“Trump is the apotheosis of white nationalist politics: the long-awaited love child of Ayn Rand and George Wallace.”

“Trump’s ever-lengthening list of purported barbarians at the gate—blacks, immigrants, protesters, socialists, the “radical left,” Antifa—provides a ready-made list of societal enemies always ready to pounce on white Americans at a moment’s notice. The more brilliant, and devious, part of the scheme is to recognize that if white Americans are preoccupied with hating their neighbors, they are unlikely to save any concern for Trump’s relationships with more distant (though actual) monsters such as Putin, Kim, and Erdogan.”

Until 2020, white flight was always a physical manifestation. Public policy answers for it have always been hard to come by, but what happens when white Republicans simply secede from reality?

“Dear reader, I wish I could say that your quarrel is with a few dozen dead white merchants from the 18th Century, but they have been framed.”

A few minutes ago, Maricopa County put the last bullet in an already dying corpse, dropping a Biden +11 batch of ballots on top of an earlier batch out of heavily Democratic Apache. Barring some unpredecented tabulation error (and a pro-Biden surprise in North Carolina next week), the result will be 306-232, to go with … Continue reading Election Wrap and The Future

When Joseph Smith said no alcohol, I don't think he was thinking in terms of 2020.

It’s almost time to count the votes. That’s one! ONE TERRIBLE PRESIDENT, ah ah ah ah...

I really only care about what happens when they start counting the vote. But once they started counting the vote, I like to know what it’s telling me.

Never really paid much attention to the details? A handy guide for what to watch for to be ahead of the trend on Election Day. And I’ll be live blogging it too.