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"Nostalgia for a supposedly lost past drives much of Trump's appeal, especially in blue-collar counties disrupted by industrial job loss and changes in societal norms."

Just a day after joining his fellow Cabinet members in offering obsequious praise to President Trump, Mike Waltz has landed in a dismally familiar position: out of favor. Waltz found out what so many of Trump's courtiers over the years have learned: you may shamelessly suck up, sell out your principles, betray your values, and flip-flop on all that you hold dear in the name of Trump, but it still won't stop him from dumping you in a maximally embarrassing way.

When a person believes that he or she possesses eternal truth, there's a temptation to believe that he or she is entitled to rule.

The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) is going global, trying to unite right-wing parties and politicians worldwide by creating a political import-export business.