Why You’ll Be Sorry You Voted for Trump
Based on exit interviews, focus groups and data about the 2024 election, Trump won this election because Americans were angry about the cost of living and they saw Trump as...
Trump’s Fake Populism
EVERY YEAR I WRITE A REVISED VERSION OF THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. HERE IS THIS YEAR'S VERSION. T’was the night before Christmas and all through the House not a MAGA...
How Maga Extremism Helps Blue States
Red State or Blue State- Freedom of Choice and Kitchen Table Issues Matter to Americans Even though most Americans share basic beliefs when it comes to wanting good health care,...
Trump’s Cabinet: Incompetent Yes Men
December 2024 Letters From An American by Guest Author Heather Cox Richardson Over the holiday weekend, President-elect Trump continued to name the people he wants in his incoming administration. His...
Trump 2.0 Big Win for Rich Guys
THE ECONOMY DROVE TRUMP'S WIN BUT THE LITTLE GUY IS GONNA LOSE Trump’s victory was powered primarily by two issues: 32 percent of voters told pollsters the economy was key...
Trump Has No Mandate: Why That Matters
Trump didn't get a mandate even though he keeps saying he did. Here's why that matters. Trump got one of the narrowest presidential wins in the history of our country....
How Trump Won and Harris Lost
THE WOMAN FACTOR, LOST MORALITY FACTOR, BRANDING SUCCESS, NORMALIZING TRUMP Harris lost in large part because 9 to 10 million "reliable Democratic voters" just stayed home. She lost to "the...
Dark Money Billionaires Got Trump Back In Power
WHY ALAN LICHTMAN'S 13 KEYS WERE WRONG THIS TIME Alan Lichtman is an American historian who has taught at American University in Washington, D.C. since 1973. Lichtman is best known...
Trump 2.0
WHAT WE FACE WITH TRUMP 2.O He is corrupt. He is a felon, a sex offender and an insurrectionist who failed to stop the attack on the capitol that risked...