Ten years of insisting that we would not give up on liberalism.
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we → insist → liberalism
It might take another decade of work to finish off Trumpism.
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It → take → Trumpism
Below I have some initial thoughts about tonight’s results.
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I → have → results
I want us to take a victory lap and then get back to work.
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us → want → work
I want you to internalize the reality that this election is just the beginning—a very big beginning—of the long march to roll back Trumpism.
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election → want → Trumpism
In 2020 we thought the fever had broken and the world would return to normal on its own.
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world → think → own
We know now that this doesn’t work.
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this → know → ?
Trump still has a great deal of power.
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Trump → have → power
The general public will get bored.
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public → get → ?
The Bulwark exists to expose the fascists’ corruption and fight for liberalism.
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Bulwark → exist → liberalism
We’ll remain committed to reporting on all of the investigations, doing all of the accountability.
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We → remain → accountability
We were built to fight Trumpism and we’re tooling up to do even more over the next two years.
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we → build → years
We can do this work only because we’re supported by our members.
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we → do → members
We don’t have Elon Musk; we have people like you.
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we → have → you
We want you with us.
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you → want → us
Let’s fucking go.
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’s → let → ?
Just some forward-looking thoughts on what we know so far, what we should learn from this election, and what we must prepare for.
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we → know → what
(1) As big as we thought.
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we → think → ?
The polls slightly understated Democratic strength.
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polls → understate → strength
Florida nearly flipped both the governor and Senate.
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Florida → flip → governor
Annie Andrews didn’t squeak out a win over Darline Graham—she thumped her.
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she → squeak → her
Gina Hinojosa, who ran a race almost entirely on her own, beat a three-term incumbent governor in TEXAS.
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who → run → TEXAS
We don’t have the final numbers yet, but Susan Collins is almost gone and Michigan looks safe.
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Michigan → have → numbers
As I write this, 54 seats is the baseline.
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seats → write → this
56 might materialize before the counting is done.
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counting → materialize → ?
Remember where you read that first.
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you → remember → that
(2) Size matters.
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Size → matter → ?
In the House, the next speaker will have a lot of room to maneuver.
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speaker → have → room
He can protect all of these new Democrats by letting them trade off on tough votes.
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them → protect → votes
In the Senate, 55 seats means that impeachment of cabinet members is a live possibility.
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impeachment → mean → members
Could you get 12 Republicans to join in removing the architect of the Iran war?
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Republicans → get → war
I’d like to test that proposition.
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I → like → proposition
Did you donate to Trump’s ballroom?
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you → donate → ballroom
Did you get a pardon?
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you → get → pardon
Have you done any business of any sort with members of the Trump family and/or their hangers-on?
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you → do → family
Did you take part in DOGE?
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you → take → DOGE
Did you receive no-bid contracts for the Reflecting Pool?
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you → receive → Pool
Did you trade on insider information?
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you → trade → information
Did you shoot an American citizen on the street? Or run over a “suspect”?
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you → shoot → suspect
Did you file a false incident report about an encounter with a member of the public?
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you → file → public
…and 51 more, not listed.
The Aporia
