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No, Kamala Harris Staffers Did Not Run a “Flawless” Campaign (www.thenation.com)

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Democratic strategists are still patting themselves on the back for a catastrophic defeat.

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[–] ChildeHarold@lemm.ee 25 points 1 week ago (2 children)

There's so much cope out there. Sure she "only" lost by 2 million-ish votes, but when you disaggregate the data and see these votes came from almost exclusively the most embattled counties in the country, 2 million suddenly becomes a much more meaningful number.

Although, I am worried about Republican strategies moving forward. Frankly, Trump's policies will have some very strong negative consequences if he follows through on them. It will be interesting to see Republicans try to win using the "down with the system!" strategy of the past 8 years when Trump is gone and they have the incumbency advantage. If the Dems put someone good up, they'll win handily again.

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Frankly, Trump’s policies will have some very strong negative consequences if he follows through on them.

Trump plans to destroy the United States governmental system and become a king, with the power to kill his opponents and remove anyone's ability to ever challenge his hold on power without bringing down the full weight of a multi-trillion-dollar punitive system down upon themselves. Probably he will imprison or kill anyone who tries to disobey him. Also, he's explicitly allied himself with violent foreign adversaries who view us as an enemy that needs to be exterminated.

I would call that negative consequences. It's not guaranteed that he will succeed, but that's what he's planning, and he has some powerful allies who are going to try to help him with it.

[–] ChildeHarold@lemm.ee -5 points 1 week ago

I disagree. the dude is obviously not a monarch.