freedom fries was also partisan hacks, not government policy

Note that it is never enough to just vote.

Defeating authoritarians in these cases requires nation-wide organizing & building a very wide coalition that does include parts of the conservative spectrum.

virtue signalling, with the virtue being unconditional loyalty to the leader.

mapy.com looks like a rather tourist-centered rendering of OpenStreetMap ? Hiking/bicycle trails seem to be featured very prominently. Pretty :)