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Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics. Authors interviewed 300 Trump voters, MAGA.
Deplorable and nothing to do. Go out and talk to other deplorable.
The day after the election, her freelance reporting jobs ended, Zito stared into an abyss familiar to thousands of Americans left behind by a changing economy.
“My industry had died. My usefulness had died. Nobody wanted me anymore. My next course was to get multiple jobs to make half what I used to. In that moment, I knew why many of (Donald) Trump’s voters had gone to the polls,” Zito says.
She filed a story July 2 about how Trump could win Pennsylvania and therefore the presidency. Zito thought the race for the White House might already be over and that nobody knew it but her.
“I took a lot of crap for that column,” Zito deadpans.
Fast forward to September. Zito loses her full-time reporting job and lands an interview with Trump the next day.
“I had nowhere to publish it,” she says, recalling the major daily papers that turned her down. “Finally, The Atlantic took it. They paid me $300.”
The headline? “Take Trump Seriously, Not Literally.”
A year and a half after Trump shocked the world, Zito, now fully employed, has collaborated with veteran Republican political consultant Brad Todd on “The Great Revolt,” a book that explores what comes next from this new coalition of voters, unmoored from political parties and mistrustful of elites and institutions.
She filed a story July 2 about how Trump could win Pennsylvania and therefore the presidency. Zito thought the race for the White House might already be over and that nobody knew it but her.
“I took a lot of crap for that column,” Zito deadpans.
Fast forward to September. Zito loses her full-time reporting job and lands an interview with Trump the next day.
“I had nowhere to publish it,” she says, recalling the major daily papers that turned her down. “Finally, The Atlantic took it. They paid me $300.”
The headline? “Take Trump Seriously, Not Literally.”
A year and a half after Trump shocked the world, Zito, now fully employed, has collaborated with veteran Republican political consultant Brad Todd on “The Great Revolt,” a book that explores what comes next from this new coalition of voters, unmoored from political parties and mistrustful of elites and institutions.
Dementia is not worth worrying about because there is little you can do about it. Don't smoke, eat healthy, exercise and keep your brain active. But, the bottom line is, if it's going to happen, it's going to happen. I cannot remember people's faces. It's embarrassing, especially when it's someone you used to know (e.g., an old co-worker, etc.) but, I cannot count the number of times someone approaches me and is excited to see me and I have NO idea who they are, where I knew them from, nada. My mother's side of the family has dementia and I'm pretty sure I'm heading down that road but, it doesn't really bother me. Sometimes being "out of touch" can be a blessing.
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