It is an underreported yet major story how the neocons mutated into the Never Trumpers, and slipped cleanly into the Democrat ranks where they could again return to their old habits.

The last few weeks there has been an upsurge on Twitter where long term liberals are now calling the conservatives "Putin's Puppets" because some of them are reluctant to enter a proxy war with Russia over Ukraine. This "flip" between the traditional roles of the parties is not unnoticed by the independent voters.