Crash Course: DNC shows Harris' bump isn't "fake"

What was unleashed with "Lock him up" — and where will it lead? 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It is finally, after nine years of this trolling, reaching the point of that famous Onion article from 2001: "[Marilyn Manson Now Going Door-To-Door Trying To Shock People](~/AASU4wA~/RgRoqE27P0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvamt2bHFsbnVmdC8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9YnJnaHpncTg4YlcDc3BjQgpmu7vIxWa1MVWuUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~)." This is a big shift, even from the last election. In 2020, MAGA types could still get a sadistic glee out of liberals, by refusing to follow public health guidelines and spreading the coronavirus. Biden won because people were exhausted and fearful, approaching their ballots with grim determination. But the whole election cycle was dominated by this trigger-the-liberals mentality, from the videos of right-wingers refusing to wear masks in public to, of course, the terrifying violence of January 6. [Read the rest here](~/AASU4wA~/RgRoqE27P0RnaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvZmkweGl2aXNiZi8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9YnJnaHpncTg4YiZsaF9lbT10cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NSU0MGdtYWlsLmNvbVcDc3BjQgpmu7vIxWa1MVWuUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). ~/AASU4wA~/RgRoqE27P0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvbGV5YXI2NHpndi8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9YnJnaHpncTg4YlcDc3BjQgpmu7vIxWa1MVWuUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~~/AASU4wA~/RgRoqE27P0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvZjkwdDl6bXRrai8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9YnJnaHpncTg4YlcDc3BjQgpmu7vIxWa1MVWuUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~~/AASU4wA~/RgRoqE27P0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvbWF0cDFrcDF0bC8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9YnJnaHpncTg4YlcDc3BjQgpmu7vIxWa1MVWuUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~~/AASU4wA~/RgRoqE27P0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvZnZjZThqODl4dS8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9YnJnaHpncTg4YlcDc3BjQgpmu7vIxWa1MVWuUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~ The "two different JD Vances" A Chauncey DeVega interview: Nicholas Jacobs is an Assistant Professor of Government at Colby College. He is co-author of the 2023 book “[The Rural Voter: The Politics of Place and the Disuniting of America.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRoqE27P0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvMWdxZnRpb213bS8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9YnJnaHpncTg4YlcDc3BjQgpmu7vIxWa1MVWuUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~)” In this conversation, Jacobs complicates the mainstream media narrative that the rise of the MAGA movement and Trumpism and its authoritarian fake populism are primarily rooted in anger and rage at the system from (white) rural and other “forgotten” Americans. He argues that contrary to the dominant media narrative, Appalachia and other parts of rural and “left behind” America are not solid and unbreakable bastions for the right but instead are politically and ideologically diverse and open to a message of economic populism from Democrats and progressives. 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What was unleashed with "Lock him up" — and where will it lead? From Andrew O'Hehir: If elections are won on vibes, as we say these days, and if the Democrats’ only proximate task is to defeat Donald Trump conclusively enough that his minions on the Supreme Court and around the country can’t game the results, then they’re in a good place after day one of the Chicago convention. If we want to talk about policy or ideology, on the other hand, then I have no real idea what they stand for and neither do you. A political coalition that largely consists, these days, of affluent white folks and poor or working-class Black and Hispanic folks seems bound to come unraveled sooner or later. But “later” can clearly be postponed for a while, given that they’re united in opposition to an imaginary throwback racist republic presided over by JD “[Crush With Eyeliner](~/AASU4wA~/RgRoqE27P0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvMnZrajB5cnM5dC8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9YnJnaHpncTg4YlcDc3BjQgpmu7vIxWa1MVWuUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~)” Vance. (Who did not, to be clear, have [sex with a sofa](~/AASU4wA~/RgRoqE27P0RnaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvdWZ6YzdtcHZiMy8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9YnJnaHpncTg4YiZsaF9lbT10cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NSU0MGdtYWlsLmNvbVcDc3BjQgpmu7vIxWa1MVWuUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~), a couch, an ottoman, a chaise-longue or any similarly denoted item of furniture.) 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