GOP must Musk up, liberals vs. the Constitution and other commentary

“It’s important to be clear-eyed about the various factors that will make it all too easy for Democrats to ignore or soft-pedal the need for a decisive reckoning with their ‘toxic brand,’ argues The Liberal Patriot’s Ruy Teixeira.They include “the dirty little secret” that the Democrats’ current coalition is “extremely well-engineered for low turnout elections,” the “comfort food of thermostatic reaction against the GOP” and the fact that Dems “do not consider cultural issues,” like gender extremism, to be “real issues.”No wonder “the concept that Democrats have delusions about their current situation — that they are in denial about the implications of the 2024 election and other trends — is having a moment.” And “their delusions, it is likely, will prove quite difficult to get rid of.”“This GOP Congress is effusive in its praise of Elon Musk’s effort to cut waste and fraud,” thunders The Wall Street Journal’s Kimberley A.Strassel, but that’s just “words, words, words” until “their blab becomes a plan.”Luckily, “A handful of Senate Republicans have a plan for that, and the ear of Donald Trump.”Led by Sen.

Ron Johnson, they want a “formal process” to get spending to “prepandemic levels.”The basic idea? “A review panel — populated by a representative span of GOP House and Senate members and the president’s budget team” would review “the budget line-by-line” and find cuts.“The plan would take political will — the Trump team and GOP leadership would need to commit fully.”So “bring on ‘one big, beautiful, budget committee.’”“We should replace our piece of crap Constitution,” says MSNBC regular Elie Mystal, and such “radical rhetoric is becoming mainstream on the left,” warns Jonathan Turley at The Hill, as “leading academics and commentators” now “are denouncing the Constitution and core American values.”UC Berkeley Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky has ...