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Excellent analysis and I agree.

For all the talk about billionaires like Sacks and Musk supporting Donald Trump, Kamala truly was the Billionaires choice and enjoyed support from 83 Billionaires and over a billion dollars in campaign funds.

https://x.com/sethdillon/status/1854387200873394334?s=46

As the truth continues to shake out about the vaccine frauds and RFK jr takes a blow torch to the FDA, CDC, NIH, etc... I look forward to the reckoning that is long overdue.

Thanks for your leadership at FAIR Monica. It has been a pleasure getting to know you better and reading your thoughts here on Substack.

I have always been a Trump supporter for Economic reasons and it will be fun to watch America rise from the ashes of debt slavery and indentured servitude to the government.

https://healthyfamilies.substack.com/p/president-trump-for-potus-2024

Cheers!

Jenny Hatch

FAIR in the Arts Playwright

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as a former blue voter, I wholeheartedly agree. I admit to being brainwashed for the longest time. I thought the Dems were for "women/poc/gay rights, environment, and working poor." Ha. False! Dems cannot define what a woman is, so how can they protect or defend sex based rights? They are actively destroying title nine with the gender non-sense. Male bodies do not belong in girls/womens sports. Dress how you like but biology is binary. How can you claim to protect women's and children's bodies if you mandate medical procedures (jabs to have a job or go to school and sterilization for gender confusion/homophobes)? Pro environment? How can you protect the environment if you are subsidizing and protecting chemical company profits and legalizing public poisoning? Democrats are arrogant, dangerous hypocrits who scare me far more than an arrogant entrepreneur who insults his enemies, has survived at least 2 assassination attempts, clearly unjust/hypocritical lawfare and media denigration...the Democrats have helped turn Trump into the ultimate anti-hero...the more they talk, the more people turn away from them...it's bizarre to witness...but that's what's happened and the media cannot make heads no tails of it...which just adds fuel to the fire...the alternative media (like substack) has become one of the greatest products of this crazy time...

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Spot on. I'm right with you... Good to know I am not alone! Haha... I guess, considering how the election went, I should realize that! ... But so many of my well-meaning friends are still caught up in the division game... They see Trump as a fascist/rapist/felon... and I can't get them to see beyond those labels. :(

I'm remaining cautiously optimistic...

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There are billionaires on both sides of the political spectrum and they have great influence on the parties and legislators to whom they donate.

However, calling Harris the “billionaires’ candidate” is misleading, because her background and political ideology reflect the needs of the middle and working classes. In fact, almost all Democratic presidents in the last fifty years had working or middle class origins.

Trump, on the other hand, is not only the richest president in American history, he is one of a string of Republican presidents who have all come from the ruling class. His ideology and policies reflect the needs of the most wealthy portion of the ruling class, regardless of the populist rhetoric he employs in speeches.

If you’re suggesting that billionaires have an outsize influence on both of our major political parties, I couldn’t agree more. Regulating that influence so it’s balanced by the needs of the other 98% of Americans is not currently our most pressing agenda item, although perhaps it should be.

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JD Vance is Trumps opposite. I just finally watched hillbilly elegy. That guy comes from serious poverty. Most Americans still believe in capitalism. Not just billionaires.

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These are some great thoughts Lidia.

The demographic shift would indicate that President Trumps messaging really resonated with working class people this go round, especially those men and women who never went to college.

I just watched a clip of Van Jones claiming that Trump had no ground game and almost exclusively won the election by going on long form podcasts and utilizing the web 24/7.

I reject his analysis because certain activists like Scott Pressler in Pennsylvania had an on the ground operation that brought in 50,000 people who had never voted before.

The Amish showed up to vote in a way never witnessed before.

I believe President Trumps economic policies, which were stymied in every possible way, including a fake media driven pandemic, and which produced a less than 2% inflation rate and $1.75 a gallon gas price in 2020, those policies are what get me and others excited about our children’s economicfuture.

Ayn Rand credibly outed problematic Marxist economic policies in her book Atlas Shrugged, but she reserved her most lethal prose for those crony capitalists who use the aristocracy of pull to make money.

It is these billionaires that are tied to big Pharma, big war, big Food, who are now wetting themselves with the election results.

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Yes! So appreciate you. The socioeconomic reality is much more of a divide than race! The laptop class is very diverse and yet do not mix with much with the non-laptopers, and vice versa with the working class. I've long felt that the "racism" is a red herring...

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We aren't seeing protests and unrest because Trump won. If he had lost, we would have seen months of litigation and lies about the election being stolen. He has been priming people for it the entire campaign. Remember, he tried to overturn the result of the last election through endless lies, coercion of state officials, a fake elector scheme, and an attempt to physically stop certification of the election.

I agree with many of your points, and I support the mission and strategy of FAIR. I also will never let people forget that President Trump flouts democracy when it doesn't suit him. That is the price of whatever gains his supporters think we have made by giving him the power of the executive branch.

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"Remember, he tried to overturn the result of the last election through endless lies..."

Sorry, but the 2020 election was rigged. The courts never actually looked at the evidence. They ruled that Trump had "no standing" and stopped the effort.

This book goes into detail about the various states.

Rigged: How the Media, Big Tech, and the Democrats Seized Our Elections

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09418CTHF/

What's interesting, is that the 2020 election had 20 million more votes cast that 2024, yet there was a massive "get out the vote" effort this time.

Were any of those 20 million votes actually real.

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We did have vote totals rose from 129m in 2016 to 155.5m in 2020, which could be explained by greater ease of voting due to expanded mail in and early ballots. Voter registration increased from 158m to over 168m.

In 2024 registration had dropped back to 161m, and the total vote count stands at 151m (76.8m to 74.3m).

I find it hard to believe that Joe's Biden legitimately got 11m (16%) more votes than anyone previously, while campaigning from his basement, but it could be largely due to the expanded mail in and early voter roles implemented that year. It is odd that voter registration has dropped significantly this year, down 7m, after increasing (by an average of 7m each) every presidential election since at least 2000.

All in all I think there's reason to believe that it's quite possible that funny stuff happened in 2020. I think it's more likely than not that greatly increased methods of voting, and lack of preparedness for ensuring integrity, allowed lots of small scale violations, some of which were likely deliberate, and some not. It's hard to imagine we just lost 14m expected voters from the registration rolls in 4 years.

(Vote tallies are from Wikipedia . Registration numbers are from Statista. I must admit the registration numbers seem surprisingly low; given normal turnout of something like 60% - unless the latter number is the percentage of eligible, rather than registered voters.)

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Since the election, I've watched the reaction of most mainstream media and they clearly demonstrate that they are adrift. We are watching the dominos fall as a "Purge" is in place. The "Deep State" has pulled all key resources inward to protect a core while letting the overgrowth get trimmed away.

The 2024 Election was "Fair" because the "Deep State" needed to lose so that calmer heads could pull us back from Atomic War and reduce the size of the Federal Government.

If you get the chance, read a great novel called Declare by Tim Powers, they show this same tactic used by the Soviets during WWII with their freelance agents.

Declare: A Novel

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000UKOMYU

The Soviets knew that their agents would be doubled back on them after a brief period of time, so would let the Germans sweep up their networks and replace them with fresh networks.

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Interesting! Though I don't quite understand what you mean about the deep state recognizing they needed to lose?

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The "Deep State" has been playing this game for over two hundred years. The "Managerial Elites/Class" thinks long term, trying to change/shape mankind along the way.

You have people that are easy to control, "useful idiots", that are pieces on the board that need to be sacrificed and cleared from the board when they take too many resources, or can be turned against you.

The people that the "Deep State" are protecting for the future will be stronger for seeing other conspirators "Purged". They will blame us, not the "Deep State", never knowing that they were sacrificed by the "Deep State" itself.

That's how the Soviets kept their spy networks active and strong. That's how the FBI/CIA work as well. Every totalitarian system acts the same way, the "Deep State" needed to "lose" this election, and maybe a few others to get rid of the weak, and make the new networks stronger.

This is not over.

BTW, I had a manager that was great at "growing big healthy fruit trees" -- that's a metaphor of course -- but it took me trimming that tree, shaping that tree so that every branch could be accessed so that we could get all of the fruit.

The root system that was there after the branches were trimmed had extra resources to grow fruit on branches that no longer existed, so the fruit produced on the remaining branches were actually larger than normal.

That's how they grow big strawberries. Normally the plant makes many small berries. By cutting most of the stems, all of the energy goes into growing a few large.

That was the whole storyline in the TV series Babylon 5 as well. The Vorlons and Shadows were growing and trimming civilizations to make them better.

But I digress.

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All the results arent in yet, California is only 59% reported.

He had no standing because during the initial petition process they provided no evidence.

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I can see that this is a deeply held narrative for you and learning what actually happened will be hard to accept.

If you at least read the book sample, what happened will make more sense.

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I'll take litigation any day over small businesses being burned to the ground and people murdered by democratic BLM/Antifa rioters. How about the laptop lie from 51 treasonous members of the intelligence community? How about the 32 million tax $ spent investigating the Russia hoax? That was 32 millions of our money to influence an election and block an administration voted in by the peasants. How about not even having a functioning president and they lied and covered that up? I don't care if all are fired and have to live in cardboard under a bridge.

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Those riots happened during the Trump administration

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You are correct and you just made my point for me. The violent rioters supported by leading democrats purposefully crated that chaos to try and undermine Trump and their fellow citizens.

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Beautifully written, Monica. Yesterday, I noticed -- or felt -- that the day rested easier on my shoulders. My imagination probably, but when I opened my patio door, the world seemed to be at peace. It was a kind of invisible peace over the land, supported by the thought that maybe we aren't really divided. What was the media thinking?

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"My response: “They support Trump for the same reason white Americans do.”"

I could have been your friend asking that question just a few years ago. And my ("woke" white lady) programming would have answered with something like "internalized white dominant culture" or "uncle Tom-ism."

One thing my former side (including many of the Black thinkers at whose feet I studied for so long) never EVER would concede is that maybe the ideology is bereft, toxic, and disempowering and that maybe conservatism (or anything other than identitarian progressivism) is equally valid (and woah, maybe even empirically better in some regards) and POC can get to there (or any other political position) as a matter of careful thought, personal values, and yes self-interest (group or individual self, craven or otherwise) just like any other human.

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"Let’s seize this moment as an opportunity to turn the page on identity politics that have polarized our country, held us hostage politically, and concealed the illusion of division. Let’s send a message, loud and clear, to the people who have caricaturized us, preyed on our fears, and destroyed our faith and trust in one another: We’re tired of fighting. We’re ready to move on and come together to save the home we all love."

Love this, Monica. If you want to create a third party, I'm in.

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I love this so much. I so, so hope you are right. I suppose in a world where the Cheneys have aligned with the Democrats and a Kennedy with the Republicans, anything is possible.

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I think the reason the Dems always focus on race over class is because they represent the elite. The only people I know who voted for Kamala are wealthy white women. It's truly a sea change. I predicted a landslide. People had had enough with the illegal immigrants, the economy and the forever wars. Your sex or skin color is irrelevant. Obama--it was policy not misogny. I think identity politics is on its way out. Finally. Great post Monica! sabrinalabow.substack.com

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This is the best post-election piece i have enjoyed. Thank you. ☺️

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I hope you are right. I was disturbed that Harris promised/recommended that there still be "fighting."

I've learned from the last 12 years to wait for the other shoe to drop, unfortunately. I hope I'm wrong.

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I understand your caution. The past 12 years have been extremely rough for all of us. I'm willing to give Harris the same benefit of the doubt (re "fighting") that I gave to Trump post-assassination attempt. I'm hoping that both candidates used the word to express their passion for getting this country back on track. But yes, it's always good to remain vigilant.

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Some will bridge and some will be fabricating new lies and plotting new battles. The Coalition together, and I hope all of us continue to hold the line and welcome those who see the Light. But this depends on not letting the worm surreptitiously dig in and separate us back into our corners. We are all Americans and those working on attaining American citizenship, living under the greatest Constitution on earth with a cornucopia of opportunity to choose from to make a path in life. The evidence you listed gives me hope.

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As you said, Trump made it his party, and all of the Neo-Cons left for the Democrats. The Democrats are now the party of endless wars. They are the "Deep State".

"Over the past 24 hours, an unusual calm has descended upon a nation accustomed to daily outrage and bitter vitriol."

- Riots did not occur because the forces were not called up to riot by the "Deep State", as they were during 2020.

This is not the ending, this is the beginning of the coming battle. Look at the Harris concession speech and explain to me why she is so clearly pleased.

WATCH: Harris in concession speech urges supporters to fight for the ‘light of America’s promise’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VERlhICHqsU

Watch her body language, and expression. This was planned. This was the intent of those in power. This is why they chose her as their "empty vessel".

I watched the PBS NewsHour live coverage of the election, to the bitter end, and they were all too happy and laughing, yet still spouting TDS in their analysis.

Watch the next day coverage of the election, and see how upbeat they are and doubling down on TDS.

PBS News Hour live episode, Nov. 6 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjppQ4KI5oU

The reason the election was fast and "fair" is because they wanted to lose. It was necessary to call off the "dogs of war" for a brief season because too many in the "Deep State" thought that they actually could win an Atomic War.

What I am seeing, is that the Old Gods needed to pull their servants back from the brink, because they saw during WWII that Atomic bombs destroyed their food.

That's my story and I'm sticking with it. HA!

Psychlone

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00J3EU41E/

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Outstanding post, thank you! I feel so hopeful.

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Excellent post. Thank you Monica.

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Thank you, for writing this article. It's well-stated and it offers food for thought: "Regardless, going forward there’s good reason to believe that voters across all demographics are beginning to hold both parties to greater scrutiny and accountability and placing more emphasis on outcomes than promises." I believe that's a prospect--a reality, one would hope--in which there's much to be realized.

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"With any luck, both parties will eventually reflect our country’s diversity and attract members based on their shared values and needs rather than immutable characteristics."

Amen, thank you Monica. I'm really hoping we see the back of identity politics.

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