Lefties Must Learn from this Election and Change Things Too

[Splinter]( Nov 08, 2024 [Lefties Must Learn from this Election and Change Things Too]( [Lefties Must Learn from this Election and Change Things Too]( It’s time for us to find new ways to market our ideas that meet this populist moment, stop using therapy and academic-speak to describe everything and just fucking talk like normal people, and accept our small share of responsibility in the calamitous loss of 2024. [Liberals, Provably Out of Touch with America, Must Change their Media Diet]( [Liberals, Provably Out of Touch with America, Must Change their Media Diet]( There are a lot of lessons that everyone on the left must learn from this realignment election, but one thing that is obvious in the disconnect between liberals and America is that one of the chief culprits behind it is their media diet that no one else in the country trusts. [American Empire: The Perpetual Scramble For The Horn Of Africa]( [American Empire: The Perpetual Scramble For The Horn Of Africa]( Africa was presented in the West as a lawless zone, where nefarious terrorists roamed freely and constantly plotted the end of Western civilization, which, from the perspective of American leaders, justified the ramping up of its military presence there. American bases remain dotted around Africa to this day. [COP29 Executive Caught Helping Fake Company Make Oil and Gas Deals]( [COP29 Executive Caught Helping Fake Company Make Oil and Gas Deals]( And now: a semi-legitimate scandal, where a group managed to ensnare one of the COP's leadership team in what is at very best a very ugly-looking bit of scandal. [It Is a Strange Thing, to Not Understand One\'s Neighbors]( [It Is a Strange Thing, to Not Understand One's Neighbors]( It is just so many votes. So many people, tens of millions, walking up to the booth and seeing that name and having in their heads some idea of who he is and deciding yes, that's what I would prefer. [Democrats Prove They’re Out of Touch Elitists Chasing the Ghosts of the Past at the Expense of the Future]( [Democrats Prove They’re Out of Touch Elitists Chasing the Ghosts of the Past at the Expense of the Future]( Not practicing a more populist style of politics that competes across the entire country in the 21st century is a choice made by a feckless group of conservative ideologues pretending to be savvy liberal political operators. [A Brief, Reluctant, and Largely Failed Attempt at the Optimistic Post-Election Climate View]( [A Brief, Reluctant, and Largely Failed Attempt at the Optimistic Post-Election Climate View]( Look, it's not great. We don't need to rehash it all here, but a second Trump term will make pretty much every angle of climate policy worse. But because there isn't much to be gained from staring out at the rising sea and sighing, here's a quick glance at why he won't be able to burn the planet entirely in these next four years. [I Am So Thankful to Have Nikola Jokic Highlights to Comfort Me Right Now]( [I Am So Thankful to Have Nikola Jokic Highlights to Comfort Me Right Now]( I can feel my soul healing with each highlight. I am embracing my inner Tommy Heinsohn, and now lecturing the Trumpy youths on how basketball is supposed to be played. [View this email in your browser]( Copyright © 2024 Splinter/Paste Media (7525 Colbert Drive, Suite 106, Reno NV 89511) [unsubscribe](