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I've been seeing a lot of people on the left and right talking about the 2024 election as if it was a landslide.

So I made this chart to put things in context.

Trump's win was one of the smallest in modern history.
November 27, 2024 at 8:10 PM
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In 1859, Sarah Josepha Hale wrote an editorial advocating for Thanksgiving as a national holiday. Why?

“Everything that contributes to bind us in one vast empire together, to quicken the sympathy that makes us feel…we are one family…is worthy of being cherished.”

That was her hope for America.
November 28, 2024 at 4:45 AM
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The Trump ordeal has made one thing clear.

Too many of our checks and balances rely on norms, traditions and the honor code.

It works when those elected into power are people of honor and integrity who respect our norms and traditions.

Elect a lifelong criminal and it all goes sideways.
November 27, 2024 at 7:55 PM
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Jesus Christ!

Vindman is a hero who helped protect America from an attempt by Trump and Kremlin agents in Ukraine to steal the 2020 election. I know because I wrote a national bestseller on this

This is the co-President of the United States threatening to kill him.

Things are going to get so bad!
November 27, 2024 at 11:05 PM
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Anyone who could pass a rigorous background check would not want to work for him anyway.
November 24, 2024 at 5:53 PM
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Trump will not deport migrants working for the companies of his friends and donors, and he will grant tariff exemptions for the companies of his friends and donors. Watch.
November 24, 2024 at 8:40 PM
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This is Lucas. He has never worked a day in his life, but is taking a much needed vacation. 14/10
November 20, 2024 at 5:31 PM
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Mandate? Trump is now under 50% in the popular vote with his margin ranking 44th out of 51 elections since 1824.

4 Democrats won Senate seats in states Trump carried—compared to zero in 16 and 20.

GOP poised for its smallest House majority since the U.S. had 50 states.

- CNN’s Harry Enten reports
November 18, 2024 at 3:33 PM
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If you’re watching us from outside the United States, it’s pretty much as bad as it looks.
November 16, 2024 at 10:15 PM
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This made me feel a bit better today. #lawrencetribe #democracy youtu.be/z06TJAMY-bo?...
Laurence Tribe: It’s not over. The resistance is about to ignite
YouTube video by MSNBC
youtu.be
November 14, 2024 at 4:12 PM