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CRB: Why Trump lost We continue our preview of the new (Winter) issue of the Claremont Review of Books with the key essay on the outcome of the election by Andrew Busch: “Why Trump lost.” Subhead: “…but almost won.” Here is the opening of Professor Busch’s essay: In the wake of the presidential election half of our divided nation asked, incredulously: how did Donald Trump lose? Equally incredulously, the other half asked: how could he have almost won? Joe Biden’s victory will not change the Democratic and Republican parties’ basic dilemmas. For Democrats, the “fundamental transformation” of America promised by Barack Obama is still far from electorally secure. For their part, Republicans haven’t found a way to appeal to a majority of voters even had Trump won the Electoral College, no fraud claims could have erased Biden’s 7 million national-vote lead. ....
Leeds JSoc slams Leeds Uni lecturer for comparing Jews to Nazis Leeds Uni has failed to clarify whether or not it’s investigating the lecturer’s tweets 3 months ago A lecturer at The University of Leeds has been slammed by Leeds JSoc for repeatedly making “antisemitic” posts on Twitter. In some of his tweets, Professor Ray Bush likens Jews to Nazis while in others he promotes antisemitic conspiracies, Leeds JSoc claims. In one post, the African Studies lecturer tweeted: “Does it take a Nazi to recognise a Nazi #nazi #israel #racism ?” In another tweet, Bush writes: “#nazi-zionistalliance #zionism #settlercolonialism hold onto power whoever you align with.” ....
In the words of the president elect, âI know the country has grown weary of the fight, but we need to remember, weâre at war with the virus, not with one another.â This is not a time to be complacent. First some quick numbers: One American died about every 30 seconds from COVID last week. The virus has killed more than 275,000 Americans. Weâve reached another pandemic record with the United States reporting more than 2,800 deaths in a single day. Hospitalizations have doubled over the past month, reporting more than 100,000 people currently hospitalized with COVID. The global death toll climbs to 1.5 million and the U.S. crosses 14 million infections. Angella Hewlett, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Nebraska, arguably the top pandemic hospital in the country, feels the country is âon an absolutely catastrophic path.â Thatâs not very encouraging. ....