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The History Lesson Democrats Can’t Afford to Forget
Eli Lake
November 16, 2024

Well, that was a thumping, wasn’t it? Even optimistic MAGA fans didn’t see Donald Trump winning the popular vote, taking control of the Senate and the House, and sweeping all seven swing states. He came within five points of taking New Jersey! Exit polls showed more than half of Latino men voting for him! The results are devastating for Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Chuck Schumer, and the rest of the Democrats: They lost the nation. So what on earth do they do next? One approach would be to repeat what they’ve been doing. Resist! It’s what they chose the last time Trump won. READ MORE

CITY JOURNAL America’s Cities Want to Be Great Again Last week’s election showed that urban voters want sane, smart policies that address the issues they care most about. For the Right, that means leaning into what Manhattan Institute external affairs director Jesse Arm has called “conservative popularism.” Voters are with conservatives when we talk about fiscal responsibility; merit in higher education; safe streets; skills-based immigration and a secure border; growth and the right to work; and a rejection of gender insanity. Those issues can win not just in deep-red states and counties, but in big cities, where residents are fed up with dysfunction, disorder, and dismissiveness from their elected leaders.

FREE PRESS Bari Weiss: A Free Press Conversation with Natan Sharansky The Soviet dissident says that the most important conflict in the West is not between Democrats and Republicans. It’s between liberals and progressives. BW: Why does the left tend to have such poor leadership? NS: They are more willing to appease terrorists or totalitarian regimes. But in the case of America, the big challenge is how to divide between people with totalitarian ideals and real liberals. That’s why I’m reclaiming the label of “liberal.” Being for or against abortion doesn’t mean you’re for or against American values. Are you ready to defend the values on which America was built? That’s the question.