2026 Mid-Term Elections

[Jimmy Higgins]

Exactly. The left's obsession with pretending disparate outcomes is discrimination does not play well with a lot of people who look around and see that the discrimination going on is against white and Asian males. And they don't recognize that they are jumping from the frying pan to the fire.

Not exactly. The GOP and alt-right media has convinced them this is true though. The Charlie Kriks are winning. Congrats on gaslighting for them. They appreciate it.

There are multiple people on here pointing out the problem, why do you think it's due to the alt-right media? The alt-right blasts it out at high volume (look at the Washington crash--immediate blame of a supposed DEI hire controller) but that doesn't mean there isn't a real issue. The reality is a lot of white males are looking around and objecting to being punished for the sins of their forefathers.

Where is the proof white males are being discriminated against?

Well, if nothing else, these days college admissions skew female. By the standard being used to show discrimination that proves it.

But nobody gets funding for research to prove it so you have to look at things like lawsuits about discrimination against white males.

Doesn't the population skew that way too?

What are you trying to say here?

That you said schools are skewing female while yhe general population does as well.

There have been lawsuits because governments have clearly stacked the deck against whites.

Stacled against? Fuck, you are hopeless.

 

[TV and credit cards]

There have been lawsuits because governments have clearly stacked the deck against whites.

Stacled against? Fuck, you are hopeless.

Yeah. In comparison it's like a bad hair day.

 

[blastula]

GOP Rep. Doug LaMalfa dies at 65

The sudden death of the California Republican and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's resignation cuts the GOP's fragile House majority to 218-213, with no margin for error.

www.nbcnews.com

This and the MTG resignation brings the current GOP majority down to 218-213.

 

[blastula]

Republican-turned-Democrat George Conway is running for Congress in New York to 'fight Trumpism'

In an interview, Conway framed his campaign squarely around Trump, calling for his impeachment and for the U.S. to undertake a "modern legal reconstruction."

www.nbcnews.com

George Conway, the longtime conservative lawyer who became a prominent critic of President Donald Trump, is officially launching a Democratic campaign for Congress in Manhattan on Tuesday, the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

 

[robnisch]

Mary Peltola, barrier-breaking ex-Alaska congresswoman, is challenging Dan Sullivan in Senate race

Democratic former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola announces her challenge against Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan in this year's midterm elections.

apnews.com

This could be big.
She beat Palin to get House seat.

 

[blastula]

Texas Democrat Taylor Rehmet flips Republican state Senate seat Trump won by 17 points

Trump distanced himself from the loss Sunday, after urging votes for Wambsganss a day earlier.

www.pbs.org

Democrat Taylor Rehmet flipped a reliably Republican state Senate district in Texas in Saturday's special election, continuing a string of surprise victories for Democrats across the U.S. in the year since Donald Trump returned to the White House.

The Republican president immediately distanced himself from the loss in a district he'd won by 17 points in 2024.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

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President Donald Trump said Monday that Republican lawmakers should nationalize voting — claiming a power explicitly granted to states in the U.S. Constitution.

Speaking to right-wing podcaster Dan Bongino, who recently stepped down from his role as the FBI’s deputy director, Trump again falsely alleged that the 2020 election was stolen from him, and he urged Republicans to “take over” elections and nationalize the process.

“We should take over the voting, the voting, in at least 15 places,” Trump told Bongino. “The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting.”

Hmm... nationalize voting. Certainly an option. Trump is much more popular than the GOP. Making elections about Trump might be their best option.

....

Wait... what was that?

“We should take over the voting, the voting, in at least 15 places,” Trump told Bongino,

WHAT?!

You know, there are a couple things to consider here. The GOP would never go along with this... and the GOP is so far up Trump's ass, they always go along with whatever he does.

 

[Jason Harvestdancer]

Seriously? It's more than fifteen months to election day.

Come back in fourteen and a half months.

In the US, everything is political now. It's an indicator of the accelerating decline of the country.

 

[Don2 (Don1 Revised)]

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President Donald Trump said Monday that Republican lawmakers should nationalize voting — claiming a power explicitly granted to states in the U.S. Constitution.

Speaking to right-wing podcaster Dan Bongino, who recently stepped down from his role as the FBI’s deputy director, Trump again falsely alleged that the 2020 election was stolen from him, and he urged Republicans to “take over” elections and nationalize the process.

“We should take over the voting, the voting, in at least 15 places,” Trump told Bongino. “The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting.”

Hmm... nationalize voting. Certainly an option. Trump is much more popular than the GOP. Making elections about Trump might be their best option.

....

Wait... what was that?

“We should take over the voting, the voting, in at least 15 places,” Trump told Bongino,

WHAT?!

You know, there are a couple things to consider here. The GOP would never go along with this... and the GOP is so far up Trump's ass, they always go along with whatever he does.

Dude...

You just started a clause with "the GOP would never ..."

Think about it. You're a smart guy, not Charlie Brown trying to kick a football.

The majority would probably not go along with it _now_, but he doesn't merely take out dissenters. He also repeats the lies and has a well-oiled propaganda machine to push his narratives. There's a whole infrastructure that pushes MAGA on any issue. Remember when the vast majority of GOP didn't think the election was stolen? Remember when they were for releasing the Epstein files? For bringing guns to protests? Against foreign intervention?

I made another thread on this:Another coup... but he's getting into voter databases. Next they will push conspiracies, like that immigrants are voting. They took names and birth years in Georgia back in 2020 to claim dead people voted, but if you have 50 George Smiths born in 1960 it isn't unique. Likewise Jesus Lopez is not a unique name, but they can push an idea of illegal voting like before to justify ICE presence.

They have plenty of time to move their base and inundate with propaganda. Bezos, Fox, OAN, Bannon, Musk will all be on board to spread the disinformation.

It's not new. They've been doing that. GOP politicians will be ok with following Trump when their base agrees with the narrative.

 

[Gospel]

The GOP is following Donald Trump straight to the grave. Nationalism has never saved a declining empire. History is clear on that. If anything, it accelerates decline by making enemies at home and abroad that did not exist before. They think slapping the word Christian in front of nationalism magically makes it something else. Certified fools is what they are IMHO.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

The GOP is following Donald Trump straight to the grave.

Yeah, the question is whether they are taking all of us with them.

 

[TV and credit cards]

Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said Sunday that President Donald Trump intends to take action to overturn the result of the 2026 midterm elections should Republicans lose seats in Congress.

"I think [Trump] intends to try to subvert the elections," Schiff told ABC News' "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl. "And if he loses the vote ... he's prepared to try to take some kind of action to overturn the result, and we really shouldn't question that."

Okay, when Schiff says it, I'm listening.

 

[WAB]

Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said Sunday that President Donald Trump intends to take action to overturn the result of the 2026 midterm elections should Republicans lose seats in Congress.

"I think [Trump] intends to try to subvert the elections," Schiff told ABC News' "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl. "And if he loses the vote ... he's prepared to try to take some kind of action to overturn the result, and we really shouldn't question that."

Okay, when Schiff says it, I'm listening.

Shouldn't that 'shouldn't' be a 'should'???

 

[TV and credit cards]

Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said Sunday that President Donald Trump intends to take action to overturn the result of the 2026 midterm elections should Republicans lose seats in Congress.

"I think [Trump] intends to try to subvert the elections," Schiff told ABC News' "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl. "And if he loses the vote ... he's prepared to try to take some kind of action to overturn the result, and we really shouldn't question that."

Okay, when Schiff says it, I'm listening.

Shouldn't that 'shouldn't' be a 'should'???

Yeah, I noticed that too. I remember when any typo in a news article was as rare as hens teeth. Now I've come to expect them to write like a bunch of senior citizens with varying degrees of cognitive decline.

 

[GenesisNemesis]

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President Donald Trump said Monday that Republican lawmakers should nationalize voting — claiming a power explicitly granted to states in the U.S. Constitution.

Speaking to right-wing podcaster Dan Bongino, who recently stepped down from his role as the FBI’s deputy director, Trump again falsely alleged that the 2020 election was stolen from him, and he urged Republicans to “take over” elections and nationalize the process.

“We should take over the voting, the voting, in at least 15 places,” Trump told Bongino. “The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting.”

Hmm... nationalize voting. Certainly an option. Trump is much more popular than the GOP. Making elections about Trump might be their best option.

....

Wait... what was that?

“We should take over the voting, the voting, in at least 15 places,” Trump told Bongino,

WHAT?!

You know, there are a couple things to consider here. The GOP would never go along with this... and the GOP is so far up Trump's ass, they always go along with whatever he does.

But but but Trump isn't fascist REEEEEE.

 

[Elixir]

The GOP is following Donald Trump straight to the grave.

That's not a good thing. The fact that Trump has made the GOP into a necrotic relic of WWII fascism is not something to celebrate.
Yes, the current GOP needs to be buried. But a more conservative faction than the AOC brand (which I endorse) needs to emerge to keep things in perspective.

 

[ZiprHead]

Democrat wins Louisiana House seat by 24 points, "She was outspent 3-to-1 and still won"

Democrat Chasity Martinez won the special election on Saturday for the Louisiana House District 60 seat, which was vacant after MAGA-aligned Republican Governor Jeff Landry appointed former State Rep. Chad Brown (D) as Louisiana’s Commissioner of Alcohol and Tobacco Control.

According to the Louisiana Secretary of State website, Martinez (a member of the Iberville Parish Council) defeated her Republican opponent Brad Daigle by receiving 62% of the vote. Daigle received about 38%.

 

[ZiprHead]

Heard this morning. Mike Pillow has raised about $350,000 for his run for governor in the last two weeks. 60% of the money was used to buy his books.

The grift continues.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Democrat wins Louisiana House seat by 24 points, "She was outspent 3-to-1 and still won"

Democrat Chasity Martinez won the special election on Saturday for the Louisiana House District 60 seat, which was vacant after MAGA-aligned Republican Governor Jeff Landry appointed former State Rep. Chad Brown (D) as Louisiana’s Commissioner of Alcohol and Tobacco Control.

According to the Louisiana Secretary of State website, Martinez (a member of the Iberville Parish Council) defeated her Republican opponent Brad Daigle by receiving 62% of the vote. Daigle received about 38%.

I'd hit the *pause* button on getting too excited. District 40 has been blue for over a decade. It is hard to tell what the redistricting impact was for the district. What is interesting is that the Dems have been winning this district in the State Legislature by a good margin and Trump winning it by a good margin.

 

[TV and credit cards]

Bernie Sanders and Gavin Newsom become adversaries over push to tax California billionaires

As national Democrats search for a unifying theme ahead of the fall’s midterm elections, a California proposal to levy a hefty tax on billionaires is turning some of the party’s leading figures into adversaries just when Democrats can least afford division from within.

Bernie Sanders will be in Los Angeles campaigning Wednesday for the tax proposal that has the Silicon Valley in an uproar, with tech titans are threatening to leave the state. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom is among its outspoken opponents, warning that it could leave government finances in crisis and put the state at a competitive disadvantage nationally.

I'm not opposed to what Bernie does. I am often opposed to when he does it.
This is when standing on principle is foolhardy.

But I suppose the fault ultimately lies with the originators of the proposal: Jim Mangia, president and CEO of St. John's Community Health, and Suzanne Jimenez of the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW).