Trump Won’t Start a Third Party — But He Might Break the GOP

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/01/trump-third-party-patriot-party-mcconnell-gop.html

Honestly, I think the best thing the Republican party could do to save itself would be to REAPPORTION THE HOUSE. I think that would get rid of a lot of lunatics in the House and let the party come back to an even keel. (Of course, endemic racism would still be a problem, but we’d have fewer folks like Madison Cawthorne and Virginia Foxx.)

Tweet from okn (@Kas_Nwuke)

https://twitter.com/Kas_Nwuke/status/1352193757320417280?s=20

This.

okn (@Kas_Nwuke) Tweeted: @joshfoxfilm A Republican president can reverse Biden’s decisions in Jan 2025. These Dem exultations are unnecessary. If Trump had managed the COVID crisis well and not worried so much about the effect of lockdowns on his hospitality businesses, he’d still be in the White House today.

The Islamic State Stopped Talking About China – War on the Rocks

https://warontherocks.com/2021/01/the-islamic-state-stopped-talking-about-uighurs/

«a significant U.S. drawdown will be a boon for the Islamic State so long as it is replaced by China’s more hands-off approach. A more multipolar region is a region that is less willing and less able to root out extremist actors.

If achieving that more permissive environment means ignoring the plight of the Uighurs, the Islamic State is on board for now.»