Month: November 2024

“If elections are battles of perceptions, our data suggest that this was a battle Democrats lost in 2024,” Stephen Hawkins and @dyudkin write. “Trump appears to have been more effective at defining Democrats’ priorities to the American public.”

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/11/democrats-defined-progressive-issues/680810/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYfSjP93vtuZbwKETch4VURk&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

Social media has dissolved the mortar of our society and made America stupid, @JonHaidt argues. It’s not just a phase:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/05/social-media-democracy-trust-babel/629369/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYdpZ1Y-08-S26wcriVR5ROU&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

“Trump’s selection of so many Fox alumni for his administration is in part a reflection of his instinct that politics is really a form of entertainment,” writes @GrahamDavidA, “and one of the key qualifications he seeks in any aide is looking the part”:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/11/fox-news-rebound/680815/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYYmkrgxXx5daQJap4noYhMk&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

“The broligarchs’ ascendancy on both the foreign- and domestic-policy fronts has taken many observers by surprise—including me,” @EBHarrington writes.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/11/broligarchy-elon-musk-trump/680788/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYXayU6Trt0UTjax8T_KsaEQ&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

Mr. Trump, Do You Realize How Much the World Has Changed Since You Were President?

Three giant, shifting tectonic plates will have profound implications for the new administration.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/opinion/trump-israel-iran.html?smid=em-share

Down About the Election? There Is a Speech I Want You to Read.

Frederick Douglass knew what to do when faced with Jim Crow.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/opinion/election-frederick-douglass.html?smid=em-share