I know they’ve decided it’s better to keep their heads down or actively bribe our despot, but there’s also a sense that right wing policies have legitimacy because they’re the “party of business and free trade“ even when their actions do the opposite.

Massive arbitrary tariffs? Kidnapping your employees? Trade restrictions? It‘s crickets from big business. But a 5 cent soda tax or a plastic bag tax, and then it’s all-out war.

Honest question: what if we actually followed a news story to its conclusion before moving onto the next shiny controversy?

Law does not constrain or obligate the Trump administration and its allies. It is a cudgel to be used or dropped as is convenient. Hence even longstanding constitutional rights are weakened as "customs".