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| NOVEMBER 15, 2024 Here We Go Again The Future of Public Health—or Lack Thereof—Under Trump →This week, pundits, journalists, and Internet trolls alike started to sift through the wreckage of the 2024 election to try to figure out what the Democrats did wrong. Did they hug too hard right? Was Kamala Harris’s run too rushed to be coherent? Is our country simply sexist? For our national affairs correspondent John Nichols, the mistakes of the Harris campaign started with Liz Cheney. The point of appearances with Cheney, Nichols writes, was to lean in on democracy as a unifying rallying point—“to signal to conservatives that they could split with Donald Trump’s Republican Party over their concerns about the former president’s election denialism.” The issue was that “while many Democratic tacticians were enthusiastic about Cheney’s jumping on board as a Harris backer…Republican voters couldn’t have cared less.” But many of us would like to think Democratic misdeeds are more fundamental than a few press events—or even Harris’s decision not to deviate from the Biden administration’s line on Israel. (Read more on how Gazans are feeling about Trump’s victory here). As Jeet Heer wrote earlier this week, the party’s pursuit of former Republicans and elites only served to further alienate the working class. Some might point out that “Biden had actually done a great deal for the working class,” or that Harris did run on economic populism, Heer argues, but “the reality is that both Biden and Harris were compromised figures”—having, in Biden’s case, given up on economic populism by 2022, and in Harris’s, watered down her message for wealthy donors. Whatever the reason for Harris’s loss, we are now faced with a second Trump term, which has already proved ominous. From nominating Matt Gaetz for attorney general and RFK Jr. for HHS, to appointing Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to a “non-governmental” government body called DOGE, the president-elect has given us a glimpse of what the next four years might look like. Things are probably not going to get better, but at least we will be here to give you a coherent analysis. -Alana PockrosEngagement Editor, The NationADVERTISEMENT FEATURED Liz Cheney Was an Electoral Fiasco for Kamala Harris Conservatives backed Trump by bigger percentages than in 2020. And time spent with Cheney prevented Harris from reaching out to the voters she needed. JOHN NICHOLS Gazans Heard Trump’s Promises. Now They Want Him to Keep Them. Trump made a direct pitch to end the war on Gaza. The people still living there were listening. RUWAIDA KAMAL AMER Bernie Sanders Is Right: Democrats Have Abandoned the Working Class The party chased former Republicans and rich donors, while alienating the working-class majority. JEET HEER ADVERTISEMENT Donald Trump Is Waging a Shock-and-Awe War Against His Own Senate By nominating Matt Gaetz and other dangerous cronies, the president-elect is testing congressional servility. JEET HEER Welcome to the Department of Government Idiocy Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency or “DOGE” will comprise of two clueless tech bros. What targets, exactly, will Musk and Ramaswamy try to hit? CHRIS LEHMANN MORE FROM THE NATION Party Under Country: Dissecting the Democratic Malaise The party continues to operate in an overcredentialied fever dream in the face of an America becoming ever more red in tooth and clawJOHN GANZ Is It Possible to Suspend Disbelief at Ayad Akhtar’s AI Play? The Robert Downey Jr.–starring McNeal, which was possibly cowritten with the help of AI, is a showcase for the new technology’s mediocrity. RHODA FENG Possibility, Force, and BDSM: A Conversation With Chris Kraus and Anna Poletti The two writers discuss the challenges of writing about sex, loneliness, and the new ways novels can tackle BDSM. CHRIS KRAUS Liberals Can’t Stop Gushing Over Trump’s Foreign Policy Team Democrats are falling over themselves to hail Marco Rubio’s nomination as secretary of state. AÍDA CHÁVEZOur November 2024 Issue: Election Season Not yet a subscriber of The Nation? Get one year of unlimited digital access for just $14.95. |