The Right.

Next time, it will call itself something else.

I think it's time they take a traditional approach and bring back "Tory." Or "Confederate."

Or "Know-Nothing." I think they'd wear that one with particular pride. It certainly fits.