'A dirtbag is better than a fascist': Inside the moral compromise Dems won't admit to (opens in new tab)

has changed American politics so fundamentally – that the system is now so corrupt and the dangers to liberal democracy are now so severe – that questions of moral character no longer count like they used to. As one progressive Democrat recently told NOTUS, "I get really tired of Democrats being held to some lofty moral standard when Republicans are just ‘boys will be boys.'"Therefore, for instance, if there's a chance for the Democratic Party to take back control of the United States Senate,...