“Listen you scumbags. Listen you scumbags. Telling people the truth is the right thing to do. You assholes… You’re a bunch of fucking assholes.”
— GOP House candidate Anthony Constantino (R), in an election night rant directed at the news media.
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Hegseth Expands National Guard Presence in DC
“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has authorized the National Guard to begin using boats, several dozen marked police cars, humvees and light medium tactical vehicles in the nation’s capital — an escalation of the troops’ presence that could further blur the line between their military and law enforcement role,” Politico reports.
“It’s not clear why the Trump administration is making the move now.”
Raskin Contemplates a Third Trump Impeachment
“An upbeat Jamie Raskin moved closer Tuesday to becoming the first Marylander in nearly 200 years to chair the U.S. House Judiciary Committee,” the Baltimore Banner reports.
“From that perch, he said, he would try to close gun-sale loopholes, scrutinize antitrust deals and — perhaps — pursue another impeachment of President Donald Trump.”
Said Raskin: “We’re not afraid to impeach Donald Trump. We’ve done it twice. He has 50% of all the presidential impeachments in American history. It’s Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, and two for Donald Trump.”
Rout Closes Trump’s Window On the Supreme Court
“President Trump put three justices on the Supreme Court during his first term. On Tuesday, voters all but guaranteed that he won’t get a fourth,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Democrats’ midterm blowout gave them a Senate majority—with a several-seat cushion—that will make it easy to block Trump judicial nominees, especially for any Supreme Court vacancies that might arise in 2027 or 2028.”
“That prospect casts new uncertainty over the long-term sustainability of the high court’s 6-3 conservative majority, as well as the legacies of the two oldest and most conservative justices: Clarence Thomas, 78, and Samuel Alito, 76.”
Trump Made Time Magazine’s Cover Again
Elon Musk Suffers Political Setback
“Democrats’ sweeping midterms victory marked a major rejection of Elon Musk and the artificial-intelligence industry, as a broad backlash against U.S. President Donald Trump and his tech allies put their political influence — and the debt-fueled data center buildout — under sharper scrutiny,” CNBC reports.
“Across the country, voters pushed back against billionaire influence and the growing power of technology companies, electing critics of the AI industry and approving restrictions on data centers fueling its expansion.”
New York Times: Tech billionaires face tricky political waters after Democratic midterm sweep.
Texas Sweep Fueled by Anger Over GOP Education Agenda
“Speaking to a packed crowd in Austin on Tuesday night after she became the first Democrat elected governor of Texas in nearly 40 years, Gina Hinojosa vowed to make good on a signature campaign promise: firing the state’s top education official,” NBC News reports.
Said Hinojosa: “We are taking our children’s education back from a government that has failed them.”
“Hinojosa’s promise to fire Education Commissioner Mike Morath ‘on day one’ drew sustained, rapturous applause — a reflection of how anger over the direction of public schools had quietly become a potent political force in an election that upended more than three decades of Republican dominance in Texas.”
Vance’s Break with Trump Follows Weeks of Handwringing
“Vice President JD Vance spent Tuesday night in the White House East Room watching the disastrous midterm results roll in. Sitting alongside President Trump, Vance saw the Senate seat he had briefly held in Ohio flip to Democratic control, and then all of Congress,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“By Wednesday morning, the Marine veteran made his simmering frustrations public, blaming the war for the Republicans’ stunning losses and issuing a rare public rebuke of the ongoing military campaign his boss still supports.”
“Vance’s comments followed weeks of internal hand-wringing at the White House about the war’s impact on the midterms and discussions about whether to acknowledge publicly ongoing strikes.”
Democratic Senator Demands ‘Bold Agenda’
“Key Senate progressive Chris Van Hollen said Wednesday that Democrats should demand a ‘bold agenda’ targeting entrenched corporate interests in Washington before agreeing to back Chuck Schumer or any other aspiring Senate majority leader,” Bloomberg reports.
Said Van Hollen: “No one should be committing to anybody as the next Democratic leader without having that conversation. We need commitments.”
Trump’s Humiliation Offers America an Opportunity
The Economist: “Surfers call it the washing machine. When a giant wave throws you off your board and plunges you underwater, you lose all sense of where you are. That is what befell Donald Trump and his party on November 3rd, as they were slammed by tens of millions of American voters. They have still to grasp just how much their country has changed.”
“Already it is clear this was not a normal midterm swing against a sitting president, but the biggest wave-election since the aftermath of Watergate more than 50 years ago. Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress, flipping seats deep into once-safe red waters, from South Carolina to Texas.”
“The coming days will spell out two further lessons. One is that this is not just a triumph for Democrats, but also for American democracy. Voters cannot be taken for granted. If they are angry, they will turn against parties they have long supported. The other lesson, which follows from this, is that both parties now need to find a new way of doing politics—one that spends less time riling up their constituents and more getting things done on their behalf.”
Republicans Gambled by Meddling in Primaries
Steve Benen: “Across much of the spring and summer, Republicans executed a mischievous strategy, intended to help steer Democratic primary voters toward candidates the GOP saw as easy to beat in a general election. For the most part, the scheme was largely a bust, and Republicans racked up more failures than successes.”
“But in a handful of instances, the GOP saw its intended results. In Minnesota’s U.S. Senate race, for example, the National Republican Senatorial Committee invested in advertising to boost Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan ahead of her August primary.”
“Around the same time, in Michigan’s U.S. Senate race, Republicans made little effort to hide their support for Abdul El-Sayed, boosting his candidacy ahead of the August primary, seeing the former public health official as a near-certain loser in a general election.”
“Three months later, how’d that work out?”
Harmeet Dhillon Plans DOJ Civil Rights Exit
“Harmeet Dhillon plans to step down from her role leading the Justice Department’s civil rights unit, marking the first senior DOJ official to resign following Democrats’ massive midterm wins,” Bloomberg reports.
Another Bonus Quote of the Day
“I was caught up in the Trump tsunami that swept away many incumbent Republican senators who have served their states well for many years and really care about our country.”
— Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), quoted by the New York Times.
Subpoenas Coming for Law Firms Who Capitulated
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) said that law firms “that struck deals with President Donald Trump in early 2025 can expect to be subpoenaed by the House Judiciary Committee next year,” Yahoo News reports.
Said Raskin: “There are major law firms in America, including Paul, Weiss, that have capitulated to these coercive tactics from Donald Trump and have basically surrendered and made all sorts of outrageous concessions.”
Virginia Foxx Trails by Slim Margin
“Rep. Virginia Foxx lost her reelection bid but is within striking distance to call for a recount,” Raleigh News & Observer reports.
“With all precincts reporting, Foxx’s Democratic opponent Chuck Hubbard led the race 48.7% to 48.66% in the 5th Congressional District.”
Elon Musk Scrubs Posts After Election Disaster
“It appears that Elon Musk was so embarrassed by the shellacking that Republicans received in the midterms on Tuesday that he deleted his Election Day post endorsing the party,” the New Republic reports.
“Musk, the world’s richest man, spent $474 million on Republican campaigns. On Tuesday, he posted ‘Vote red today!’ on X. Then he deleted it. His own artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, confirmed the post was scrubbed.”
‘MAGA’s Own Private Law Firm’ Will Be Led by a Democrat
“For years, the Texas Attorney General’s Office has been at the forefront of nationwide legal fights, either standing side by side with President Donald Trump or challenging the policies of Democratic administrations,” NBC News reports.
“That will end in January.”
“Amid a Democratic surge in Texas that led to James Talarico’s winning a Senate seat and Gina Hinojosa’s triumphing in the governor’s race, the party also took hold of the office currently held by MAGA stalwart Ken Paxton.”
Marco Rubio On ‘Resignation Watch’
“Marco Rubio is on resignation watch from both sides of the Atlantic in the expectation he will quit to launch a bid to be the next U.S. president,” The Independent reports.
“Insiders say the U.S. secretary of state and White House national security adviser is preparing for the race to be the Republican nominee in November 2028, with Vice President J. D. Vance currently his main rival.”
“Even before the disastrous midterm results – when the Republicans lost both the House and the Senate – senior party sources in the U.S. and senior figures in the UK government told The Independent that Mr Rubio could quit his senior role in president Donald Trump’s administration.”
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