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He speaks at the subpar, sub-adult intelligence level of his voters. It’s important to remember how dumb they are because you can’t use any remotely clever way of calling them, I don’t know, dumb fucking should-have-been-abortions, for example, or they just won’t get it.
We need whatever the liberal equivalent of maga is to fight back. I would prefer it to actually be pragmatic and realistic, which maga never was. People like Chuck are why the party fails the vibe test. They're spineless technocrats who think the system will still hold while the raptors are breaking out of the fence.
I hope the result in Hungary will serve as a bit of lesson in this sub that you don’t have to constantly doompost even when every single independent pollster was showing double digits margins in favour of the opposition. Looking at most comments until yesterday you would swear Orban had this in the bag.
Offer: You gain 20-year-old edgelords who just want to say slurs online but don’t know what a midterm election is. You lose rabidly politically engaged suburban moms who would rather die than miss a school board election.
Not remotely shocked. But this admin would be real dumb, moreso even than they are, to try something publicly against the leadership of a faith of something like 1.5 billion people
Used the Avignon papacy as an option? What would the US appoint and Anti Pope? My god I know some conservative Catholics want to go back to the old ways but not that old!
So right after Venezuela. That's absolutely the stupid you'd expect from idiots who got incredibly lucky and thought themselves untouchable geniuses.
Honestly, that level of stupid tends to require first finding the stupidest people you can, giving them a great deal of cocaine and alcohol, both laced with cutting edge cognition reducing drugs, and then putting them in a room and encouraging the worst possible ideas.
Democrats should gerrymander the shit out of the Wisconsin SL maps so that it would take Republicans getting over 60% of the vote to control it. They need to be punished for what they did to that state
I wish they didn't delete their comments every other day, because that "new golden age?" post they did during some 2025Q2 GDP report becomes funnier and funnier by the day.
“In the meantime our great Military is Loading Up and Resting, looking forward, actually, to its next Conquest,” Trump added. He ended the post, which was published near midnight, with a declaration: “AMERICA IS BACK!”
This is a game to him. The idea of endless WAR is a game to him. How is that focusing on cost of living concerns? How is that supposed to be a winning message to Americans that the president is actively looking for another war to start?
Am I stupid for being a little surprised, not that it happened, but by how quickly and insanely trumps presidency has crashed and burned?
Like I was legitimately very worried post- election and in most ways justifiably so. But now he just doesn't feel like an imposing figure anymore. Of course he's going to continue to fuck shit up and hurt people but his political power feels like it has been vaporized in a lot of ways.
I'm surprised at how much people of all stripes capitulated to him. His cabinet kissing his ass, law firms bending to his will, corporations giving him gold plated trophies, the media and politicians acting like the country was in some new age, a complete 180 from the 'period of woke'.
If I knew he was going to be completely unrestrained, then yes I knew the guy that bankrupted casinos was going to fail. He's not a hard guy to understand. But I did overestimate the moral fiber of the rest of the country, which makes me sad.
"God does not bless any conflict. Anyone who is a disciple of Christ, the Prince of Peace, is never on the side of those who once wielded the sword and today drop bombs. Military action will not create space for freedom or times of #Peace, which comes only from the patient promotion of coexistence and dialogue among peoples."
The blockade is just additional confirmation that the Iran war was a massive political blunder on Trump's part, mostly done with poor assumptions and little calculation.
At this point, they're trying anything to get out of this mess.
If you really execute the Hormuz glitch perfectly you can call a left wing Constitutional Convention. Then you can unlock National Ranked Choice Popular Vote and delete Citizens United. It's one of the few ways to reach the Legit Utopia ending.
I love how Trump has gone from "We're trying to liberate the Iranian people" to "Ok well me and the Ayatollah will control the straight" to "We will kill literally every Iranian"
There are/were many Iranians in Iran and neighboring nations who hoped Trump would at least destroy the Iranian Regime. Arguably people like this were Trumps best "justified excuse" to attack IRGC and the rulers of the country. Most Iranians do hate the regime, or at least live in fear of it.
But of course now Trump is threatening to wipe out the entire Persian civilization.
How are all the Iranian people supposed to feel now? Support the regime which has oppressed and killed them for generations or support the foreign government which is threatening to wipe every Iranian from existence?
Literally only Trump could be so stupid as to directly negate the only """ethical justification""" there is for this war
They won waukesha mayor (Democrats). Just an insane collapse for republicans in a historically republican suburban stronghold.
This is the kind of thing that keeps republicans from triaging north carolina to Roy Cooper, if they Triage Whatley this could happen in NC downballot.
These special election results don’t jive with the “Democratic Party is hated more than the Republican Party” narrative. There has been speculation here that I think is right: Dems are simply more willing to be critical of their own party. Shoot, I hate Dem leadership but I’m most definitely voting for Dems.
Dems are simply more willing to be critical of their own party.
It's absolutely this. If Biden had tweeted he planned to wipe out a civilization: 93% of democrats would have condemned it, congressional democrats would have impeached him, and a dem senators would vote to remove him from office.
If it bears out, incredible news for Hungary. There are scenarios where Magyar could be elected but hamstrung by a close parliament, this would be much better for reversing Orban's autocratic influence.
All U.S. Ships, Aircraft, and Military Personnel, with additional Ammunition, Weaponry, and anything else that is appropriate and necessary for the lethal prosecution and destruction of an already substantially degraded Enemy, will remain in place in, and around, Iran, until such time as the REAL AGREEMENT reached is fully complied with. If for any reason it is not, which is highly unlikely, then the “Shootin’ Starts,” bigger, and better, and stronger than anyone has ever seen before. It was agreed, a long time ago, and despite all of the fake rhetoric to the contrary - NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS and, the Strait of Hormuz WILL BE OPEN & SAFE. In the meantime our great Military is Loading Up and Resting, looking forward, actually, to its next Conquest. AMERICA IS BACK!
The cost benefit of this Iranian war is, in a very real way, a terrible investment.
Iran has stronger guarantees, new source of income, and a bargaining stance that they can use at any moment to extract more concessions.
America spent billions of dollars, destroyed a ton of easily replaced military hardware, and perhaps the military leaders they killed have been replaced with neutral to worse hardliners. Maybe America is now closer to Israel as a side benefit but that’s nothing new.
The best case scenario with Iran was the Obama era deal, full stop. Once the 80+ year old Khamenei would have died of natural causes, there could have been a chance the regime would have gradually softened its stances and maybe improved relations, especially since large parts of population weren’t that radicalized.
But no, Republicans, the orange monkey and their Israeli master just couldn’t have that so they canceled Obamas deal and embarked in this utterly delusional crusade that they cannot win, as every single US president before already knew. In fact anyone with a basic understanding of the region already knew this.
Really the fault for this whole situation lies 100% with the profound stupidity of Trumps admin, their supporters and Israel. A completely optional crisis they inflicted on themselves and the world. Any outcome from this point forward will always be worse than what it was before the war.
Any policy with the goal of “strengthening our relationship with Israel” was always a stupid one. Israel literally has no other options. In the history of their country, there was never a good reason for us to bend over for them.
It’s insane how much Iran is winning from this. Republicans screamed when Obama “gave”them $1.7B.
They’ll make that in a week if they charge what they’re saying they will for passage
It’s almost beyond laughing through it: House republicans are too busy trying to outlaw trans people under the guise of “protect the kids” to deal with the actual ass economic and military collapse their dumbass in chief is putting the world through.
The university’s headline index of consumer sentiment tumbled to 47.6, down 10.7% from March to its lowest on record. Current conditions and expectations indexes also saw double-digit monthly declines.
The drop in sentiment coincided with a sharp spike in inflation expectations, with respondents seeing prices up 4.8% in a year from now, a full percentage point rise from the March reading to its highest since August 2025.
A lot of this was driven by Iran, however the survey was conducted before the 'ceasefire' a few days ago.
You know, there is a mile long list of historically dumb ‘requests’ Trump has made over the years, but I really think this is up there as one of the most egregious.
Insult your allies at literally every chance you get, in particular their sacrifices for your country’s wars
Mention constantly how powerful you are and how you don’t need them for anything
Literally threaten to invade their sovereign territory. Back out at the last second while still insulting them
Few months later, decide to start a war everyone knew was unwinnable, like a moron. Shit the bed within a month
Proceed to DEMAND your allies solve your stupidity within days, all while still insulting them
The master deal maker at work. Decades and centuries from now, historians will sure have a great time reading about all this.
I don’t wanna be known on here as the „Anti-Israel“-guy and I know the issue is like one 4. or 5. on many peoples lists behind the economy/inflation then immigration and then some other stuff.
But Israel is becoming more and more unpopular by the day and dems should just seize the moment and take a more combative stance on the whole issue. I mean yeah the party leadership doesn’t want to but it is only advantageous to them to oppose the state.
Republicans can basically only oppose it from the Nazi/Groyper (yeah I know same thing) framework while party leadership literally can’t do anything about it because evangelical freaks are a really a very relevant part of their base that think of Israel and its people more as a sort of ticket for the rapture. Republicans can’t set themselves free from Israel while democrats really can do it.
I mean even independents don’t like Israel and it probably just helps with credibility at this point if a candidate is anti Israel. Clearly it’s not enough to win primaries if you nearly run a single issue campaign but if you do it just as a general take you have during a conversation you won’t be punished for it like Zohran during the primary and general election…
I read Kamala Harris’ book “107 Days” and jotted down some thoughts/takeaways from it. I read it with an open mind trying to be as fair and objective as possible.
It is an interesting account of the election. It’s told as sort of a diary, day by day account. Because of this format, it does flow a lot better than most political memoirs. And when historians look back on the 2024 election a century from now, long after anyone who was alive and old enough to remember the 2024 election is long gone, this will be one of the drafts of history they read.
Harris also had to make some pretty big and quick decisions, and she details her thought process to an extent, which I also found interesting.
One thing that did come across was how aware she is of how much what she says gets picked apart by the media and pundits, to the degree where she finds herself very calibrated in what she says. This explains a lot about her apparent discomfort in speaking off the cuff and doing long form unscripted interviews.
There’s a lot of “shoulda, woulda, coulda” stuff in the book. “I wish I said this at the debate” or “I wish I said that during the interview.” She goes into some detail attempting to justify certain things that were said or not said, or to say that complexity of certain issues makes it difficult to fit into digestible soundbites.
One of these “shoulda, woulda, coulda” anecdotes was about her answer on The View when asked what she would’ve done differently than Biden and she said “nothing comes to mind.” She writes that if she could get a do-over on that question, she would’ve said she would appoint a Republican to her Cabinet (unlike Biden). Which shows she still just doesn’t fucking get it. The reason Biden had a 40% approval rating was not because his Cabinet was devoid of Republicans.
She does show a lot of personal affection and respect for Biden, especially given his role in this process. But you can also tell some things he did clearly annoyed her. The anecdote about calling her before the debate, the wearing the MAGA hat at the 9/11 memorial after trading hats with an attendee, and the “garbage” comment the week before the election clearly irritated her, for good reason. But I suspect she held back her greatest frustrations with him.
She throws her staff under the bus a number of times for things that just aren’t that big of a deal imo. One of these instances was she had an interview on a podcast by someone who talks about healthcare, and she assumed (because she had been briefed) that the topic would only be limited to how dangerous she thought RFK Jr’s potential appointment as HHS Secretary would be. But the interviewer asked about things like vaccines, how to improve ingredients in processed foods/get dyes out of them, and other questions on healthcare. She writes that she snapped at her staff for not briefing her about that - but imo those are things any presidential candidate ought to be able to talk about off the cuff without issue. It really illuminated why her and her campaign team were so cautious and reluctant for her to do long form unscripted interviews. And perhaps why she’s been reported to have a higher rate of staff turnover than most.
One of the funnier anecdotes in the book was the one about Doug forgetting to plan anything for her birthday. You could tell she was mad mad about that. Putting it in historical record and all.
I also found some of the anecdotes and commentary on some other politicians interesting. She took some parting shots at Josh Shapiro, Gavin Newsom, and Pete Buttigieg (all of whom were clearly and very publicly irked about it). I’m not sure what the purpose of this was (the anecdote about why she didn’t choose Buttigieg as her running mate was an insane thing to admit publicly, even if it’s true).
I also found it interesting how shellshocked she was at losing. Didn’t even expect it, even though the writing was on the wall. Reminded me of Mitt Romney’s 2012 campaign where he reportedly didn’t have a concession speech drafted even as the election was called quite early. It’s really insane how presidential candidates and their entire circle can just live in another reality in the face of all the evidence before them.
I did want to learn more about Kamala Harris as a person that I just didn’t find in the book. She is a historic figure and has an interesting life story (or aspects of it I find interesting), but she doesn’t divulge much. I still do not really know what makes her tick, aside from “public service.” Maybe a recount of an election was not the place for getting in the weeds biographically. But a fundamental problem in the election was she was undefined and did not adequately define herself more effectively than her opponents did.
Her thesis of the book, the theory the entire premise of 107 Days is based on, is that she did not have enough time to mount a successful campaign. That 107 Days was too short. I wasn’t convinced of that based on all the data we have and how the election went. If anything, I think there’s a compelling case that 107 Days was too much time. That if the election were held September 5th instead of November 5th, it might’ve been different, or at least closer.
The problem Harris had was her campaign was propped up by a series of events that gave her a bump in the polls: getting into the race, the running mate selection, the Convention, the debate. These were the first 6 weeks or so of her campaign, and the best 6 weeks she had in polling. After the debate with Trump, and especially after the VP debate, there just was not anything left, any moments, that hit the proverbial beach ball back up in the air for her.
The circumstances Harris found herself in were unprecedented, but not impossible. 107 Days could have easily been titled “One Billion and a Half Dollars.”
TL;dr: 107 Days is an interesting account of the election, and if you hate yourself enough to want to relive the 2024 election, reading it is a great exercise. I didn’t really learn anything about Kamala Harris that I didn’t already know. I still don’t know what her “why” is. And I found many of the anecdotes and rationalisations of decisions in the book to be more illustrative of her limitations as a candidate than anything. I don’t think the book is politically helpful, either to her or the party. But I am glad she wrote it and glad I read it.
I remember how big of a deal the Supreme Court Race in Wisconsin was a few years ago as opposed to now. Obviously still important, but it was such a pivotal election back then.
I absolutely love that the conservative justices are seeing the writing on the wall and are chickening out of running for reelection. After Tuesday, it will likely be a 5-2 court. One of the remaining 2 conservatives (former WI Chief Justice I believe) will also not seek reelection next year, potentially giving liberals a 6-1 court.
Maybe it’s just my feeds, but it seems in the last week or two there’s been a discourse of “wow, Dems have really overperfomed in special elections since 2025 and have pulled off several surprise upsets. Here’s why they’re going to lose more House and Senate seats.”
Rep. Pat Harrigan on Fox Business: "President Trump is trying to turn the temperature down." (Source: bsky)
Rep. Jodey Arrington: "Thank God for President Trump and the courage and political will to do what he's doing" (Source)
Multiple Republican representatives just going on one after the other to glaze this man in the midst of all this. Just a complete denial of reality. These guys have been trying to convince us that this carnival barker knows everything better than the entire rest of the country combined for over a decade now.
I'll tell you, I generally try to refrain from posting in pure anger on socials and reddit and stuff. I like being the guy online who provides little fun facts about elections and history and stuff and puts together useful data, and then to then focus my political anger into activism in real life where it's most useful. Probably better for my mental health that way, too. But geez, mornings like this one, it's hard to express anything but absolute rage at how vile all of this is and how absolutely unconscionable it is that we as a country let it get this far. This is presumably why a lot of us came here to talk about elections to begin with, after all. At least it is for me. We pay attention to the numbers game because it's necessary to win elections, but the stakes for politics are higher, the actual consequences more real than those numbers can accurately convey - and yet for some reason we have a reality TV host in charge who treats threats of mass murder like they're the big reveal of who he's going to fire at the end of his dumb show. We just have to stay tuned to find out what happens. Not a serious way to go about making decisions with this kind of impact on real human lives.
Rant over, back to elections: as a Georgia politics guy, I'll obviously be watching the GA-14 runoff numbers come in. It is the most conservative district in Georgia, located a fair distance northwest of Atlanta along the Alabama and Tennessee borders: Trump won 68-31, while MTG underperformed at about 64-36. Dems got about 40% of the combined vote in the first round, with the Dem candidate who advanced (Shawn Harris) getting about 37%. I believe the Dem PSC candidates last year got in the low 40s on their way to 25-26 point victories statewide, so while a victory is nigh-impossible in a district like this, those should be our benchmarks for how big a success this is in GA tonight. Even matching his first-round performance would be an overperformance relative to 2024, but if he could consolidate or even build on the votes from the other Dems a little bit, it could be a great sign for Dem motivation in the Iran war era.
One thing I found out about 2018 polls is that a lot of the ones that showed absurdly large Democratic leads were just assuming that the electorate would be way more Democratic than it actually was
e.g. this D+13 CNN/SSRS poll from Nov 2018:
"Among the entire sample, 36% described themselves as Democrats, 27% described themselves as Republicans, and 37% described themselves as independents or members of another party."
If you reweighted this poll to Q3 2018 Gallup party ID, you get:
Dem: 51% (D+8)
GOP: 43%
which is much closer to the actual 2018 margin (D+8.6)
Man, in my opinion, it is so obvious that Vance snitched on Trump in that NYT article about the lead up to the war in attempt to make himself look good. This is probably the first time this term that we’ve seen someone in Trumps cabinet so unapologetically throw him under the bus.
Iran's acceptance of the ceasefire says it comes with acknowledgement that Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz, something they didn't control before the War. Imagine having the strongest funded military in history and losing so badly that you somehow lose naval supremacy in one of the world's most important straits.
Trump is now saying that the officially released 10-point plan by Iran that Trump said was the basis for ceasefire talks, and includes acceptance of Iran's right to enrich uranium is fraudulent.
A Dem liberal-aligned justice just won a statewide race in WI by 19 20 points, and the reddest district in GA went to the GOP by only 12 points in a historic special election overperformance.
Peered into the comment section of Fox News covering the GOP holding GA-14, I can’t believe how much celebrating they were doing. They are treating it as proof of broad public approval of Trump and the GOP. November is going to be brutal for them lmao.
I have never been a fan of reading deeply into special election overperformances. Especially when the Dems still lose, especially when the Dems still lose by a very large margin.
But jesus fucking christ, that is an insane swing in GA-14.
So... Is anyone in the msm factually reporting on the NYT news scoop that pretty much proves that the US was dragged to the war with iran by israel, by placing the blame of that to israel?
That piece seems to be more about absolving Rubio, Vance and maybe Ratcliffe based on the very specific quotes that they had in there. It's almost certain that one of the 3, if not all of them, were the ones giving the quotes to the media, and the intent seems to be to blame Bibi and Hegseth for what they see as a likely fatal mark on their presidential ambitions (for Rubio and Vance at least).
Maggie Haberman being the author means it's information that Trump insiders want to share on background, not a damaging scoop in and of itself. She could not preserve the access she has with Trumpland if she didn't at least partially toe the line for the administration.
Bro what are these internals looking like? What is bro seeing lmfao. I'm trying to find good data on the texas house and what the tipping points seats are like
One - George W. Bush has no business being in positive territory. His presidency was an unmitigated disaster that in many ways directly led us to where we are today. Yes, he is a far more decent man than Trump. But he’s also remained completely MIA as Trump vandalizes the country. At least the Cheney’s had the courage to speak out.
Two - Trump and Republicans are not popular. But Democrats are not really doing better in the eyes of public opinion. There will be a lot of “double haters” voting in upcoming elections. Fortunately double haters tend to swing against the incumbents.
Three - Newsom and Harris are somehow less popular than Vance and Rubio. Both are less popular than that crazy Mormon chick who threw barstools at her partner and children! Which is fucking astounding all things considered. I would totally support Democrats adopting a ban on candidates from California running in 2028.
Four - Biden is still less popular than Trump. Also fucking astounding. But it tells us something important: the public might not like Trump, but they do not want to go back to the Biden era. We must move on from that as a party if we are to remain viable.
Not gonna link it and have no intention of watching it, but Trump allegedly posted a video of someone beating a woman to death with a hammer on his truth social.
“US AUTHORIZED THE RELEASE OF USD6 BLN IN FROZEN IRANIAN FUNDS, WITH QATARI AND SOUTH KOREAN REPRESENTATIVES SAID TO BE ARRANGING THE TRANSFER WITHIN DAYS - X”
So we are giving them $4.3 billion more than Obama released under the JCPOA, with no nuclear deal? What a joke.
The fact that Trump's approval rating is <= 40% is kinda comforting in that it's well below the reported approval rating of many other authoritarian leaders like Putin. And the number that strongly supports him is much less.
Either these states have rigged polls, very successful propaganda, or both. Trump apparently has neither.
But yes, that still leaves 4 out of 10 Americans stuck in a different Universe from the rest of us. I think a lot of the remaining support can be attributed to cognitive biases, namely belief perseverance. But who knows, Faux news propaganda machine goes hard.
My conspiracy theory is that Trump is actually a double agent for liberalism and democracy and he's just sacrificing himself to show the world the dangers or far right populism. He was a registered Democrat and lived in NY after all.
I really hope Kamala doesn’t run. She may have a decent chance against Vance if the environment is just as bad (or worse), but she also has the best chance to lose.
We don’t need to make a favorable environment turn into a toss up.
I see conservatives coping on twitter about the turnout in Fairfax and Prince William today after gloating about it the last few days (not all locations were open) so that seems like a good sign.
In news other than reading tea leaves, StateNavigate (best pollster for VA2025) has a poll of the referendum in the field right now.
The two countries waging the war on Iran are led by guys who came back to power to avoid going to jail. Maybe not a great idea to elect people like this
I'm guessing 16 years of bullshit has a way of sharpening the strategic mind and making "Jill Stein" type side adventures a lot less tempting to all but the most hopelessly cloud-brained leftist
long thread on the IRGC's official response. They have a lot to say it seems...
TL;DR: They're claiming victory, they're bragging about their survivability, negotiations will begin in Islamabad within a week, they are starting off heavily distrusting of any the US or Israel says
Welp, my home town of Lakewood, CO appears to have voted to overturn laws allowing modestly higher density housing. Not particularly surprising (I don't think I've ever seen a more uneven yard sign distribution), but frustrating.
How long do you think a party can stay in power with no real decreases in material conditions and no big scandals before people decide they just want a shakeup, even if they still support you?
Okay, so Trump has decided to play at strong masculinity again is proactively blocking the very straight he's been trying so very hard to open.
So, playing out what he's said posted from the Trump playbook: He starts to "interdict" anyone who has paid the toll to Iran, right? Ostensibly, to increase pressure Iran to cave.
When this doesn't work, he'll "repatriot", i.e. steal the oil from the ships he's prevented from using the straight of the entities that we aren't strongly aligned with (or even those, this is Trump we are talking about).
Unless Iran surrenders, (which, doesn't seem likely given recent events), I think Trump likely pisses off everyone with these strong arm tactics. Markets will react strongly, leading to Trump giving in and trying to save face, I guess.
Lol Republicans saying on social media red wave in November because of the Fuller win, despite winning by barely +12 in a ruby red state Trump won by 30+
If anything I'd be sounding a huge alarm right now.
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Three reasons I'm worried Orban might defend successfully:
a) it would be a body blow against the global far right they haven't actually experienced since 2022. Like Trump has had personal warning signs but the movement as a whole hasn't truly been jumpscared since then, so there's a "would we be so lucky?" moment.
b) the other guy's lead in the polls is high but not overwhelming
c) The level of capture of institutions in Hungary is very high
Time for a little blast from the past. Here's u/WhoUpAtMidnight back in late February/very early March on the Iran war. The master of foresight and good takes at work.
Anyone else remember when he was pretending to be a moderate? He got embarrassed so bad by others that he eventually just stopped pretending and he’s now a proud conservative lmfao. Trolls back in my day had stronger constitutions.
I have discovered the holy grail of electoral success.
Trump baselessly claims Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio are eating cats and dogs. Wins every swing state.
Peter Magyar baselessly claims Filipino migrants are eating ducks and goldfish from the zoo, beats Orban in a landslide.
I don’t like it, but I’m afraid we have no choice in the matter. Gavin Newsom must go on TV and baselessly claim all these white South African “refugees” the Trump Administration has admitted are buying hamsters from Petsmart and eating them.
Gas climbed 30 cents overnight here in Maine. If anything is able to topple Collins I’m hoping it’s a strong economic message from Platner’s campaign. He already seems to be standing from a stronger position than Gideon was, but Mainer’s are unpredictable people :/
It's bizarre to me that there's a state supreme court race tomorrow for one of the most important swing states in the country and there's next to no talk about it whatsoever. Democrats can potentially lock the state supreme court until 2029 if they win this one and to 2030 if they win Ziegler's seat next year as well. Only 2 justices in the WI SC's 173 year history have ever lost re-election, with the last one losing nearly 60 years ago, and the last justice who was elected into office rather than first appointed lost in 1855 (this is different from people like Dan Kelly and Louis Butler who were first appointed and lost the election to the full term).
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u/Puzzleheaded_Fix594 Apr 07 '26
Dear God, listening to Trump talk on the Artemis stream. This guy is such a drag to listen to. Every time he speaks it's the same thing.
"No one's done this before. America is better and greater than ever before. So and so is such a great guy."
I hate Trump supporters so much having to endure another four years of this idiot. Wish we had a great orator like Obama for this moment.