Anyone else getting the sense from all the WH leaks and general incompetent rollout of everything that “shrewd, dangerous” Steve Bannon is actually just in over his head? The media has been with him step for step. It’s almost as if he didn’t expect any pushback. People want to make a big deal about how powerful he is…

“Oceania was at war with Eastasia: Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia.”

Agreed. I’ve had conversations with my older conservative father that have devolved fairly quickly. His politics, like many conservatives, is defined by religion, and once it appears that you’re attacking any part of that, it’s shut down mode. In my best moments I’m able to casually and calmly counterpoint something…