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Ginny S.'s avatar

No worries, we will be here. My brain is fried so I understand. We all need to remember to take care of ourselves mentally and physically.

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Brad Van Arnum's avatar

I know it's been a hard week, but hang in there. In terms of understanding the results, it's worth remembering the term thermostatic response, something I had mentioned to you maybe a year ago, when I first found your Substack. American politics has long seen a back-and-forth pattern between the parties, in which public opinion shifts in the direction against whoever is in power. Biden's achievements were bound to put voters in a more conservative mood, even if inflation hadn't been a factor. This is just how American politics tends to work; policy success for one party produces backlash.

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