Donald Trump really is hiring people with an axe to grind. We may see change - here's hoping:
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/11/19/nx-s1-5196969/dr-oz-trump-cms
"Dr. Oz will work closely with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to take on the illness industrial complex, and all the horrible chronic diseases left in its wake," Trump said in the announcement.
Good riddance is all I can say; Hollywood has had its day:
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Biden has authorised the use of US long-range missiles inside Russia. Is this an attempt to leave the incoming Trump administration a hospital pass? The Biden administration appear prepared to risk WWIII just to undermine Trump - incredible and also appalling.
Mississippi has reported its grades, and below I grade New Zealand too. NZ needs to do this regularly:
Mississippi:
The individual rankings:
Oh good, RFK Jr is going after Anthony Fauci. Start firing people. Mainstream media is going into meltdown...brilliant.
James K Galbraith makes a cogent argument for why the Democratic party lost the US elections so badly. The only thing he misses is the question around how, in 2020, Joe Biden received more votes than Kamala Harris in 2024, while campaigning from his basement. 2020 was a fix, clearly, it isn't really open to debate any longer. But his saying the Democratic Party would prefer to be a permanent opposition party, rather than allow its left-wing to have a say, sounds accurate. Oh, and can we just send the Clintons and Obamas out to grass?
https://www.jordantimes.com/opinion/james-k-galbraith/democrats-committed-suicide-year
The 2024 election was, therefore, a suicide. The Democratic leadership was, at best, indifferent to the erosion of voting access, negligent in retaining 2020’s new voters, and proactive in ensuring the abstention of what little remains of its “left” wing. It tried to cover this up, as usual, with celebrity endorsements and identity politics. As usual, it did not work.
Looking at the Donald Trump appointments being announced each day, I'm not seeing a consistent pattern, apart from all those Trump is appointing having an axe to grind with Washington DC, and they're likely to go after all those they perceive as 'the enemy.'
The forever entitled and preachy Barack and Michelle Obama seriously hurt the Kamala Harris campaign, and Democratic voters seem to have figured that out.
The Obamas support the Obamas. They're not interested in the working class, or the middle class for that matter, and as time passes they become ever more cut off from mainstream opinion. Basically, they need to retire. Barack Obama, in particular has started sounding different when he talks down to black Americans. He changes his accent somewhat and throws y'all and folks around like he's from Alabama or something. It's cringeworthy stuff, but he appears unaware of what he sounds like.
Barack Obama has had a good ride, but his schtick has become stale. He's a divider, not a uniter.
Days before the vote, Democrats and Republicans poured resources into the Muslim areas of the swing states. At the end of the day, Muslims voted Trump; they didn't trust Harris. I mentioned in an earlier blog post, that Harris had done nothing to end the conflict in Gaza but there she was on the campaign trail, saying that 'if' she's elected, she'll do all she can to stop it. Well, why would anyone think that, seeing as she's the sitting Vice President who had done diddly up to that point.
I haven't seen the numbers, but Trump did win Michigan with its large Muslim population. Maybe they know that Trump is less likely to allow war to get in the way of his golf game.
Former Australian politician, John Anderson talks to Victor Davis Hanson about all those factors that lead to Donald Trump's landslide victory:
Many Americans appear depressed now that Donald Trump has been elected President for a second term. Internet searches related to New Zealand have increased. Before making the move there are a few things to consider, and many such things are addressed in my book: Snob's Guide to New Zealand
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The US Presidential election outcome shows that polling inflated Kamala Harris and badly represented support for Donald Trump. Was this intentional? I think this is likely, the polling companies were biased and wanted Kamala Harris to win. Then, there are the quiet Trump voters, people who wait and vote for Trump but who won't tell anyone about it.
Here's 270 to win's electoral college map:
