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The election’s most significant takeaway

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As I see it (Charles has a different idea), the biggest takeaway from this week’s election isn’t the overwhelming success of Democrats up and down the ballot.

It’s President Trump’s response.

All along, I expected anger and denial from Trump if Democrats won.

I thought he’d declare the election rigged, as he did in 2020.

I imagined he’d send troops to confiscate voting machines. File court challenges. Declare a national emergency.

Given the administration’s track record, I expected the worst. I thought Trump and his cronies would pull out all the stops to try to overturn results in US House and Senate races.

For the past year, they’ve certainly been doing everything possible to skew the election in favor of Republicans. Why stop just because the election is over?

So I was genuinely shocked when Trump conceded, saying that Democrats “did a good job,” adding that he will “look forward to working with them.” Continue Reading →

Rush Limbaugh’s successor asked the right questions about Trump’s election speech

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I listen to right-wing radio so you don’t have to. My “favorites” are Clay Travis and Buck Sexton — the two MAGA bros that took Rush Limbaugh’s place five years ago. They’re on 550 iHeart Media stations and boast an audience of 6.7 million per month!

I tune in several times a week, and rarely do I like what I hear. So, I was shocked last week when Buck Sexton said this about Trump’s July 16 claim that China paid US journalists to write negative things about him (at the 4:05 mark of this clip):

“Ok. Who? I want to know who. If you’re telling me there are journalists who received money in order to write negative stories … if you have this information, let’s know this information.”

Sexton is asking a question no one in Trump’s inner circle wants anyone to ask — especially a prominent ally of the administration.

Because it’s a lie. Trump didn’t name a single US journalist paid by China. Why? Because there are none. Zero. Continue Reading →