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Trump is only the second Republican

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ROB JOHNSON & I

Reactions & Reflections on the Election


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As we have for the last few elections, ROB JOHNSON - Executive Director of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) and host of podcast ECONOMICS & BEYOND - and I offer our post-mortems. Biden’s late withdrawal meant the Dems skipped primaries, debates, and a convention that would have tested candidates and messages. 2024 was another “change” election and they didn’t get the memo. Bad time to be an incumbent. Trump’s message: If you’re angry, vote for me. Turns out a lot of voters were angry. 

My recommended election commentary at top.

Johnson/INET-related articles below.

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Worth Fighting For: Indivisible’s Strategy for Fighting Trump 2.0

https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/657943/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=_20241108


How Disinformation Defined the 2024 Election Narrative

by Darrell M. West - Brookings.edu - 11-07-2024  

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-disinformation-defined-the-2024-election-narrative/


Authoritarians Love Fear, Defeatism, Surrender. Don’t Give Them What They Want

We must lay up our supplies – of love, care, trust, community, and resolve – so we may resist the storm

by Rebecca Solnit - Guardian - 11-09-2024

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/09/authoritarians-like-trump-love-fear-defeatism-surrender-do-not-give-them-what-they-want


(humor - vid) Election Touchscreen Map Takes Deeper Look Inside Key Swing Voter 

Onion News Network - 11-04-2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qI0LTmSr38


Trump and His Voters: They Like the Lying

It’s a feature not a bug for Trumpers.

by David Corn - MotherJones.com - 11-04-2024

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/11/trump-voters-like-lying-deception-feature/


After Hours Trying to Persuade Voters to Choose Harris, I Know Why She Lost

As a phone bank volunteer I hoped to counter the Republican attacks and half-truths but people really believed them

by Oliver Hall - Guardian - 11-09-2024

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/09/us-voters-kamala-harris-donald-trump-republican


‘Fascism Comes Not with Goose-Steps but Dance Moves’: European Writers React

Turkish writer Ece Temelkuran offers a ‘friendly warning’ about authoritarianism Joseph O’Connor predicts a cooling of Irish-American relations – and Ukrainian author Andrey Kurkov reports from a shocked Kyiv

Guardan - 11-09-2024

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/09/fascism-comes-not-with-goose-steps-but-dance-moves-european-writers-react-to-trumps-win


How Trump Won Over Voters in Deep-Blue New York City

Harris still won with 68% of the city’s vote but it was still a steep drop from Biden’s 53-point margin of victory in 2020

by Adam Gabbatt - Guardian - 11-09-2024

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/09/trump-new-york-city


How Trump Won Over Latino and Hispanic Voters in Historic Numbers

by Richard Luscombe - Guardian - 11-09-2024

Experts say president-elect’s bombastic attitude and economic messaging helped flip traditionally blue counties

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/09/trump-latino-hispanic-vote-election


None of the Conventional Explanations for Trump’s Victory Stand Up to Scrutiny 

This election has blown a hole in the worldviews of both leftists and centrists. The pandemic may be a more important factor 

by Ben Davis - Guardian - 11-09-2024  

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/09/trump-victory-explanation-scrutiny


Some Maga Men Seem to Think Women Don’t Have Rights – Starting with Their Wives

by Rebecca Solnit - Guardian - 11-01-2024

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/01/maga-trump-men-supporters-womens-rights

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ROBERT JOHNSON previously served as Chief Economist of the US Senate Banking Committee and was an Executive Producer of the Oscar-winning documentary, Taxi to the Dark Side. JOHNSON was a Management DIrector at Soros Fund Management, and is now Executive Director of the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET), funded by Soros to encourage and support a rethinking of the fundamentals of economics so that they take into account the role of human behavior, including politics.


Money Talks: The Erosion of Democracy in the Age of Billionaire Influence

(audio & text) Rob Johnson & David Sirota - ineteconomics.org - 11-07-2024

https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/podcasts/money-talks-the-erosion-of-democracy-in-the-age-of-billionaire-influence


INET Research and the 2024 Election

by Thomas Ferguson - ineteconomics.org - 11-06-2024

https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/inet-research-and-the-2024-election


America at the End of Its Tether

by Lynn Parramore - ineteconomics.org - 11-04-2024

https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/america-at-the-end-of-its-tether


The Other Dangerous Supremacy: Wealth Supremacy

(audio & text) Rob Johnson & Marjorie Kelly - ineteconomics.org - 10–21-2024

https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/podcasts/the-other-dangerous-supremacy-wealth-supremacy


What Is a “Fair” Drug Price?

by William Lazonick & Öner Tulum - ineteconomics.org - 09-22-2024

https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/what-is-a-fair-drug-price


Why Negotiating Lower Drug Prices Will Not Harm Pharmaceutical Innovation

by Fred Ledley, Henry Dao, Cody Hyman - ineteconomics.org - 07-22-2024 

https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/crying-wolf-why-negotiating-lower-drug-prices-will-not-harm-pharmaceutical-innovation


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