On this episode of Start Making Sense, Steve Phillips challeges the conventional wisdom about the election, and Amy Wilentz reviews the latest on the Trump kids and their in-laws.
Donald Trump is greeted by his family after the third presidential debate on October 19, 2016. (Joe Raedle / Reuters)
Kamala Harris lost not because Democratic voters switched to Trump, Steve Phillips shows, but because of a massive failure of the Democrats to turn out their base.
Also: In a new episode of “The Children’s Hour,” Amy Wilentz reports on “the Rise of the In-Laws”—Ivanka’s and Tiffany’s fathers-in-law—and comments also on the rise of Eric’s wife Lara, and on the latest schemes of Ivanka’s husband, Jared Kushner.
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The Wisconsin Supreme Court election tested the political power of Musk’s money, and voters rejected his candidate. The results have huge implications for the midterms. John Nichols has our analysis.
Also: A big victory in federal district court: Trump cannot shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Rob Weissman of Public Citizen will explain.
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