"So the House is almost certain to flip, and the Senate seems likely—I’d say very likely—to do so. Since 1954, there’ve only been two occasions on which both chambers have changed hands in a midterm election: 1994 and 2006."
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- “This isn’t America First. It’s Putin First. So why does Trump keep selling out America to Putin?”43110110.7K
- "We’re a week out, and things look good. In fact they’re looking a bit better every day...Insofar as one can read the entrails of the early vote—more than 30m Americans have voted—they seem to confirm the polls, which continue to signal a big blue wave."283917512.1K
- Bill KristolRT @BillKristol: How much hopium would a Woke Bill smoke if a Woke Bill could smoke hope? Would you believe winning senate seats in FL and LA?020034K
- Good news from Serbia and Brazil, and from the early vote across the U.S. Elon freaks out at the idea of accountability, and MAGA thinks we’re not allowed to laugh about the Cheesecake Factory. An upbeat podcast!289635.6K
- "It was a good day for opponents of despotism. But the future of both countries remains in doubt. Their prospects would be brighter if the U.S. were a staunch champion of liberty. But now the U.S. is as likely to be on the side of despotism as liberty."225419716.5K
- "Once upon a time, this stuff actually seemed to work for Trump. He built a whole lurid Technicolor artificial world for his supporters to live in. He lied and lied, and from time to time he won. But it’s over. He’s done, the jig is up. Nobody believes."939523.9K81.7K
- Dunno, but this feels like one of those headlines from 2006 we were all looking back at in 2009 -- "Wall Street celebrates new ways or reducing mortgage risk" or the like. "Meta unveiled a plan to raise up to $95 billion in waves of stock offering."16188812.3K
- No fatalism please. A victory against the odds over an authoritarian.Antonello Guerrera @antoguerreraIncredible. Vucic concedes defeat in the Serbian election. After Orbán, Putin and Russia have lost another big ally in Europe.271891.3K45.4K
Incredible. Vucic concedes defeat in the Serbian election. After Orbán, Putin and Russia have lost another big ally in Europe.810642947K- A lively and interesting talk, I thought. Take a look or a listen—there’s no World Series game tonight, so why not?Bill Kristol @BillKristolSouth Carolina? Florida? Mississippi?! Discussing Democrats' Senate prospects with Lauren Egan, live at 4:00 pm ET (or you can watch the recording on Substack or YouTube afterwards).132213.6K
- South Carolina? Florida? Mississippi?! Discussing Democrats' Senate prospects with Lauren Egan, live at 4:00 pm ET (or you can watch the recording on Substack or YouTube afterwards).1873038.9K
- “Rubio’s account of the West oddly demoted virtue and liberty. By failing to mention justice and moderation, he distorted classical Greece. And Rubio omitted from his discussion of American greatness the universal rights on which the nation was founded.”3711335117.1K
- Heads-up. Today's Bulwark on Sunday won't be at noon, as it usually is, but will be live at 4:00 pm. Discussing Dem prospects in some key Senate races (Mississippi!) with Lauren Egan.2979319.6K
- Bill KristolRT @Oooooooopig: To the hateful, bullying MAGA folks who posted trash and lies earlier on my we-voted-blue-today post, my husband and I do not give a 💩. We are your worst nightmare: intelligent, accomplished, caring Americans who are gold star parents and love the USA. Vote Blue! Save America!02.3K01.2K
- "Early voters are ~10 points more Democratic this year than in 2024. This will translate to an electorate ~Harris +3 nationally...Add cross-over voting from Republicans, plus the solid Dem lean among independents, it’s easy to see the blue wave forming."358840419.6K
- Bill KristolRT @DemzDeliver: 🚨 James Talarico releases new ad SLAMMING Ken Paxton's corruption: "I've never been reported to the FBI for bribery. I've never been impeached by my own party, and I've never given a sweetheart deal to a pedophile."071401.1K
- Trump-Putin scandal in Alaska. "Joel Riddle, chief executive of Polar LNG until he resigned in September, said he had been misled...The true source of at least some of Polar LNG’s money was Novatek, a Russian energy giant under partial U.S. sanctions."541.5K2.9K37.6K
- I voted yesterday at our local community center. There aren't competitive races in our CD or state (VA), but fwiw turnout seemed robust, voters energized and eager. In the sewer of Trump's smears and Elon's money, voting is the great disinfectant.
462221.2K18.8K - Re Trump and Elon and all the rest of them, Gramsci said it best: "In this interregnum a great variety of morbid phenomena occur."395419735.8K
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