There really are some principled conservatives left. Not many. But they’re there. Such as National Review editor Ramesh Ponnuru, who writes at the Post that the outright falsehoods issued by administration officials after the killing of Alex Pretti are “signs of moral rot and civic irresponsibility. People speak the way (Kristi) Noem and company have when they have decided that fighting their enemies, even the dead ones, is more important than being decent.”

And from George Will – yes, good old George Will – also at the Post:  

“Today, it is more than prudent, it is good citizenship to assume that everything ICE says, and everything the administration says in support of its deportation mania, is untrue until proved to be otherwise. Or, as Noem might say, until it has been ‘adjusted.’”

Update — 1.29.31 — One can add the Globe’s Jeff Jacoby to the list of principled conservatives.

Update II — 1.29.26 – Might as well throw in U.S. Judge Patrick Schiltz (via NYT)