As I’ve said before, I’m not particularly excited by next month’s elections. I expect the Democrats to do well, partly because electorates traditionally tend to get sick of the President’s party after he’s been in office for six years. And, also because because, during a period of concern over high prices, Trump chose to start a war with Iran that so far has mostly just driven up the cost of gasoline at the pump.
So, in search of something new to say about current politics, let’s take a look at the dogs that aren’t barking in 2026.
The New York Times editorial board just published a 2000 word diatribe calling upon readers to elect Democratic Senators and Representatives in order to restrain Donald Trump.
Trump Has Failed. Hold Him to Account.
Oct. 27, 2026
By The Editorial Board
What’s fascinating to me is how much of Trump’s record the NYT editorial board doesn’t dare mention in its 2000 words of complaints. For example, its brief mentions of his immigration policy mostly involve allusions to deportations, rather than attacks on his successful cutbacks on newcomers.
And there is zero mention of Trump’s war on affirmative action. Nada.
DEI, systemic racism, police brutality, and transgender rights are also down the NYT’s memoryhole.
Words (and their variants) not mentioned in the new editorial include diversity, equity, inclusion, race, Black, white, supremacist, refugees, undocumented, police brutality, police shootings, transgender, etc.
To give some historical perspective, let’s take a look at some of the then hot issues of 2020 that the NYT touched on in its editorials endorsing Joe Biden and denouncing Donald Trump six years ago:
The former vice president is the leader our nation needs now.
By The Editorial Board
… He would work to address systemic injustices. He would not court foreign autocrats or give comfort to white supremacists. …
He recognizes the fateful threat of climate change and has put forward an ambitious, $2 trillion plan to slash carbon emissions, invest in a green economy and combat environmental racism.
Mr. Biden will not be morphing into an ideological maximalist any time soon, but he has acknowledged that the current trifecta of crises — a lethal pandemic, an economic meltdown and racial unrest — calls for an expanded governing vision. … In midsummer, he rolled out an economic recovery plan, dubbed “Build Back Better,” with proposals to bolster American manufacturing, spur innovation, build a “clean-energy economy,” advance racial equity and support caregivers and educators. …
Mr. Biden has a long and distinguished record of accomplishment, including, as a senator, sponsoring the landmark Violence Against Women Act of 1994 and, as vice president, overseeing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, passed in response to the Great Recession. In a 2012 interview on “Meet the Press,” his remarks in support of gay marriage — which blindsided the Obama White House and caused a public kerfuffle — proved a watershed moment for the cause of equality. In 1996, Mr. Biden had voted as a senator in favor of the Defense of Marriage Act, which prohibited federal recognition of same-sex marriages, making his evolution on the issue particularly resonant. …
He is also offering a glimpse of the Democratic Party’s future in his choice of running mate, Senator Kamala Harris of California. Ms. Harris would become a number of firsts — a woman, a Black person and an Asian-American — as vice president, adding history-making excitement to the ticket. … the party’s next generation of leaders. Ms. Harris is a promising step in that direction.
… People respond to that, across lines of race and class — ever more so in this time of uncertainty. The father of the police-shooting victim Jacob Blake described his phone conversation with Mr. Biden as full of “love, admiration, caring,” in one of many recent examples of the former vice president’s hard-earned empathy.
Knife-wielder Jacob Blake’s dad hotep-pilled Joe on the Light Bulb Question. Shortly after talking to the elder Blake, Biden announced in riot-torn Kenosha:
A black man invented the light bulb, not a white guy named Edison.
(I’m a rare American who found Biden hilarious. Unfortunately, Joe was seldom in on his own jokes.)
Back to the NYT’s 2020 endorsement of Ol’ Joe:
… When they go to the polls this year, voters aren’t just choosing a leader. .... They’re deciding whether … they believe that racism should be treated as a public policy problem.
And then 10 days later on October 16, 2020, the NYT editorialized about how much they hate Donald Trump, citing numerous issues that they don’t dare bring up in 2026:
Paywall here.
