Bill Mitchell
@mitchellvii, "
Trump seems very chill about the midterm losses because he realizes there won't be much difference between Republicans or Democrats being in control of the Senate."
Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee, "
House and Senate Republicans should take full advantage of our majorities while we still have them." Quote Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman, "Mike Lee is right. Stay in session. Cancel the vacation. Confirm all 135 of President Trump's nominees before Schumer gets the gavel." Of course Thune won't.
Gunther Eagleman™ @GuntherEagleman, "
THIS: President Trump just shared Joel Pollak's take on last night, and it is the only one worth reading. "Securing the border is ugly. Fighting Iran is costly. Taking on special interests upsets donors. Backing AI scares people." "Tonight, Republicans paid the costs. The benefits will be with us for many generations." Weak Republicans campaign on what is easy. Trump governs on what is NECESSARY. One bad night does not undo a secure border." At PJM Chris Queen warns
Don't Shrink Back: Our Fight Is Just Beginning, Jen Rust says
Let's Win Our Country Back One Neighbor at a Time. Duane Patterson at Hat Hair asks
Where to Now, St. Peter? Can You Show Me Which Road I'm On? and Dave Strom says
Don't Underestimate the Importance of Tariffs As an Election Issue. Brianna Lyman at Da Fed warns
Republicans Learned Nothing From 2006 About Midterms And Foreign Wars. At PollVault, Sean Trende asks
Did Re-Redistricting Actually Hurt Republicans?, "Hear me out on this one." I think so, for instance, I think they cut many Texas districts too thin, betting that Hispanics Trump won in 2024 would stay in the fold.
¡No Pasaran! says
FIRST ELON, THEN YOU: “If the Democrats are willing to pick this type of fight with someone like Musk, why would they show mercy to any of the rest of us?” John Sexton,
He Opposed Them. Now He Must Pay. Like Muslims, Liberal want to kill people who have abandoned their religion. Don Surber, wonders about
The attack on SpaceX, "Do they want to nationalize it to end Twitter or to end the space program again?" Embrace the healing power of 'and.' Jonathan Turley is disgusted,
“Lawyer Up”: Democrats Prepare to Unleash Political Rage in Congress. Dave Strom warns
You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet When It Comes to Democrat Revenge Tour and
First Lawfare Target: James O'Keefe for the dastardly crime of showing how easy it is to commit voter fraud in Minnesota. Dan McCarthy at RCP sees
Lawfare Runs Amok From Brazil to Poland. Shooting News Week wonders
After the GOP Wipeout, are We About to See a New 2020-Style Gun-Buying Surge? From Twitchy,
'Good Luck Keeping Your Guns': Jamie Raskin Makes Universal Gun Registration a Top Dem Priority.
Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt, "
The melting wax statue of Bill Nye with a blonde wig laughs uncontrollably over the thought of digging up Charlie Kirk and killing him twice. These are not democrats. These are communists. And they are evil. We have a communist violence problem."
From Space.com,
Trump declares 'American space superiority for all eternity' in election night proclamation. Ward Clark at RedState sees a
US Manufacturing Renaissance: Factories Are Coming Home. At the Breitbart Bus Dig,
Tariffs Are Bringing Down the Trade Deficit While Allowing the AI Boom to Continue. NYPo
Voters reject data centers in nearly 50 ballot initiatives during midterms in major setback to AI bigwigs.
Elon Musk @elonmusk, "
Interesting." Quote Gavin Baker @GavinSBaker, "
The governor-elect of Texas, Gina Hinojosa, has explicitly said that all currently permitted datacenters in Texas will be allowed to finish construction. This essentially covers all of the 2027 and likely well into 2028. She is going to pass laws that ensure that all *newly* permitted datacenters going forward for delivery in 2028/2029 will pay taxes, commit to no increase in power prices for consumers, don’t impact water availability for people, be constructed with union labor and give “Texans a seat at the table.” Sounds reasonable. She doesn’t want to lose a lot of good blue collar jobs and property taxes for small towns in rural Texas..." Cynically, sundance notices
Mission Accomplished – As Expected, Gas and Diesel Prices Begin Dropping. Susie Crabtree at RCP, sees
California’s Billionaires Exhale as Prop 40 Goes Down.
Beege Welborn has
A Haitian Update,
Visegrád 24 @visegrad24, "BREAKING:
Bukele announces that El Salvador has launched a military operation in Haiti. The goal is to free 4 Salvadoran citizens kidnapped by the Haitian gangs. Bukele threatens that El Salvador will eradicate the Haitian gangs if they hurt the kidnapped men: “I want you, the gang leaders, to understand one thing very clearly… Today's attack is nothing compared to what is coming if we do not get all 4 hostages back alive. Do not take our word for empty threats. We have already finished with the gangs in El Salvador and we can finish you too”
Northern Barbarian @xnoesbueno, "
Given that the pending Democratic majorities in the House and Senate will be largely impotent, I’m also looking forward to them demonstrating how destructive, dangerous and idiotic they would be with actual power. The downside is, a vast swath of the American electorate is also dangerously destructive and idiotic, and will see the flailing as epic, heroic, righteous. Then, there’s the electorate’s vast swath of illegal aliens, dead people and homeless stumblebums filing multiple mail-in ballots who can be relied upon to vote Democratic no matter what." Quote Coddled Affluent Professional @feelsdesperate, "I encourage Democrats in this endeavor. It’s important for them to make as many enemies as possible leading up to 2028." At Da Mail,
The rise of America's far left: Warnings rage over new wave of radical socialists... now insiders say: Prepare for a Democrat civil war. PJM's Rick Moran thinks
The Democratic 'Civil War' Is Over. The Crazies Won. NYPO's Isaac Schorr has hopes
Democrats’ blue wave may crash into a dead end. At Hat Hair, a Larry vid argues
Schumer, Jeffries Realize They Might Be in Over Their Heads. VodkaPundit at PJM,
This Is How Pelosi Ends: Not With a Bang But With a Weirdo.
Althouse is desperately trying to sell the "moderate" Democrat idea,
"Victories by moderates in competitive or Republican-leaning states and districts paved the way for large new Democratic majorities likely to be shaped by their priorities.", "That's the subheadline for a NYT article titled
"Moderate Democrats Increase Their Numbers, and Their Clout."",
Did moderates do so well in the elections because people were getting their information from talking to A.I.? and
"He is my age. He sounded like I could have talked to him myself. He’s somebody normal, like me." "Said Tristan Waumsley, 35, of Richmond, Texas, "who voted straight Democratic at the state level for the first time in his life," quoted in
"Fed Up With Politics and Struggle, Young Voters Rose Up/Young people powered Democratic candidates, joining global demands for generational change from a cohort weary of older people sitting on jobs and devouring resources" (NYT)."
Cruadin@cruadin, "
James Talarico got more 'votes' than any Democrat candidate has EVER gotten in Texas history. He got 500,000 more 'votes' than Kamala Harris got two years ago in a Presidential election year. The demographics of Texas have not changed significantly in two years. You can talk about gas prices, or Iran, or Trump's personality until the cows come home, this still seems ... odd, to say the least." Jonathan Turley notes a
Poll: More Democrats Now Support Socialism Over Capitalism. So much for moderation.
RNCResearch @RNCResearch, "
DSA Co-Chair Megan Romer won’t say how much Democrats' far-Left agenda would cost taxpayers: ROMER: “There’s no like one solid number…” FOX: If you can just give me a basic number… ROMER: “I’m not going to give you a solid number!”" NPR admits
Does the blue wave mean lower gasoline and diesel prices soon? Don't hold your breath. Larry O'Connor at TownHall sees
Democrats Are About to Throw Out the Electoral College Without Touching the Constitution with the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.
Ashley Rindsberg
@AshleyRindsberg, "Everyone wants to weigh in with their Most Astute Take™ on the midterms. But no one wants to even factor in the glaringly obvious: the US has been under the most sustained information attack by foreign states in decades, if not generations..." Dave Strom,
It Begins: Newly Elected Muslim Legislators Give Their Victory Speeches in Foreign Languages.
HonestReporting @HonestReporting, "1/6
Abdul El-Sayed's confrontation with @SkyNews was shocking. But watch what happened when other journalists questioned Michigan's newly elected senator. Muslim Brotherhood ties. Accusations of bias. Aggressive exchanges. Here's what the cameras captured." Quote Sky News @SkyNews "Michigan's Democratic candidate for Senate Abdul El-Sayed confronted @jamesmatthewsky, telling him he wouldn't answer his questions as he wants "zero" votes in the UK. Watch the heated exchange between the two." From Ace,
Muslim Brotherhood Congratulates Abdulrhaman Mohamed El-Sayed for Working on Behalf of "the Islamic World" by Working Within "the [Infidel] Political System" "Huh! And I was told it was racist to say that Abdulrhaman Mohamed El-Sayed was working on behalf of the Muslim Brotherhood for international Islam." At Da Caller,
First Palestinian Elected To State Celebrates With Palestinian Flag, Forgets American Flag.
Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei @MKhamenei_ir, "T
he process of the US's collapse has accelerated." Beege Welborn observes
Philly Jew Haters Have a Little Kristallnacht 'Boycott' Bike Hike Planned for Jewish Restaurants. Mediaite asks
Where’s the Press? Explicitly Antisemitic Protest in Philadelphia Has Zero Media Interest. Mazelit Airaksinen,
FIRED: Violin Teacher Who Called Jews “Gremlins,” Threatened Jewish Journalist, "“Do not mention me in your article by name or you will pay dearly” said Drew Martin Youmas, a Kingston, NY, violin teacher."
Tim O'Brien at PJM reports
DOJ’s Harmeet Dhillon Decides to Leave Washington and Return to Private Practice ""I resigned three weeks ago, and Susie (
Wiles) asked me to please wait until after the midterms," Dhillon said, confirming that she formally submitted her resignation on November 5, Fox News reported. According to reports, Dhillon said she thought she had achieved everything she had wanted to achieve since deciding to come to Washington after President Donald Trump won a second term and invited her to join his administration." Susie Moore at RedState,
Harmeet Dhillon Resigns From DOJ. Capt. Ed,
Dhillon Resigns From DOJ After Midterm Rebuke. "This will put the White House in a tough position, as it now faces a (very) hostile Senate for any new appointments. It may be possible to push through a replacement in this session of Congress, but Thune will have to work fast, and he may have a couple of more rush jobs coming down Pennsylvania Avenue as well."
Shipwreckedcrew @shipwreckedcrew, "
My guess is — Harmeet Dhillon found out yesterday she was not going to be nominated to the open Deputy AG position. She has been in a months-long battle to move up inside DOJ." Sundance, "Following a very predictable political outcome,"
Harmeet Dhillon Resigns as Head of DOJ Civil Rights Division "Dhillon was previously Team DeSantis. She will resurface thusly."
At Quotulatiousness
High-trust societies "On the social media site formerly known as Twitter,
Eva Chipiuk points out that high-trust societies can only absorb a small proportion of immigrants from low-trust cultures before the society begins losing some of the advantages of being a high-trust culture." From the Chronic,
When the Gate Came Off Its Hinges "Illegal immigration activists are more motivated than ever to return to their plan of turning the United States into the world’s migrant shelter."
VodkaPundit at Insty with one of his
DISPATCHES FROM THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE:
Why is my A student failing algebra? "Adriana Aviles’ son was an A student in math in New York City K-8 schools, she tells David Spector of the New York Post. He got into a top high school. But her honor-roll student is failing algebra. She tried to help him study. “He stared blankly at the page, completely puzzled by the material. He was completely thrown off by equations that contained fractions.” He scored a 10 out of 100 on the test...."
