When we relaunched Vox Populi last winter I commented that we were not a breaking news outlet, but a small voice in a big wilderness speaking out against Trump and his administration.
Still, I've consistently seen major news outlets say the same things I've been saying, although with a bit more restraint. Not that they heard it from me; I'm not prone to hubris. But it's nice to have one's voice reinforced.
Latest to join the chorus denouncing Trump has been the National Review. This is, as far as I know, unprecedented. The journal was founded by arch-conservative William F. Buckley, and it has been the source of many a Republican wet dream.
Having temporarily slipped into the Trump cesspool a while back, the editors have recovered sufficiently to actually speak the truth. The article says in part, "make no mistake: The chief driver of the post-election contention of the past several weeks is the petulant refusal of one man to accept the verdict of the American people. The Trump team (and much of the GOP) is working backwards, desperately trying to find something, anything to support the president’s aggrieved feelings, rather than objectively considering the evidence and reacting as warranted."¹
Wow! You have to understand that this biweekly journal is probably the most ultra-conservative publication in English. It no longer has the erudition and intellectual potency of Buckley at the helm, but it is probably the most important source of conservative opinion for right-wingers who don't get all their news from Facebook or Twitter.
Well done, NR editors. Welcome to the real world.
--- Diogenes, 12/1/2020