Episode Highlights:

1. Debunking Trump’s Claim of a Mandate
2. Dive into why Trump’s assertion of a mandate doesn’t hold up, with less than 50% of the popular vote and slim Republican gains in the Senate.
3. The History Behind Mandates
4. Discover how claims of a mandate have been historically used to consolidate power, especially in times of political polarization.
5. Uncovering the Misinformation Machine
6. Learn how a $45 million dark money campaign, backed by Elon Musk, manipulated ads to suppress Kamala Harris voters and distort the truth.
7. The Importance of Fair Maps
8. Explore the victories and ongoing battles in redistricting, and why organizations like All On The Line are critical to protecting democracy.
9. Lessons Democrats Must Learn
10. Understand the missteps Democrats made, from overconfident assumptions to underestimating cultural concerns, and what must change to rebuild trust.
11. Striking Out Against Injustice
12. Be inspired by historical and contemporary calls for truth-telling and moral courage, as the fight for justice remains as important as ever.
13. Hope for America’s Future
14. Reflect on the wisdom of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, and why hope and persistence are essential to overcoming today’s challenges.
15. A Call to Action for Every Listener
16. Find out how you can make a difference by supporting fair maps, truth-telling, and meaningful efforts to protect voting rights.

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References for Podcast 108:

• The Conversations’s newsletter (us.newsletter@the conversation.com) on November 22, 2024, at 9:18 am, by Naomi Schalit, Senior Editor, Politics + Democracy. (You will need to sign up for their newsletter. If you want a copy, you can make a request to me at [email protected].)
• The Washington Post, Amber Phillips, Friday November 22, 2024, 4:00 pm, Does Trump actually have a mandate? Not really.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/newsletters/the-5-minute-fix/

• Biz, All On The Line, [email protected], on Thursday, November 21, 2024, 3:04 PM entitled “Moral arcs don’t bend with certainty.” (Get on their email list—this is a organization that you will want to support—they challenge gerrymandering all over America and they win.)
• The Washington Post on November 15, 2024, at 5:00 am EST by Michael Scherer and Josh Dawsey “Inside the Republican false—flag effort to turn off Kamala Harris voters.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/15/republican-ads-false-flag/

• The Washington Post, November 17, 2024, at 7:00 AM EST by Ramesh Ponnuru entitled “The Democrats weren’t stupid or crazy—just wrong.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/11/17/democratic-party-election-loss-wrong/

• The New York Times article by Damon Linker on November 7, 2024, entitled “Kamala Harris Failed to Read the Room.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/07/opinion/kamala-harris-election.html

• Peter Wehner’s article in The Atlantic, Don’t Give Up on the Truth, on November 13, 2024, 6 AM ET.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/11/america-trump-different-now/680637/