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‘We outvoted the billionaires’: What comes next after the US midterm elections?

Publicado por The Irish Times · Irlanda hace 9 h
US senator Jon Ossoff speaks at an election night watch party in Atlanta after winning re-election. Photograph: Nicole Craine/New York Times
US senator Jon Ossoff speaks at an election night watch party in Atlanta after winning re-election. Photograph: Nicole Craine/New York Times · The Irish Times

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A deafening electoral roar swept from coast to coast with the speed of a prairie fire on Tuesday, but can the Democrats’ decisive win put America’s ghosts to rest?

Among the faces in the crowd waiting to congratulate James Talarico in Austin, Texas, was Luci Baines Johnson, 79 years old now and the youngest daughter of Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ).

“I’m so glad you got my father’s job,” she said, taking hold of the younger man’s shoulder in a gesture reminiscent of her father’s imposing tactility.

Although Tuesday night’s midterm election results represented a dynamic, sweeping demand for an immediate change in governance and national spirit, it was also a night of ghosts. The returns from the electorate delivered an urgent message from across the country along with the sudden reversal of power that leaves the Democratic Party with a 253-157 majority in the House and a 54-44 command (and counting) of the…

After almost two years dominated by genuine if sometimes overwrought fears that Donald Trump’s disruptive administration would subvert or ultimately…

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