Or travel back to 2006 and tell liberals that their favorite pundits and operatives would be David Frum, Bill Kristol, Nicolle Wallace and Rick Wilson; that they'd see the CIA & FBI as noble allies; that George Bush would be popular among Dems; and they'd be honoring Liz Cheney:
https://twitter.com/philipaklein/status/1389556283892813825
During Trump era, liberals aligned - not temporarily but permanently - with anyone and everyone who opposed Trump. The most effective anti-Trump forces weren't liberals but CIA, FBI, Bush officials, Lincoln Project scumbags, and hawkish Dems like Adam Schiff. So they became that.
It's always been true that civil libertarians have no permanent loyalty to a party or faction because any human entity, once it has power, becomes authoritarian. That happened to Dems not only because they acquired power but also they aligned with the most authoritarian entities.
Trump changed both the GOP (he ran against the Bush family & its defining ideology) and Democrats (by putting them even more deeply into bed with security state agencies, jingoistic rhetoric, neocons, and conspiracy mongering (PUTIN took over!)). Of course that changed alliances.
Just to put a fine point on it: in 2020, Wall Street and Silicon Valley poured their money into Democratic Party coffers. Biden won key states and the presidency because of affluent suburbanites. And Dem-aligned outlets (CNN/MSNBC/WP/NYT) serve the CIA/FBI. That's who they are🤷♂️
And that's to say nothing of the fact that restricting free speech, ignoring due process, advocating for the removal of independent press outlets from the internet and cable offerings became key agenda items for the liberal-left, along with craving a new Domestic War on Terror.
People whose politics are driven by adolescent and religious-like attachment to a party have great difficultly deciphering and comprehending the choices and decisions of those who are more animated by political principles, values, beliefs and convictions. Hence, confusion reigns.
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