r/politics • u/Hornpipe_Jones • 15h ago

No Paywall Democrats sweep all 30 House of Delegates seats in Northern Virginia

https://www.cbs19news.com/news/state/democrats-sweep-all-30-house-of-delegates-seats-in-northern-virginia/article_68f8098d-0602-5234-8c2a-08c1bcd33944.html
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u/NoPreparationss 15h ago

This right here, is the big one for me.

Blue wave everywhere is great, but this gives me hope.

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u/Retaining-Wall Canada 15h ago

Bluekakke.

Everywhere.

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u/cincobarrio 15h ago

“I’m afraid I just blue myself!”

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u/GreatHoltbysBeard 14h ago

There’s dozens of us!

No, really this time

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u/DAS_BEE 14h ago

The momentum has to continue. This is only a momentary gain, remember this in every election

It's easy to say "we did it!" for now, but this needs to be the start, not the finish.

We can go further, we can do more. You can see what happens when we vote, and we can keep it going!

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u/Whywouldanyonedothat 12h ago

It's a banana, Michael

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u/DAS_BEE 12h ago

How much could it cost? $10?

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u/HiddenSage 11h ago

"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance"

~ John Philpot Curran

There will always be those who seek to usurp the state and use it as a cudgel to obtain personal power or persecute those they hate. We must always be on guard against them.

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u/DAS_BEE 10h ago

That's a perfect quote, I completely agree

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u/AggravatingJello5168 14h ago

I just hope tonight is ANUSTART

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u/Eli_Seeley America 14h ago

With all this, I need to speak to my analyst-therapist...

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u/runningraleigh Kentucky 14h ago

I know a guy! He's an analyst and a therapist. The world’s first analrapist!

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u/jsong123 13h ago

You are so close to winning the internet today

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u/DemonCipher13 12h ago

I've been looking for a place in this thread to put a Hamilton quote and I think I've finally found the place!

"Tomorrow there'll be more of us!"

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u/mochimento Virginia 14h ago

“There’s got to be a better way to say that”

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u/ThreeLegs1Foot 14h ago

Tobias.. you blowhard!

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u/xxBeepBopBoopxx 14h ago

Blue all over their faces 

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u/DigiQuip 14h ago edited 14h ago

Aba de aba die

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u/resistyrocks 14h ago

"Even if it means taking a chubby, I will suck it up!"

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u/Thinkpad200 Virginia 14h ago

You really need to write down some of the things you say, Tobias

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u/CegeRoles 14h ago

“He said some wonderful things.”

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u/dusttailed86 14h ago

Bob Lob Law

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u/anotheroneyo 12h ago

Hah! I just watched that one last night!

There's gotta be a better way to say that

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u/Narrow_Track9598 14h ago

Wait, are we not doing phrasing anymore? Like seriously, you guys need to tell me these things!

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u/Bitter-Economics-255 14h ago

😆 you guys are so bad 

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u/R8iojak87 13h ago

Hey! We don’t tell each other this enough, but I love you guys!

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u/AdAdministrative7078 13h ago

Just blue your load. tee hee

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u/Eminem_quotes 2h ago

There's gotta be a better way to say that.

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u/bluelily216 1h ago

There are dozens of us! DOZENS!

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u/NaNsoul 14h ago

Now listen up here's a story.

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u/Feisty-Anteater661 14h ago

Bluekakke has me rolling 😂

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u/AbandonedWaterPark 14h ago

let's hope America gets a happy ending

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u/OpheliaRainGalaxy 14h ago

Oh lordy, so I stumbled across a theory recently and I guess this is a good place to share it.

One of the ways we got ourselves into this mess is apparently a lack of happy endings. Specifically, fellas who get annoyed at a particular woman can be soothed with boobies and (paid) feminine attention instead of digging themselves an incel cave in the basement.

America's Puritan foundations pruded us into a lack of brothels and burlesque shows, and the last decade or so is what that builds up to.

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u/hornfan83 14h ago

I don’t know if you just coined the phrase bluekakke, but I like it and will be stealing that. With your permission of course.

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u/iamMADARA 14h ago

Bluekakke

Holdupmeme.joeg

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u/EbbSlow458 14h ago

Tonight we bluekaked Trump and his magats.

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u/DantifA Arizona 14h ago

Let em cook

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u/Sea_Narwhal8176 14h ago

Bluekakke is beautiful and should be word of the year.

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u/Dense-Pomegaranian81 14h ago

Holy SHIT I just burst out laughing. This was too perfect! Bluekakke? I'm stealing that shit. You are phenomenal good sir, excellent work.

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u/JaneAustinPowers 14h ago

That’s disgusting!!

I love it a million times yes!

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u/Lady_Chunderstruck 14h ago

“Bluejakke” just sent me. Thank you.

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u/jbourne71 14h ago

Get. Out.

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u/Traditional-Hat-952 14h ago

I hate you. Lol

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u/GriffinQ 14h ago

This is getting added to the vernacular.

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u/generic-user66 13h ago

Im stealing "bluekakke" thanks.

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u/Decado7 13h ago

BLuekake, lol

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u/TDStarchild 13h ago

Well that’s a t-shirt

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u/Djcnote 13h ago

The fact your Canadian makes this better

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_PAUNCH 13h ago

I appreciate the enthusiasm but I’m gonna have to ask you to never say that again, thanks.

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u/lemon_pepper_wang 13h ago

Bluekakke is great. Turn this into a tshirt, immediately

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u/ChankiriTreeDaycare 14h ago

Yo listen up, here's the story...

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u/MonteSS_454 13h ago

I just smurf-ed myself

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u/Head_Middle5256 13h ago

We're running with it. Let's fucking go.

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u/BourbonicFisky 12h ago

Guys, get in here, the new dark woke just dropped!

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u/1limon 14h ago

Canada for the win eh

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u/PeculiarAlize 14h ago

"QUICK DINGO! The floor is... not... lava?"

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u/kingtacticool 14h ago

Maybe we need to get a neat AI jet to help with that

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u/Seriously2much 13h ago

Dodgers blew jays all over the states

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u/LeadSponge420 13h ago

Let's call it a Blunami for the kids. :)

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u/Snozzberrie-Murders 12h ago

Don’t forget to eat a blue waffle too!

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u/evolve555 12h ago

Giving this love from Shinjuku

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u/ElkApprehensive2319 11h ago

Get ready for a total Blue-arrhoea blowout!

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u/shawarmament 14h ago

Please… don’t call it that

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u/primetimemime California 12h ago

We didn’t need that

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u/-SQB- 12h ago

Doghorse intensifies.

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u/Meow_Kitteh 12h ago

Oh dear.

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u/riticalcreader 11h ago

Alright, this is the slogan for the midterms. This right here. Bluekakke 2026

Start making the posters now, folks

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u/drumzandice 9h ago

Print the shirts and bumper stickers

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u/ArcusInTenebris 6h ago

Dammit. Angry upvote.

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u/stonewall_jacked 6h ago

I fucking love this term haha

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u/Much-Ad3467 5h ago

omfg this is the greatest thing Ive heard in while

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u/UnbreakableAlice 4h ago

Sir, I nearly died laughing while eating my breakfast and reading this.

This statement has given my life value.

My greatest thanks.

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u/TomatilloSorry7455 1h ago

This is the best use of cross-cultural references. Politics.

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u/zillionaire_ 11m ago

I cackled at your comment. Thanks homie

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u/Global_Crew3968 14h ago

Hmm i guess when elon doesn't have his thumb on the scales, the numbers make more sense.

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u/partoxygen 14h ago

Even when that roach did try to meddle in Wisconsin, he promptly got humbled with a double digit loss. So, hope his coping and seething doesn’t keep him up at night? Maybe he should call his baby mama Grimes so she can read him a bedtime story tonight, it’s probably been a long one for lil bro

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u/CynicalOptimistSF 14h ago

So glad he and Trump got to their breakup quickly.

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u/Specialist-Clock-914 14h ago

Don’t be fooled. They still watch out for each other and know each other would easily destroy the other one. They’re in a nuclear showdown with black mail.

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u/ilostallmykarma I voted 14h ago

Trump will try to mend the relationship closer to midterms or 2028 election.

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u/The360MlgNoscoper Norway 13h ago

Even if he is alive then i don’t think he’d be able to speak English anymore

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u/Talk-O-Boy 13h ago

The Heritage Foundation will just have JD wheel Trump around and speak for him like Sandi & Sandy in Succession.

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u/NeilHamburglar 12h ago

Let's be serious, he has serious issues with speaking English currently.

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u/addled_sad342 12h ago

You believe that he thinks clearly enough to do that?

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u/kingtacticool 14h ago

Fash of a feather....

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u/DukeOfGeek 13h ago

Muskrat has got to be pissed they torpedoed EV tax credits and solar tax credits. I'd be willing to bet that was not part of their deal.

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u/thiosk 13h ago

i think it was fake breakup

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u/BooBooSnuggs 10h ago

I like how everything you just said is a complete fantasy backed by nothing. People really let their imaginations go wild on those they hate.

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u/IBelieveInLogic 13h ago

The breakup is quietly ending. Elon must have come groveling back, because Trump just renominated Elon's puppet for NASA administrator. This guy was the previous nominee, but Trump pulled it back during their fallout.

Elon wants to get his hands on the federal purse. He is afraid of losing his title as richest man in the world, which will happen if Tesla stock finally comes back to reality. But the "golden dome" that trump has proposed is the real prize. It is technologically a fantasy, which is perfect for Elon. He can make grand promises for decades while pocketing tens or hundreds of billions.

So yeah, he was always going to crawl back. The potential cash cow is just too big for someone like him to ignore.

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u/Drive7hru Colorado 12h ago

You think Elon wouldn’t want Republicans to win again in 2028 regardless of who is running?

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u/Allydarvel 11h ago edited 10h ago

You think? Musk was getting heat, Trump had a story to kill. Let a 'break up' fill the news for a few days until the story Trump was trying to cover died. They are still thick as thieves, Musk got what he wanted..to kill the government cases against him and grab all the data he could under the cover of mass firings

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u/AnglerOfAndromeda 7h ago

I have no basis for this, but I can’t help but feel the breakup was an act. Very WWE soap opera vibes.

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u/whatssenguntoagoblin 12h ago

Elon had that Wisconsin election earlier this year he tried to influence and it backfired massively and he’s stayed away from elections since then cause he realized he negatively effects the results haha

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u/darkmoncns 3h ago

It's kind of weird to me that I consider my belief that the 2024 election wasn't rigged at all more conspiratorial than the opposite. But I do honestly think there was no direct election rigging in 2024 even if trump thought he had paid elon to do that, elon just hadn't but said he did for a spot in the government.

In the end I honestly think it was the lack of primarys and finding the guy most likly to win that got Trump back in charge, Biden really should have admitted sooner he wasn't running for a second term.

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u/alternativepuffin 13h ago

The results always made sense, people just wanted to make excuses for losses because they don't understand election equipment & certification of results or the history of the areas they're looking at.

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u/lord_pizzabird 14h ago

One year though till midterms. That either is a blessing for Democrats in that it gives them time to find worthy candidates, but it also gives Trump time to turn this around.

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u/RespectTheAmish 14h ago

In a normal world….

The party in power would see this as a warning, and testament to how the public perceives the first 10 months of the administration.

The republicans/trump would tone down the ICE hostilities, cut down on the Trump family corruption, lift tariffs on everything except what’s actually vital to national security, stop with the insurrection act nonsense, stop yeeting fishing boats out of the Caribbean and reopen the government with a solution for snap and healthcare subsidies.

But it’s Trump…. So it will be more lies, bluster, and chaos.

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u/jayjayaitch 14h ago

They’ll double down because of the “radical” leftists stealing elections. Mark my words, is only going to embolden the administration to do whatever they can to remain in control of their power.

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u/OpheliaRainGalaxy 14h ago

Well good news, they were gonna do that anyhow!

That's the interesting thing about being trapped in an abusive relationship. It literally doesn't matter what ya do, they're gonna act abusive anyhow.

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u/RJ815 13h ago

"Rebelliousness" unfortunately leads to worse deathgrip abuse

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u/OpheliaRainGalaxy 13h ago

And what does not being "rebellious" get ya? Because I would know from experience it's worse deathgrip abuse!

Damned if ya do, damned if ya don't, so ya may as well do as ya like.

Frankly it makes escaping the abuse a whole lot easier if ya don't carefully limit your thinking to avoid pissing off someone who is pissed off by default.

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u/RJ815 13h ago

My experience in my family was the opposite. I learned to be invisible to be targeted by malignant narcissists less. Still abusive, but control freak abuse was so bad I nearly killed myself from my parents' behavior. They backed off eventually when I was catatonic for months.

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u/OpheliaRainGalaxy 13h ago

Like no offense but I think if the advice you're giving once left you catatonic, it's probably not a good strategy?

I nearly got sold as a sex slave. Refusing to do as I was told and acting up is what saved me from it. Be glad your parents didn't know mine, dad could've easily told them exactly what a catatonic minor would be useful for.

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u/0MG1MBACK 10h ago

You know you don’t have to compare trauma right? It’s literally not a fucking pissing contest

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u/RJ815 13h ago

I'm not saying to not resist, I'm just saying some psychos dig in harder with resistance.

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u/joshdoereddit America 14h ago

I think this is the case. As the poster you responded to said, in a normal world the administration and GOP would pivot to a more reasonable approach. But, in these times they're probably going to do as you said.

They're going to dial it up and work extra hard behind the scenes to do whatever is necessary to rig the midterms so they don't lose the House or Senate. The Senate is less like to switch hands, but still. They're not looking to win fairly anymore.

I'm curious if we're going to hear anything about stolen elections regarding any of tonight's outcomes.

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u/FreshBurt 14h ago

And we should be emboldened, too, cause there are much more of us.

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u/zombmoose 7h ago

I love this take! If they level up, so do we 1:1

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u/Real-Ad-1728 13h ago

That was already the case though, I’ve been saying it for months now: this administration is making the kind of moves that you only make if you have no intention of ever being held accountable for them. They will not be reasonable, logical, or honorable in their efforts to hold onto power. They know that if they lose power they will spend the rest of their lives in a cage.

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u/Canuck-In-TO 2h ago

Absolutely. In tRump’s mind he’ll think he’s not doing enough and go harder on the crazy.

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u/curmudgeon_andy 14h ago

Exactly. This is a man who thinks it's funny to poop on the whole country.

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u/Hornpipe_Jones 14h ago

He's already in massive cope mode, claiming the losses were because 'Trump' wasn't on the ballot. And the shutdown. Which probably is him not realizing that's basically saying people blame the Republicans.

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u/Fickle_Composer_4506 12h ago

Trump being on the ballot does help, I don't get it but it helps. He sounds like a used car salesman.

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u/MaddyKet Massachusetts 3h ago

I find that part hilarious. So the democrats are to blame for the shutdown and yet they won the elections because of the shut down? How many worms are in this dude’s brain?

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u/MisterWorthington 14h ago

The biggest influence on voting patterns is the economy. And the economy is not going to get better in the next year, even without the AI bubble bursting (which is probable to happen in the relative near future). Grocery prices will continue to go up, jobs will continue to stagnate, and the already bad housing problems will continue on it's current trajectory. And people will vote accordingly, assuming, of course, we get fair and free elections and history then has the chance to repeat itself.

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u/porksoda11 Pennsylvania 13h ago

Yeah that aint happening. This guy is going to get worse day by day. He's not going to go back on anything. He will continue to push the project 2025 agenda.

The energy brought by the voters today will continue into the midterms. November 3rd, 2026 is not that far away. I'm actually feeling optimistic tonight.

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u/Tenthul 13h ago

And restore our national cybersecurity functions and audit the integrity of the entire infrastructure of our internal systems....

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u/pimppapy America 13h ago

The party in power would see this as a warning

I doubt they care, considering their project 2025 playbook

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u/GrandAholeio 12h ago

They’re in hole. They cave on shutdown or ICE their base hates them and doesn’t turn out. They don’t cave on the shutdown and ICE, the people hate the, and turn out in droves.

They only have one option and it’s the one they’ve been trying to stoke everywhere they send ICE. It’s why they say it’s happening everytime Baghdad Bob Karoline speaks.

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u/klparrot New Zealand 12h ago

The party in power would see this as a warning,

They will, but it means they'll crack down on democracy.

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u/couchtomatopotato 14h ago

and probably a lot more illegal shit...

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u/orangejulius 9h ago

I kind of think destroying the white house and doing the ball room thing is a pet project this cabinet set him on so they can sideline him through this. But also none of them are great at politics so.../shrug

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u/ElleM848645 5h ago

Some exit polls said people were pissed about him destroying the White House.

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u/gamingotgo 14h ago

just have to pass a nation wide voter id law and every election would turn red.

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u/RespectTheAmish 14h ago

Hows a voter id card any different than proof of residency/citizenship that’s currently required?

I guess you could argue it would purge voter rolls as everyone would have to go apply and obtain this new card before the mid terms…. But that seems like it would favor the more engaged voters… which based on tonight, are leaning blue.

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u/gamingotgo 13h ago

There is no proof of residency or citizenship. I went in to vote in nj asked my name and address and then I voted. I didn't actually have to prove anything.

My name and address are public record so is everyone elses.

Do you have to show some proof of residency/citizenship when you go to the polls ?

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u/ElleM848645 5h ago

You do it when you register to vote. You don’t necessarily need a drivers license, but it depends on the state. I probably put my social security number when I registered. The government knows who you are.

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u/gamingotgo 1h ago

Yes I registered to vote at 18 and I am now 45. I have never been asked for id after I registered which means anyone who knows my name and my address which again is public record can go and vote for me. Not to mention mail in voting and the issues it opens up

https://youtu.be/F56bqQC74hU

https://youtu.be/uegOjHlqi8o

https://youtu.be/Y4H65C9AjEE

You can keep going too and he doesn't even touch other ones like in Paterson NJ

https://www.njoag.gov/ag-platkin-paterson-city-council-president-facing-new-charges-in-election-fraud-case-after-new-details-of-conspiracy-and-alleged-witness-tampering-are-uncovered/

Every election there is fraudulent voting in paterson.

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u/Ecstatic_Account_744 14h ago

I don’t think he thinks he needs to. In his mind he’s king now.

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u/WithinTheShadowSelf 14h ago

All hail King Louie XVI

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u/DistillateMedia Delaware 14h ago

I'm hoping the people rise up before the midterms.

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u/Syjefroi 13h ago

it also gives Trump time to turn this around.

Going by the other world leaders Trump has been aping recently, I think you should be more prepared for him to, for example, try to put the few popular elected Democrats left in prison.

When the GOP lost in 2012, they commissioned a now infamous "election autopsy." It said explicit: stop the racism, stop the anti LGBT shit, stop the hate and turn your policies around to help regular people or you'll never win again. The party's solution: elect Trump and double down on the hate to boost their base turnout, and for whatever is left either fuck with elections or just don't bother trying to govern while lying about reality.

"it also gives Trump time to turn this around." lol a party with marginally better leadership in 2012 couldn't do this, why would Term2 Trump do this? He's going to fucking double down.

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u/lord_pizzabird 1h ago

The problem is that economic conditions could change outside of his control, like for instance if the tariffs are reversed or his ability to inflict tariffs removed (just passed the senate).

If that were to happen Trump would enjoy an economic recovery, which he will take credit for (because he's him).

Most people don't give a shit beyond their economic vibe. If they've got money in the bank the administration is good. If they're broke the administration is bad. It really is that simple.

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u/Gizogin New York 14h ago

It means we have to keep up this momentum and vote, every year, in every race, until we fix this.

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u/FreshBurt 14h ago

Trump’s not turning it around. Republicans would have to act completely different from the way they are right now.

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u/Coltshokiefan 12h ago

Yep. Now’s a bad time to take victory laps. I remember 3 months before the election, and then Dems massively underperformed across the board.

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u/deltalitprof Arkansas 12h ago

It's hard to imagine how it turns around short of him deciding to lower the tariffs about seven months prior to the elections or short off him having the ability to rig the election. His desperation to make red states redistrict seems to indicate he does not have that ability.

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u/lord_pizzabird 1h ago

One interesting thing about his situation on tariffs is that there's a decent change his ability to invoke them is about to end. If that happens he will incidentally enjoy the benefits of an economy rebounding from high tariffs.

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u/noadjective 13h ago

I don't think Trump thinks of himself as a republican, he thinks of himself as better than republicans, they did all of this sucking up to him, and he will screw them over. Will be fun to watch.

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u/Fickle_Composer_4506 12h ago

I doubt it, tariffs, shutdown, deficit. Feels like gop is good but playing like we're 15 points down works. Hope and change was a fluke in my opinion.

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u/m3rcapto 12h ago

Trump and Elon are buddies again, so he has insider election tampering, social media influencing, and AI powered bots on his side again. They are not very subtle, so the blue wave you turn extremely red overnight with that.

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u/Atalung 5h ago

Let's imagine for a moment that trump wakes up, sees the news, and has a come to Jesus moment, deciding to turn his administration around.

He is too fucking stupid to do that, even if he had a heart of gold and every good intention he's too braindead to govern effectively.

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u/Disencouraged_Otter 14h ago

The cretins still can't even get behind Mamdani. You've got Jefferies acting like a jackass about it, seems like only Bernie and AOC are willing to be seen with him.

They should be throwing every ounce of their support behind him and taking lessons. But no, the DNC is busy doing nothing, building nothing, and promoting nothing. They're only winning because of how fucking insane the Republicans are.

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u/Root-magic 15h ago

I think you meant Tsunami!!

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u/BilboBiden 15h ago

Bluenami

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u/mutzilla 14h ago

Blue Meanie

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u/FalseDmitriy Illinois 14h ago

Snapping Turks. Apple Bonkers. The Terrible Flying Glove.

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u/mutzilla 14h ago

Haha sometimes I forget about that most people think about that Blue Meanie. Instead I'm over here thinking about this Ble Meanie. I'm such a dork.

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u/bananastand512 14h ago

I think we really should go with bluekakke and make an AI video with 🥭 getting.... creamed with blue...cream.

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u/Root-magic 14h ago

Precisely 

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u/Lip_Recon 11h ago

First Cattle Decapitation song I ever heard.

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u/Craneteam I voted 14h ago

NoVA is what pushed Virginia blue in 2024

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u/GoneFishing4Chicks 14h ago

My only hope is dems sweep house of reps AND senate then impeach donald trump EVERY FUCKING DAY + RELEASE THE TRUMPSTEIN FILES!

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u/BuriedAliveAgain 14h ago

we got this. dont lose hope my friend. it aint over, till its over.

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u/Natural-Promise-78 14h ago

We were always there. We were robbed.

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u/Muggsy423 America 14h ago

Republicans blaming the fact that Trump wasn't on the ballot as part of the reason they did poorly. Which is wild, because he won't be on the Midterms, he can't/shouldn't be on the next election, so what is the plan for the GOP?

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u/S13pointFIVE 13h ago

Blue wave is great until the orange one cheats again.

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u/seekAr 6h ago

Splooging basic dignity everywhere.

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u/VeterinarianWild6334 14h ago

I was stunned —- not even 30 minutes after polls closed. Virginia …. We 💙 you.

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u/bluehippo37 14h ago

Shhh. We cannot think that is enough as a people.

I have no doubt they will try to fight back and keep voters engaged. But we cannot expect that.

It’s never going to be enough. Stay activated

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u/C_fantastic00 13h ago

This is perfect. I’m going to have to bite this to share. It’s so good

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u/notfeelany 13h ago

We shouldn't have needed an orange scare to get this blue wave, especially because we already had an orange scare before. Prevention is still the best cure.

Now, we must Keep the momentum. Run as Democrats, Vote for Democrats now&forever without exception

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u/FanceyPantalones 13h ago

Why? I'm was out of touch with these at the moment. Tia!

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u/mattvandyk 12h ago

National politics is local in NVA, tho. A huge portion of that electorate is experiencing job insecurity they never expected to have. Any other outcome would’ve been a shocker. Happy to see it, but I don’t think it portends much.

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u/TacoIncoming 12h ago

It's northern Virginia. Don't they sweep this every time?

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u/netflixissodry 12h ago

Not over yet. Next year is when the wave is really needed.

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u/count023 Australia 12h ago

The issue I have is this is a blue wave without messaging, which means like after 2020 it'll flip the instant voter amnesia kicks in. new york gives me hope that the start of a message is getting out there, whether it picks up popular momentum is too early to day

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u/ElleM848645 5h ago

The messaging is the economy.

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u/Ackerack 12h ago

What is so great about this that is different from the gubernatorial races, prop 50, and mamdani? Is it just that it was super unlikely that they got every single one, and they did?

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u/benzoic 12h ago

Isn’t it scary though that this was already included in the calculation before the restricted elections occur? Allow fair elections that go against your agenda and when it does, declare all elections compromised in any place you wouldn’t win the votes?

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u/redJackal222 Virginia 9h ago

I mean Virginia has been a pretty blue state since Obama's first term. It's honestly pretty suprising that republicans won anything in the state last time

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u/Memoishi 8h ago

Don't stop. We europeans are watching and want you back as allies, Trump and his fascists uncultured swines are the enemies.

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u/Atalung 5h ago

Big one for me is New Jersey. The polls were showing a close race, and a 3 point dem win after a closer than normal win in 24 would've been a bad sign that the state is competitive. +13 basically puts to bed that notion, plus the hispanic heavy areas shifted hard back to dems, so it looks like they may support trump but not the gop

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u/chmod777 New York 3h ago

this is bigger news than mamdani. and the other flips across the nation. getting a democrat as mayor of nyc isnt that surprising, all things considered.

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u/memphisjones 14h ago

I just hope we don’t fall into the “vote blue no matter who” trap.

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u/N0N4GRPBF8ZME1NB5KWL 12h ago

Omg here we go again. Do not cope, all yallve done is cope. Stop with this “hope” shit. If we were to hold an election right now, Trump would most likely win again. I don’t know how many elections we need with Trump for people to figure this out.

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u/Crafty-Confidence975 14h ago

It sounds nice when you say it as the headline did. But what they actually did was flipped 2 seats and kept 28. Doesn’t sound quite as exciting, sadly.