There goes the NY Times again, downplaying the reality of what Trump/Vance stand for. “Combative conservatism” is bended-knee journalistic weakness, and this “Political Memo” is standard-issue in the genre the Times has mastered. (I’m not linking to it.)

The reality of Trump/Vance is that they are planning a dictatorship. They’ve made that absolutely clear. They are, for all practical purposes, outright fascists.

Just pathetic, and also the standard at the Times (and many other big “news” organizations at this point)…

Note: The reporter’s byline comes with this hilarious addendum: “Michael C. Bender traveled on Senator JD Vance’s campaign plane this week for events in Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin.” Yeah, that qualifies him to make this judgment.