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She’s Canceling Christmas

November 14, 2024

It looks as though once all the votes are in Trump will (again) have won fewer than Biden won in 202o.  So “landslide” may not be exactly the best word to describe Trump’s narrow 2024 popular vote win.

“Tragic,” I think history will show, would be a better one.

But a win it undeniably was.  Deeply troubling to our allies; celebrated in the Kremlin.

Instead of incarcerating a designated national security threat, we’re soon inaugurating one.

Think about that.

Instead of censuring or expelling a reviled member of Congress, we may soon swear him in as Attorney General.

I think not, because of the secret ballot that allowed Republican senators to cross Trump and select John Thune as their leader.  I think Thune will resist Trump’s request to circumvent public hearings on his picks for Attorney General, Secretary of Defense, and others.

We’ll see.

(Had Trump’s second impeachment trial also been a secret ballot, the vote for conviction — instead of the wide but insufficient 57-43 — would have been overwhelming and the Senate might have voted to forbid his running again.  But without a secret ballot, they lacked the courage.)


In the meantime, as we work to understand how to do better in 2026, there’s the story of Texas Latinos who’ve flipped.  A quick, jarring read.

And Ruy Teixeira’s, Where Have All the Democrats Gone? (summarized here).



BONUS

My Husband And His Family Voted For Trump — So I’m Canceling Thanksgiving And Christmas.

 

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