base. A popular columnist for the conservative site Townhall.com tweeted to his 115,000 followers a pithy explanation of the justification for the about-face on arbitrary executive power: The main reason for President Trump to pardon Sheriff Joe was fuck you, leftists. The new rules, bitches. followed by a smiling sunglasses-wearing emoji symbol.44 He made a cogent point too. By August 2017, what was left of the philosophy formerly known as conservatism beyond “fuck you, leftists”?
