{"id":157879,"date":"2024-11-16T19:47:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T03:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=157879"},"modified":"2024-11-17T10:02:16","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T18:02:16","slug":"populists-win-elections-but-rarely-govern-effectively-11-16-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=157879","title":{"rendered":"Populists Win Elections, But Rarely Govern Effectively (11-16-24)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/04-LFeo3t5Y?si=PjQRW1siqvMfY_wG\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Click to play at 01:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#60\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"60\">01:00<\/a> \u201cThe Status Quo Is Failing\u201d: Why a Harvard-Trained Docter and Ex-Democrat Chose RFK Jr., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2dxXyNWYtvE\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2dxXyNWYtvE<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 07:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#420\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"420\">07:00<\/a> NYT: Three-Quarters of U.S. Adults Are Now Overweight or Obese, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/14\/well\/obesity-epidemic-america.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/14\/well\/obesity-epidemic-america.html<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 21:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#1260\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"1260\">21:00<\/a> Liberals speak a different language, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/cd01b007-7156-4da4-8d0f-e34e9ebfcc82\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/cd01b007-7156-4da4-8d0f-e34e9ebfcc82<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 24:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#1440\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"1440\">24:00<\/a> Polling: What Is on the Minds of Americans | Reimagining American Institutions | Hoover Institution, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SM_vJOjYd_Q\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SM_vJOjYd_Q<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 42:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#2520\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"2520\">42:00<\/a> Since 2015, we&#8217;ve stopped fighting about the role and size of government to identity <br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:02:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#3720\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"3720\">1:02:00<\/a> So you want to be famous? Trump&#8217;s Cabinet | The Tim Dillon Show, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cSEikSfS1j0\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cSEikSfS1j0<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:03:30\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#3810\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"3810\">1:03:30<\/a> Elliott Blatt spent the day in bed<br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:05:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#3900\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"3900\">1:05:00<\/a> Elliott tries fasting <br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:08:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#4080\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"4080\">1:08:00<\/a> America loves big tits, big dicks, big portions, big cars, big homes, big screens <br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:13:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#4380\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"4380\">1:13:00<\/a> Kip joins to discuss tracking his food intake <br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:32:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#5520\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"5520\">1:32:00<\/a> Minneapolis use-of-force instructor: Officers not trained to use knee on neck, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2021\/04\/06\/chauvin-trial-force-instructor-knee-neck\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2021\/04\/06\/chauvin-trial-force-instructor-knee-neck<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:35:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#5700\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"5700\">1:35:00<\/a> The Media Are The Lapdogs Of The Experts, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i_cSipbwGMQ\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i_cSipbwGMQ<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:43:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#6180\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"6180\">1:43:00<\/a> Why Populists WIN Elections But Fail to Govern, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i-Jfl1MOpyI\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i-Jfl1MOpyI<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:49:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#6540\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"6540\">1:49:00<\/a> Reagan movie, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reagan_(2024_film)\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Reagan_(2024_film)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>01:00 \u201cThe Status Quo Is Failing\u201d: Why a Harvard-Trained Docter and Ex-Democrat Chose RFK Jr., https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2dxXyNWYtvE07:00 NYT: Three-Quarters of U.S. Adults Are Now Overweight or Obese, https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/14\/well\/obesity-epidemic-america.html21:00 Liberals speak a different language, https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/cd01b007-7156-4da4-8d0f-e34e9ebfcc8224:00 Polling: What Is on the Minds of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=157879\">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":[21791],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-america"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - 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