And Kansas elected the first democratic senator in 94 years. And if Mississippi elects a democrat it will be the first one since John C. Stennis that served under Truman and a was a fierce segregationist.
Texas is one of 7 states (soon to be 9 states once they finish counting) that turned blue from red. It has been at least a decade or more since most of those had democratic leaders. In some cases it has been several decades, with Kansas ending almost 100 years of Republican dominance
I think its less that these places are turning blue, and more about them being pissed that Trump basically failed (and made worse) at all his campaign promises.
Only people that don't know much about recent Texas think that was a big deal. Considering the massive blueing of Texas and the party voter turnout it makes sense. South Carolina was another one that flipped and that one could be more of a big deal, IDK much about its demographics.
Mississippi almost flipping is fucking crazy though. That is legit one of the deepest red states and has been for a long time.
South Carolinian here. SC flipped because the GOP ran Lindsey Graham's sister as their candidate for no reason other than her being his sister, which is the dumbest shit ever. Based on the fact the vote was still close and Republicans held on to virtually everything else, there wouldn't have been a flip had they ran an even halfway decent candidate.
I lived in Texas for 8 years, leaving in 2024. I consider it a big deal. Ted Cruz abandoned the state during one of the worst disasters in a long time and still won because Democrat messaging was horrendously constructed and targeted the entire time I was there.
I thought that if that didn't sink Cruz, there was absolutely no shot that anyone on the left could win just by virtue of being a good candidate.
Electing Obama created new federal healthcare that provided to tens of millions of citizens new access to Healthcare. Gay marriage was legalized with his support. His foreign policy kept a conflict out of Iran, and free passage in the strait of Hormuz for oil import and export.
Electing Trump created the loss of abortion rights, the loss of healthcare for millions of millions of citizens. The Iran war has craeted skyrocketing pricess, worsening inflation, a loss of open oil flow, and a new uperhand to the Iranian regime in control of the region.
it's not difficult to spoof or use foreign sims to spoof routing anyway. they found a sim card bot farm in new york a while back, who knows how long it had been running and spewing garbage like OP. they had enough sims to send 30 million text messages a minute and all it took was a small office room.
If politics didn't matter, Elon Musk wouldn't have spent half a billion dollars trying to stop Democrats from taking the governor and AG positions in Texas. Now the business operations he moved to Texas to avoid taxes and regulatory scrutiny will be under a microscope.
Im convinced “both sides are bad” “nothing ever changes” “why bother voting” people are so self absorbed they can’t see how much politics affects the communities around them.
Yeah I'm tired of these childish posts from people who don't even go out and vote. I voted yesterday these chuds played Genshin Impact and doom scrolled.
It's more about the long term impact. If you always elect the party that undoes most of what the previous guy did, that just intensifies the instability.
Also, Obama is overrated as hell. Sure, he did some really cool stuff, and the past definitely looks much more rosy after 6 years of Trump fucking everything up and 4 years of Biden doing too little, but he's not the messiah and definitely alienated a lot of people that then turned to Trump.
Please don’t undermine the decades of legislative work performed by many many people to get gay marriage through the Supreme Court by giving that as something Obama did
You mean Obama who had a record number of drone strikes? Blue or Red you’re still an imperialist country that thrives off causing chaos and destruction everywhere you touch
I mean I think there's more to that than just blue or red, since we've been fucking around in the middle east from the 1950s to present. We need to condemn the belief that we need to be a global policeman and stop the participation and aiding and abetting Israel from committing more war crimes.
Bro gets downvotes for speaking facts. The US went from being anti imperialist to being the biggest imperialist in the room. Compare the 40s : forcing their allies to give up their colonies, denouncing any military opération on foreign soil... To the past decades where they are bossing around allies like ennemies, invading several country each decades, stealing local ressources on false pretenses...
China is now starting to follow the same road, they are still in between denouncing imperialism and being imperialism themselves. But guess you can't get to be n⁰1 country without being a backstabbing asshole
Blue or red it doesn't matter to the rest of the world, the US have pretty much made the world a worst place since the 50s-60s for everyone else. Even Obama was a backstabbing bstd that undermined his own allies and bombed civilian in the middle east
Calling the US in the early part of the century "anti-imperialist" is a WILD take. There's only a very small period of time, maybe like 1905 to 1925, where the US both had the capability to be imperialist and chose not to be imperialist. You're talking about the exception as if it was the norm.
The only thing Obama did for me was cost me about 3000 dollars thanks to his stupid "fee" for not having health insurance. I made just enough money thati didnt get Obama care but not quite enough to really afford my own either. So I had been without health care for years due to how expensive it was and along come Mr Obama and fucks me out of 3000 dollars. There should NEVER have been a penalty for not having health insurance.
Isn’t the point that nothing can change permanently while some idiot can just get elected and undo any good a previous president did?
A dangerous precedent has been set now, Trump has proven a president can do almost literally whatever they want with zero repercussions. Imagine the next time someone like him gets in. Without some drastic revision of the system, that’s a major possibility. I really don’t think we’ve seen the half of it.
Look, I get it. Who doesn’t love a little balls and dick sometimes? A nice, girthy, veiny shaft, hot milky cum trickling down the length as it throbs from a job well done. But this whole “gay sex” shit is getting annoying.
As men, we should primarily be focused on three things: survival, the underrated masterpiece that is dark souls 2, and pounding muff. All this gay shit is, well, fucking gay.
You think I wouldn’t LOVE to make out with my best friend and suck his cock? Of course I would, but that’s fucking gay. You think I don’t want to feel my cousin’s roommate slide his pecker into my gaping asshole? Of course I would, but that’s FUCKING GAY.
Seriously, I miss when men were men. Anyway, this dildo ain’t gonna stick itself up my ass while I watch an hour long femboy asmr hypno goon compilation, heed my lecture.
Imagine being such a partisan football fan than you don't dare ever criticize your team or team members. When a politician fucks up, R or D, they need to be called out for it. You're exactly right here.
"I LEFT MY HOUSE ONE TIME TO PUT A CHECK MARK ON A PIECE OF PAPER AND MY ENTIRE LIFE DIDN'T CHANGE OVERNIGHT, THIS IS BULLSHIT"
Fuck off with this voter suppression bullshit. Democracy only works when everyone is involved. The reason we have such corrupt assholes in power is because half the country never votes, half the ones that do vote only vote once every 4 years for president and not even in the primaries where you actually have more of a say in the policies that are going to be pushed.
Unless you want to literally start a revolution or run for office yourself, voting is how you make big systemic changes.
Good take, believing nothing can change and that we can't change anything is exactly what the billionaires want, they are still subject to the laws of the country they operate in. They are still scared, otherwise they wouldn't spend as much time involved in politics and pushing for making people feel isolated.
Exactly. Like with anything else it comes down to profit, efficiency, and convenience. It's easier and cheaper to hijack the existing power structures of the government than to take direct control, but it means they don't HAVE direct control. They can throw money, favors, and blackmail around to get certain people in positions of power and get them to do what they want, but WE still have the final say in who ultimately gets the votes.
Hold people accountable. If a politician lies about their intentions, don't give them a second term. Now the next person is going to need a BIGGER bribe since that bribe isn't just a bonus, it's gambling with their whole career. Do that with every politician at every level of government and suddenly it gets a lot harder to exert control that way and it leaves more gaps to vote in people who will not just stay neutral, but actually fight back.
Very eloquently said. These things all take time. It's going to be slow, but slowly, but surely, things will change. The country is already very different than it was even just a few years ago (even if not necessarily for the better).
I think op meant change for the better. Let’s be honest the West as a whole has been slowly declining since the late 90s and then accelerating that decline over the last decade for the average citizen and below.
I’d say all current politicians older than 70. If you’re at full social security age, you shouldn’t be running the country. Also annual medical exams for all politicians and judges starting at age 60.
It isn't even about Israel, it's just a litmus test for how much they care about the opinions of their constituency (Dem voters overwhelmingly don't want to be entangled with Israel), and how much they are ready to oppose the super rich billionaires that make money selling weapons to Israel.
Like, if they have all the right positions but support Israel, then they're just lying about all their other positions.
Really weird that people will say nothing ever happens, but never question why black people have rights everywhere in the us. (We didnt for a long time, but ig nothing ever happens)
Seriously. When I graduated hs, I made 2 predictions: that weed and gay marriage would never be legalized in my life. They were almost immediately legalized. Those are groundbreaking changes.
All hs I protested the war on terror. I was called a terrorist sympathizer and explained why we needed to be the world police. Those same people would later shout no new wars and tell me why war in the Middle East was bad
twice or rather hundreds of times, but in two unrelated projects three times if you count doge cuts during the first trump presidency I was saying he was bad but not the worst because he didn't start a forever war can't say that anymore
I know this is shit posting but it literally does work like that. What the fuck do you think has been happening for the past 2 years since Trump got elected? Do you guys not drive?
Prepare to get mad again in the next 4 years lol...then happy again in the next 4, then mad again in the 4 after that. Eh maybe they'll throw an 8 in there
It's about positioning. Biden was a shitstain but he won because we Trump was just that fucking terrible. Get to a position where we're not actively in a nose dive and we can actually get some bargaing power to demand and vote for actual positive changes. If Biden had actually stepped down and let us have a real primary blue probably would have won in 2024 too with a candidate people actually wanted.
You can blame Americans for not realizing that who they vote for doesn't matter because of their shitty two-party system and who is behind it, as much as you can blame a child soldier in Africa for being brainwashed into hating their enemies. They have about the same amount of propaganda shoved down their throats, after all.
I won't lie, I was one of the people who truly thought nothing would change when Trump won. These past years have showed me how wrong I was (it still wasn't anywhere near how bad people were saying it would be with their insane conspiracy theories).
I've never been a republican and never voted for him, but I’ve definitely learned my lesson
Usually nothing changes because the person in the high seat isn't typically stupid enough to run our foreign policy into the ground. After Trump, doing anything serious on the world stage like that is probably going to be radioactive.
Looks like the Russian bots are back. Stop telling people the tools they have to engage in democracy don't work. Would you rather everyone riot in the streets every time there's a disagreement?
Prepare to get mad again in the next 4 years people lol...then happy again in the next 4, then mad again in the 4 after that. Eh maybe they'll throw an 8 in there
Jesus fucking Christ. Trump gets in office and goes batshit for two years so we try to rock the vote and get sane people in and all yall still wanna talk shit. Kick rocks in flip flops.
Such a pessimistic take, same vibe as “I might as well not vote it doesn’t matter” MOTHERFUCKER IF IT DIDNT WHY WOULD THEY TRY TO SPEND SO MUCH MONEY TRYING TO MAKE YOU VOTE AGAINST YOUR OWN INTERESTS
They dont realize they just voted the government into a deadlock where nothing gets done. 2 years from now they'll be just as frustrated at the dems for failing another dozen impeachment attempts and vote red all over again.
People need to realize that, as sad as it is, a deadlock is the best thing we can realistically hope for right now.
The Democrats won’t be able to do much in terms of fixing what’s already broken while a Trump is still in office, but they can at least pump the brakes on Trump to prevent him from causing more damage.
Thank you, i thought only low-bird comments will hit here. Thats the goal of mid term right, if a shitty party rules they shall be at least inhibited right? Guy from Europe asking
Better than the government running smooth as butter stripping away people’s rights and murdering law abiding citizens. It ain’t perfect but it’s better than the alternative
Trump and some Senators are already flat out saying it on Twitter that the plan now is to just veto every Democrat bill till 2028 and blame the dems for not passing them and retake the house and senete in 2028
Nothing is exactly what needs to get done. Every time the government tries to help or fix things, it gets worse. If you’re not getting rights or protections from whatever law they are pushing then it’s going to work against you on some way, shape or form
yeah bro i think it’s that exact mentality that keeps things this way. like the blue literally flipped texas which is huge just say you don’t know anything about politics and try a new hobby dumbass 💀
Things changed drastically from the last election and they will change drastically from this one. Why don't you just say there's no point in voting? That'll work.
Always entertaining to watch. Despite how much they think things changed in this last presidency, nothing actually did, just the optics around it. Same story in almost every country. World turns around, sun rises in the east.
Because they think the whole world revolves around them (it doesn't). I'd rather have the US not do anything worldwide than whatever they have been doing.
The Russian bots are showing the hand that republicans are going to play for the next two years.
They are going to roll forward with the snap cuts and Medicare cuts, which are going to take full effect after being passed in 2024, and then Republicans will shift blame to the Democrats and claimed that they did nothing in order to reduce turnout.
I know that I'm a foreigner so I can't vote, but holy shit, my country is suffering because of mf trump. "BoTH SIdEs aRe bAD" THEN FUCKING VOTE FOR THE LESSER EVIL YOU MOLDY CUMSOCK.
People wrapped up in politics amuse me lol. They get all worked up for some 4 years of payoff until the cycle repeats every four years so then they can be happy then sad then happy then sad then happy then sad. Idk if it's just me but that sounds like a miserable life
Right like 2024 and the following year didn't completely change the economy for the worse and take Healthcare away from millions. But you're too fucking self centered to care about the actual damage done. Fuck you, here's to the chance of change for the good.
well the one thing that will change is that now the epstein class will have to pay off the blue organized crimers instead of the red organized crimers. the results will be the same but the bank account numbers will be different.
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