It is liberating when the truth about a country is revealed. Problems and prejudices can be fixed only if they are revealed in specific terms. This election took the scab off for those willing to look.
My little sister is a doctor and assistant dean at a medical school in California. I am sure she understands the machinations of navigating our country in all the realms of her various identities.
As the election results came in, I received two texts that, while simple, were revealing. The first was from my niece, my little sister’s daughter. She was having a watch party with other Gen-Z girls, ready to see the nation’s first female president, and one of color, no less.
“Tío, what are your predictions?” my niece asked.
For a Gen-Zer to break off from her party to text, her lefty-activist-blogger uncle meant she was worried and in pain. How could a convicted felon, liar, rapist, and tax-evading thief beat a vice president that had defined poor and middle-class policies and lived a decent life? How does this not lessen Gen-Z’s hope that electoral politics matter?
My answer was painful and prompt.
“Does not look good realistically. This is not the country I thought it was,” I replied.
Soon after, my little sister texted me. She is the bastion of brevity, but each phrase has a lot of meaning.
“What a night!! Clarity is liberating, though,” my little sister replied.
I know exactly what she meant. We had a clear contrast in competence, morality, ethics, and policy. And that was not enough.
“Yep. It’s the country. Read my next blog,” I replied.
“Will do! We’ve made history! A convicted felon given full control of the country!” she replied.
I have written several articles explaining why VP Kamala Harris lost. I also dispel much of the fallacies we hear on much of the mainstream media sans a few good journalists who attempt to tell some of the truth when allowed. For those unfamiliar with my SubStack, most of my articles are divided into three distinct parts: an introduction with a full video about the topic generally made for my Politics Done Right media/radio program, a summary of the video, followed immediately by a more detailed analysis for our paid subscribers. Grab a cup of coffee and read at your convenience.
Kamala’s election loss explained:
- It isn’t Kamala Harris who failed. It is America that showed the world who they are.
- Here’s what Donald Trump’s election tells us about America.
- The mainstream media post-mortem displays completely miss the point and the danger of their words.
- Dr. Eddie Glaude challenges Stephanie Ruhle on why Kamala Harris lost.
- A couple who crossed the border illegally voted for Trump because illegal border crossers are criminals.
- EXPLAINED: Kamala Harris lost due to the Democratic Party & Media’s dereliction of duty, gender, and race.
- VP Kamala Harris’ loss can partially be attributed to psychological warfare.
- STOP IT: We need to stop lying about Kamala Harris’ loss. Trump won for reasons we all know!
So, where do we go from here?
First of all, Kamala’s loss affected me to the depths of my bones. I am not ashamed that I finally let my tears flow after a pained and crying former Senator Claire McCaskill cried, wondering why America, with such a clear contrast, voted for the immoral convicted felon. I knew why. I lived it. I wrote the book “Tribulations of an Afro-Latino Caribbean Man: Racism Didn’t Stop My Smile, Hope, Or Journey Forward” where I describe incidents in college, employment, and business where I lived through this from when I set foot on this land to today. It has decidedly gotten better, but the cancer is not yet in remission, and Kamala Harris’ defeat was a clear example.
I am no longer in mourning. I am now resolved. When my little sister said, “Clarity is liberating,” I took it as a call to further action. As a blogger, media/radio host, writer, and activist, I understand I cannot change the playing field but can change the game.
The game is currently being run by the billionaires controlling the right-wing media and think tanks, which generate psychologically tested messages that instill fear in enough people to have them vote against their interests. We then have a timid mainstream media that too often follows the narrative of the right for fear of losing the corporatocracy’s advertising dollars. We also have the growth of right-wing sponsored groups that work on the local levels with school boards and local elections, creating chaos with false narratives on subjects like DEI, CRT, Trans, Immigration, and other topics that have little impact in the aggregate.
The tactics from the right work because we do not know our neighbors and, as such, have a false fear about their intentions when channeled through the false concept of race and attached to a purported loss of privilege. Light disinfects the evil these acts represent.
I had an insightful conversation with my daughter as we drove home from a long-distance Turkey Day drive.
While in the middle of the conversation, my daughter said, “Maybe we need to be as manipulative as they are.”
I gasped, “No! We have the truth and the well-being of the masses on our side.”
“Dad, as you said that, I felt nothing,” she said. “When they talk to their people, they feel the fear even if it is a lie.”
I completely agree with her. That is why I do more piercing stories. She is correct that we must get to the heart, something people can relate to. So, I gave her an example. Many Texans are getting sicker and dying, and hospitals in rural areas are closing. Democrats simply say, “Elect me, and we will accept the Medicaid Expansion to the Affordable Care Act to get you health care.” In the process, they do not show the criminal nature of Republicans who have denied their constituents their health and life even as it costs next to nothing. We are already paying for it, and they purport to be the party of life. As I report this reality, I am pressing the independent media to tell the truth in the graphic manner that is deserving.
Republican politicians are killing their constituents by denying them healthcare Texans are already paying for and will eventually kill you, your mother, father, sister, brother, or even you if they are not removed from power to allow us to all have healthcare. Graphic enough? No! We also need the stories I tell where Medicare Advantage is killing people with the blessing of NeoLiberal and Republican politicians. I have no shortage of people who call into my Politics Done Right program or whom I interview with heart-piercing stories.
But the racism cancer is one we must work on as well on the grassroots level. Even as my sister’s clarity statement was a clarion call, the actions must be such that those who need the antidote will take it. While many will continue to run away from the reality that Kamala’s race and gender were determinative in this election, clarity is unavoidable given the flawed, incompetent candidate Trump was. While too many refrained from entering into conversation with those holding onto their racist gene, aware or unaware, that time is now. I do it face-to-face and on my radio show with fairly good results. However, it is a tedious process that must occur at the grassroots level, from people to people, without too many organizational structures that take away from the natural conversion. That is how I got free of my own prejudices.
The work is ahead of us. Many of us in activism and the independent media have already started developing strategies. We will continue to work on narrative and exchange ideas. More importantly, we will engage the entire country, regardless of party or ideology.
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