Wednesday, November 04, 2026

House Speaker Mike Johnson will not stay on as Republican leader after GOP losses

Lawler Loses....

Voters have retained every Cook County judge — including the one who released the Blue Line fire attacker on an ankle monitor.

Identity politics .....

Prop 42 passed and receives more votes than Prop 40 making it harder to create a wealth tax in California by prohibiting certain new taxes (eg retroactive taxes on personal property)

Democrats are plotting to "RIP ICE APART" and END mass deportations after taking the Senate and House

Republicans had a lot of victories on state constitutional amendments ironically last night

Texas has elected Gina Hinajosa as governor.

Americans are increasingly choosing solitude over socializing

Republicans got blown out because of the tariffs.

Texas Turns Blue, Futures Turn Green: Why Wall Street Bought The Biggest Democrat Wave Since 1993

"Free, free Palestine!" Supporters of Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed break into spontaneous chants outside his victory party, turning an early morning election celebration into a pro-Palestinian demonstration.

Five takeaways on a midterm rout for Democrats

The Hill

Dems made Big Tech a foil — and they couldn’t stop winning

“it took *us*

A Democrat won the Texas governorship for the first time in decades. But Republicans still control the Texas House and Senate.

With the loss of governors races in Texas, Ohio and Georgia, there will be only one state of the top ten most populous states with a Republican governor: Florida.

Ro Khanna Urges Democrats to Embrace Hasan Piker as He Calls for a Radical Transformation of the Democratic Party

Dems flipped 16 FL House seats and lost 1 – yielding the smallest GOP majority since the GOP won control of the chamber in 1996.

Democrat Troy Jackson ousts Republican Senator Susan Collins in Maine

Reuters

Californians Reject Nation’s First Wealth Tax on Billionaires

San Jose Inside

Abdul El-Sayed proudly introduces himself as Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed, America’s first Muslim senator, and then starts speaking in Arabic.

Nate Silver: If the remaining results go as expected, Democrats will hold governorships in states totaling 392 electoral votes.

Democrat Peggy Flanagan (D) WINS election to the US Senate from Minnesota, defeating Michele Tafoya (R)

Somalis celebrate election victory in America. Ilhan Omar dancing on stage in Minnesota.

Bay Area voters jack up taxes to pay for struggling public transit systems

DEI is back!

Heavily Hispanic majority county, Starr, a total of 75 points of shift towards Talarico.

Republicans refused to abolish the filibuster; now, Democrats will do just that.

Dems will get 55 Senate seats and 250+ House seats.

Texas results by group (NBC exit poll

 

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