"Discussions about who will, or should, be the nominee in 2028 may be an interesting distraction, but they are pointless and tertiary to the political challenge in front of us." My new Kibitizing with Lincoln. Please subscribe. https://lincolnmitchell.substack.com/p/enough-with-the-pointless-election
In today’s. #MitchellMinute I discussed Matt Gaetz withdrawing his nomination to be Attorney General. https://youtube.com/shorts/9_Ucz-K7aJY?feature=share
In today’s #MitchellMinute I discuss the reluctance of Democrats to describe Trump as a fascist in the days since the election. https://youtube.com/shorts/0IIKTVZnJwk?feature=share
In today's #MitchellMInutes I discuss MAGA's deep roots in the modern GOP. https://youtube.com/shorts/Cx6079vKUFs?feature=share
“We have elected a fascist President. It doesn’t mean we have a fascist regime yet, but it is a bigger danger than ever.”I was a guest on the Attitude with Arnie Arnesen yesterday. https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238/episodes/2024-11-18T09_18_14-08_00
In today’s #MitchellMinute I discuss the long-term impact Donald Trump will have on the United States. https://youtube.com/shorts/3V1TTvl2C5U?feature=share
"The challenge the Democrats, and the ball on which we must keep our eye, is how to preserve civil liberties and media freedoms, resist an emboldened fascist movement and ensure that we still have free and fair elections in 2026 and 2024, rather that project our biases and recommendations onto what was, in fact, a very close election." My new Kibitzing with Lincoln. Please subscribe. https://lincolnmitchell.substack.com/p/a-closer-look-at-some-election-numbers
In today’s #MitchellMinute I discussed how in addition to looking at the people Trumpappoints, we should remember that the second most powerful person in this administration is probably Elon Musk. https://youtube.com/shorts/6Gtw7h1Ubxs
In #MitchellMinute I offered some thoughts about the Latino vote in this election. https://youtube.com/shorts/aiK53Ce16S8?feature=share
In today's #MitchellMinute I discuss hte perils of it can't happen hereism. https://youtu.be/HmkhIZ_UgX8
"Trump’s choice of nominees are essentially Trump daring anybody in the Republican Party to stop him. If the last decade tells us anything at all, then they will not." My new Kibitzing with Lincoln. Please subscribe. https://lincolnmitchell.substack.com/p/trumps-new-cabinet
In today's #MitchellMinute I discuss the Musk-Trump relationship. https://youtu.be/XuZGbxa2_Ck
“It just goes back to that deeply American and deeply wrong historical notion that it can’t happen here because we want to believe that. But that doesn’t make it true. So the illogic of this is that the evidence that Trump isn’t a fascist is that he won the election.” I had an excellent in-depth discussion about American fascism on the Economics and Beyond with Rob Johnson podcast. https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/podcasts/fear-and-fascism-how-america-reached-a-political-breaking-point
In today's #MitchellMinute I discuss Trump's nomination of Tulsi Gabbard and Matt Gaetz. https://youtu.be/eKQrwHBJLKU
In today’s #MitchellMinute I discuss the problem of talking down to voters both during the campaign and in our analysis of the results. https://youtube.com/shorts/IKQRqi2oiGg
"Thwarting Network efforts in four of six contests for the Board of Supervisors and on all the major initiatives is evidence that one of the major accomplishments of the Network this cycle was to reinvigorate the left in San Francisco." My new Kibitzing with Lincoln. Please subscribe. https://lincolnmitchell.substack.com/p/the-2024-election-in-san-francisco
In today's #MitchellMinute I discuss how MAGA voters saw tariffs as a cultural issue not an economic one. https://youtu.be/59Vi-tAYOJ4
In today’s #MitchellMinute I discussed how instead of thinking about possible strategic missteps of the Harris campaign we should think about the mechanics of how Democratic campaigns are run. https://youtu.be/iXOWuqj2ebA
In today's MitchellMinute I discuss what this election might tell us about how voters perceive the US role in the world. https://youtu.be/OJVdUzmaYFI
In today's #MitchellMinute I discuss how Covid is an important part of Trump's legacy from his first term. https://youtu.be/dq8hhdsZT-k
I kibitz about baseball, politics and San Francisco, but not always at the same time.