{"id":124406,"date":"2018-11-05T13:40:52","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T21:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=124406"},"modified":"2023-08-11T15:18:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T23:18:09","slug":"the-most-important-midterms-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=124406","title":{"rendered":"#102 11-5-18 The Most Important Midterms In History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>!function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._.length==1){l=u.createElement(m),e=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0],l.async=1,l.src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embedJS\/uajap1\"+(arguments[1].video?'.'+arguments[1].video:'')+\"\/?url=\"+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+\"&args=\"+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify([].slice.apply(arguments))),e.parentNode.insertBefore(l,e)}})}(window, document, \"script\", \"Rumble\");<\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"rumble_vbtcfv\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\nRumble(\"play\", {\"video\":\"vbtcfv\",\"div\":\"rumble_vbtcfv\"});<\/script><\/p>\n<p>00:00 Kevin&#8217;s brutal six day stay in Edmonton<br \/>\n17:00 Edmonton Oilers look great this year!<br \/>\n28:00 Mid-term elections as a referendum on Trump<br \/>\n33:00 Nicole Wallace on white grievance<br \/>\n37:00 Neo-cons and the rise of anti-Semitism<br \/>\n1:07:00 Is Nate Silver done if he&#8217;s wrong about 2018 mid-term elections?<br \/>\n1:35:00 HIAS<br \/>\n1:47:00 Vichy France thrived<br \/>\n1:53:00 Book Club: Tucker Carlson&#8217;s Ship of Fools: How a Selfish Ruling Class Is Bringing America to the Brink of Revolution<br \/>\n1:55:00 The damage of Facebook, Silicon Valley moguls want to limit their kids&#8217; use of social media<br \/>\n2:00:00 Jim Crow laws<\/p>\n<p>* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/voxday.blogspot.com\/2018\/11\/he-knows-hes-wrong.html\">Nate Silver making excuses?<\/a> <A HREF=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/2018-midterm-election-forecast\/house\/\">Nate&#8217;s predictions.<\/a> <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/news\/us-politics\/la-na-pol-usc-latimes-poll-20181105-story.html\">Polls<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* <A HREF=\"http:\/\/kunstler.com\/clusterfuck-nation\/social-justice\/#more-9809\">James Kuntsler: &#8220;&#8230;it is imperative to keep the Democratic Party from the levers of power. If elected, they will convert a necessary and inescapable Fourth Turning into a game show replay of the French Revolution, with overtones of the Spanish Inquisition. We have not nearly seen the end of how insane a society can become under duress.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>* &#8220;Once is happenstance; twice is coincidence; three times is enemy action.&#8221; (Ian Fleming). The Progressives are this close to insurrection. <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2018\/nov\/04\/the-american-civil-war-didnt-end-and-trump-is-a-confederate-president\">The Guardian: The American civil war didn&#8217;t end. And Trump is a Confederate president<\/a> <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.unz.com\/isteve\/solnit-in-guardian-trump-is-a-confederate-president\/\">Steve Sailer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2018\/10\/trump-alt-right-twitter\/574219\/\">The Atlantic: Trump Is the Glue That Binds the Far Right<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/11\/04\/us\/politics\/far-right-internet-trump.html?action=click&#038;module=Well&#038;pgtype=Homepage&#038;section=Technology\">Far-Right Internet Groups Listen for Trump\u2019s Approval, and Often Hear It<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* <A HREF=\"http:\/\/theothermccain.com\/2018\/10\/30\/why-do-we-know-almost-nothing-about-pittsburgh-gunman-robert-bowers\/\">Stacy McCain: Why Do We Know Almost Nothing About Pittsburgh Gunman Robert Bowers?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.splcenter.org\/hatewatch\/2018\/11\/01\/gab-domestic-terrorist-robert-bowers-engaged-several-influential-alt-right-figures\">On Gab, domestic terrorist Robert Bowers engaged with several influential alt-right figures<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/11\/03\/magazine\/FBI-charlottesville-white-nationalism-far-right.html\">From the NYT story<\/a>: &#8220;Stout learned to his horror that Spencer was planning a speech at the University of Florida. He spent weeks frantically trying to get up to speed, scouring far-right and anti-fascist websites and videos, each click driving him further into despair.&#8221; LOL<\/p>\n<p>* <A HREF=\"http:\/\/observers.france24.com\/en\/20181102-jews-pittsburgh-synagogue-attack-firearms-guns-training\">&#8220;Hundreds of Jews&#8221; contact gun-training academy after Pittsburgh attack<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/snl-pete-davidson-mocks-war-veteran-running-congress-1157974\">SNL mocks disabled veteran<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* <A HREF=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2018\/nov\/03\/roma-tire-shouldering-blame-boiling-pot-communities\">Gypsies versus Pakistanis in the North of England. Ain&#8217;t diversity grand?<\/a> <A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.unz.com\/isteve\/coalition-of-the-fringes-news-rotherham-pakistanis-denounce-new-immigrant-gypsies\/\">Steve Sailer<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Reporter tells Trump at White House \u201cYou\u2019re encouraging politically motivated violence with the way you speak.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump pointed at the reporter, \u201cYou\u2019re creating violence by your question.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reporter gasped, \u201cMe?\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Trump \u201cYou are creating \u2014 you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>lol<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Odu9ULFc1I\">https:\/\/t.co\/Odu9ULFc1I<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FcjUFWMMWc\">pic.twitter.com\/FcjUFWMMWc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Benny (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1058526148760608768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>00:00 Kevin&#8217;s brutal six day stay in Edmonton 17:00 Edmonton Oilers look great this year! 28:00 Mid-term elections as a referendum on Trump 33:00 Nicole Wallace on white grievance 37:00 Neo-cons and the rise of anti-Semitism 1:07:00 Is Nate Silver &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=124406\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42720],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alt-right"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=124406"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149821,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124406\/revisions\/149821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=124406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=124406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=124406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}