Rebecca Traister

And they want the people at the bottom to think that there's no hope. They want everybody, right? They're like threatening Republican politicians, like Republican senators. It's working. They're saying Elon Musk is going to point his money cannon at you if you challenge this, you know, Trump, Zuckerberg, Musk, like all these, you know, this oligarchy, broligarchy, whatever.

Like we will destroy you. We'll just destroy you. We'll destroy your political career. We'll take you out. For civilians, like there's that primary threat for actual Republican, hard right Republican politicians who would do anything to complicate their agenda. For civilians, it's much worse. We'll dox you. We'll threaten you. We'll put you in jail.

Like we will destroy you. We'll just destroy you. We'll destroy your political career. We'll take you out. For civilians, like there's that primary threat for actual Republican, hard right Republican politicians who would do anything to complicate their agenda. For civilians, it's much worse. We'll dox you. We'll threaten you. We'll put you in jail.

Like we will destroy you. We'll just destroy you. We'll destroy your political career. We'll take you out. For civilians, like there's that primary threat for actual Republican, hard right Republican politicians who would do anything to complicate their agenda. For civilians, it's much worse. We'll dox you. We'll threaten you. We'll put you in jail.

You know, like the revenge list, all that stuff, right? You can't do anything. But why are they doing that? Why are they behaving that way? A party that actually is a party and an ideology that is actually secure in its idea that is fulfilling some the will of the people isn't so scared of the people.

You know, like the revenge list, all that stuff, right? You can't do anything. But why are they doing that? Why are they behaving that way? A party that actually is a party and an ideology that is actually secure in its idea that is fulfilling some the will of the people isn't so scared of the people.

You know, like the revenge list, all that stuff, right? You can't do anything. But why are they doing that? Why are they behaving that way? A party that actually is a party and an ideology that is actually secure in its idea that is fulfilling some the will of the people isn't so scared of the people.

You know, they're trying to dominate the people because they're terrified of what the people actually want. And they're behaving like they have a mandate, which they do not have. Right? Remember, and this is not resisting the victory. I want to promise, this is not resisting the victory. But it is pointing out, they won. They really won through what was an electoral college landslide.

You know, they're trying to dominate the people because they're terrified of what the people actually want. And they're behaving like they have a mandate, which they do not have. Right? Remember, and this is not resisting the victory. I want to promise, this is not resisting the victory. But it is pointing out, they won. They really won through what was an electoral college landslide.

You know, they're trying to dominate the people because they're terrified of what the people actually want. And they're behaving like they have a mandate, which they do not have. Right? Remember, and this is not resisting the victory. I want to promise, this is not resisting the victory. But it is pointing out, they won. They really won through what was an electoral college landslide.

It is also true that they won with less than half of the electorate's support. And they're behaving like that is not the case. That's true. So think about what those dynamics mean moving forward.

It is also true that they won with less than half of the electorate's support. And they're behaving like that is not the case. That's true. So think about what those dynamics mean moving forward.

It is also true that they won with less than half of the electorate's support. And they're behaving like that is not the case. That's true. So think about what those dynamics mean moving forward.

Speaking of my own industry, which I feel a little alienated from right now, more than a little alienated from right now. especially around the way the political commentary is working.

Speaking of my own industry, which I feel a little alienated from right now, more than a little alienated from right now. especially around the way the political commentary is working.

Speaking of my own industry, which I feel a little alienated from right now, more than a little alienated from right now. especially around the way the political commentary is working.

And there are some examples about media caving, like talk about a news industry making it easier for these kinds of scare tactics to work and depress any kind of even storytelling, like accurate storytelling is the sort of caving on these lawsuits, making it so that these people can sue media organizations. Anyway, that's a whole other story.

And there are some examples about media caving, like talk about a news industry making it easier for these kinds of scare tactics to work and depress any kind of even storytelling, like accurate storytelling is the sort of caving on these lawsuits, making it so that these people can sue media organizations. Anyway, that's a whole other story.

And there are some examples about media caving, like talk about a news industry making it easier for these kinds of scare tactics to work and depress any kind of even storytelling, like accurate storytelling is the sort of caving on these lawsuits, making it so that these people can sue media organizations. Anyway, that's a whole other story.

But I also want to talk about just the nature of how the media tends to cover Like this is a political story, you know, because we know that there's a tendency for political media to treat everything as a distant game, a horse race, literally, whether we're in an election cycle or not, like a who's winning, who's losing every day.