The bleak Midnight 1)
In the blessed late hour of the bleak Midnight,
My dreams were intruded by the sneak peak of a deep eye,
Shining like a glittering star like reflecting Northern lights,
Celestials stop by wondering what a stunning sight,
@ScottEnlow Those are give away rights that are being misued other by every definition of Privacy, Moral, Social Order, Personal Space, Local/ National Security & Ethics this behaviour is socially deviant.
American electorate has just stamped with approval, the reintegration of Iran into the global mainstream and the marginalization of Israel. Strategic pivot point in regional history.
جب انسان کسی بندے پر حد سے زیادہ بھروسہ کرنے لگتا ہے، تو اللہ تعالیٰ اسے اس سہارے سے الگ کر دیتا ہے، تاکہ اسے اپنی اصل قوت کا پتہ چلے۔
لوگوں کی ضرورت ہے، مگر کبھی بھی اتنی نہیں جتنی اپنے رب کی ہے۔
سہارے ٹوٹتے رہتے ہیں، مگر وہ رب نہیں ٹوٹتا جو سب کا سہارا ہے۔
One of the things the data analysts on our side obsessed over was "composition"—whether the electorate looked close enough to 2024 for Republicans to win. And despite polls that showed a Democrat blowout, the data kept on telling us the same story: in some states turnout was merely OK, in other states it was downright amazing, and in no state was it catastrophic. There was a genuine sense of optimism on our team: our people were showing up.
So, I asked the smartest data guy I know, does that mean we're going to shock the world? "No," he told me. "We might do better than the polls suggest. But the data is telling us that a lot of Trump/Vance 2024 voters are pissed and planning to vote for the other guys. Our voters are turning out, but they may not vote for us."
Well, that looks prophetic now. Our voters did show up. In Florida, for example, the electorate was 9 points more Republican than Democrat, just a couple points worse than 2024. Undoubtedly there were places we could have done better on turnout. But the main problem is not turnout. The main problem is that many people who voted for Trump/Vance in 2024 voted for Democrats in 2026.
There will be a lot of infighting and arguing over what happened and why that is. One of the pollsters I really respect told me that our economic messaging wasn’t sharp enough down the stretch. I’m sure that’s true.
But the real reason we lost is obvious to almost everyone.
Another pollster—one of the smartest people I know in politics, told me yesterday we’d lose the generic ballot by 13 points. I felt negative going into Tuesday, but even I was shocked by this. In his polling, he saw that a lot of Trump 2024 voters were angry and planning to vote for Democrats. He asked those voters who had abandoned us what would cause them to come back on our team. The top four answers, accounting for nearly all of the responses were:
1) End the war
2) Focus on cost of living/inflation
3) Put America First
4) Change our relationship to Israel
Our voters showed up. And the above four reasons are why many of them voted for Democrats. This is according to a pollster who nailed the results. While many spent Monday attacking Rachel Campos Duffy for calling for a diplomatic resolution to the conflict, it turns out her political advice was sound. (She’s also a great person.)
In the next few months, there's going to be a lot of gaslighting. Expect to hear any number of establishment politicians say the solution to our woes is amnesty. I'm open to the idea that we should change enforcement—by focusing more on businesses that hire illegal labor, for instance. But anyone pushing amnesty is lying to you.
The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night.
If you'd like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that's at least honest.
But everyone knows why we lost. And any honest conversation about where we go from here must start there.
I remain hopeful about our country. To the people who are pissed off and want to say, “I told you so”: you’re right, you did tell us so. Take that energy into electing Republicans who share your worldview. To the people who are just pissed at the results, you should be. Let’s take that anger and get back to the work of saving our country.
@ashoswai Netanyahu wanted to save his election & still lost even after convincing trump to get into the war. Trump should've waited till the midterm.
@Partisangirl A little nuke or resumption means republican candidate already out of the presidential elections. He must spend the last 2 years regaining the lost MAGA base.
KP and Balochistan are ours, while fertile and liveable Punjab and Sindh belong to everyone.
What a stupid bunch of people we have to deal with. Unfortunately, you can’t reason with them, lost cause.
Until a group sneaks through your trench or multiple RPGs hit around defeaning you, you could either be getting multiple IFVs firing with their machine guns straight into your face or dropping soldiers because you can't shoot it while you're suppressed by consistent machine gun fire. Or simply tanks burying your positions running over your trench. All those concerns and fears & shooting back to suppress is why it's called deadlier. Drones are another addition & today's infantry is very vulnerable to meat grinding.
@CombatFootages Hah..blind firing looks useless from a screen, but in a real assault, keeping the enemy from pushing your position is the whole point. It's about suppression, not tracking hitmarkers. Wild how out of touch some replies are
@WarMonitorClips The male танк courting ritual. If a female is impressed by the size of its dirt circle she will mate with him, their crews exchange cartons of cigarettes and a baby Obrazets will grow.