Well, this will be interesting. We’ve gone and elected a man who promises “on day one” to start rounding up folks of Latino descent for mass deportation and to weaponize the U.S. Justice Department and military against his “enemies within.”
You probably know the rest of the list.
Friends say, “Trump was president before and everything was OK.”
OK, perhaps, unless you were one of the million-plus people who died from Covid-19 or a woman seeking gynecological health care or a fan of the international alliances that have maintained order since World War II.
A big difference between 2016 and 2024 is the country has seen Trump in action. We know who he is.
I’ve not been so bummed by an election since Goldwater lost in 1964. Barry carried only six states, gaining just 52 electoral votes. It was a wipeout. And yet four years later, in 1968, Richard Nixon roared back to lead a Republican sweep, carrying 32 states and gaining 301 electoral votes.
What made the difference?
I think it was kids like those with tears streaming as Harris conceded on November 6, 2024. Sixty years ago, almost to the day, youngsters who thought their elders got it wrong started working. Across American we studied politics; listened to folks in our neighborhoods; networked across the state and the nation.
We worked hard and we won.
The promise of America is that one person can change the world. Lord knows, Donald Trump believes that.
Today’s teenagers and 20-year-olds must quit crying and start to work. Like Kamala Harris said, “When we work, we win. But winning is not always immediate.”
The 2026 election starts today.
Larsen Jay gets boost from Hammond
Larsen Jay (file photo)
Speaking of 2026, Larsen Jay’s campaign to become Knox County mayor got a boost on November 6 when his major rival, Criminal Court Clerk Mike Hammond, announced he will run for reelection to his current job. Here is his statement: Mike Hammond Announcement
Jay, currently an at-large Knox County commissioner, released a statement wishing Hammond the best.
“Mike Hammond is a friend and celebrated public servant. … I’ve reached out to Mike to find ways we can work together as Knox County elected leaders.”
Meanwhile, other names mentioned as possible candidates are Commissioner Kim Frazier and school board member Betsy Henderson.
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Hi Sandra they are not talking points but facts. I hope our country heals for everyone as we are to great of a country to be this divided. It’s a struggle for many families to make it right now. This country runs on energy and Trump is exactly right that when energy costs come down so does everything else.
Virgil: Some (specifically Bernie Sanders) are saying that the Democrats have abandoned the working class and now the working class has abandoned them. But the older, former working class (boomers) are now the middle and even upper middle class. So, the person who says their kid can’t afford to buy a house should look at the increased market value of their own house. Obviously, we can’t borrow and spend our way out of debt, but Donald Trump is about the last person one would hire to stabilize the economy. He is the very epitome of borrow and spend along with bread and circuses.
Yes and let the dems give it all away. Dems are out of touch with reality. Open borders, they lied about Biden mental health, men in women’s sports, tampons in boys bathroom, more taxes on unrealized gains, war on the oil industry, inflation on everything we purchase, war on the unborn, college loan forgiveness which was a slap in the face to blue collar workers as well as everyone else who paid their own way, unforgivable pullout of Afganistan, shall I continue with this miserable 4 years of Bidenomics? There’s plenty more to discuss
Ah, Al. You’ve got those talking points down pat. In retrospect, Biden should have stood down after one term and let the Democrats fight it out in a primary. This was a weird election in a weird year. I can understand Biden’s wanting to stay on though. It’s hard to walk away from power. Trump’s been raging about 2020 for four years.
I’m curious as to see how big a net he casts for revenge among his enemies. I’ve never been confined in a concentration camp before, and not sure I would like to go.
So, Trump is to blame for people dying from Covid? More people died from it while Biden was President than when Trump was. Even Democrats didn’t run on that because of how foolish that sounds.
I don’t know why so many Americans take issue with an “America First” agenda. If you haven’t noticed, we have a lot of problems in this country. It’s not right to take care of other countries and not take care of our own. Those priorities are bassackwards.
I don’t know. We are so divided, brainwashed, voting wallet ahead of country…all the other claimed reasons, that I have a hard time seeing an end. Unless, he so screws his followers along with the rest of us that the light finally comes on. But, we must hope not. My own family became bitterly divided in just one day; some joking… some reacting vehemently. Work, yes. A chicken in every pot, a car in every garage and I’ll forgive your debt but run up ours didn’t work. You offer the only solution.