lady of the world

[lady of the world @world2808]

“If we die, it's no big deal because Iran isn't important, Islam is important.”

— Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

[mart ☆ ☆ @jikukos]

los cojones q tiene macklemore de mencionar por nombre completo todas las arenas de eeuu que le han rechazado los shows x palestina es el mejor

[Wendy Davis @wendydavis]

I couldn’t agree more 💙

[Scott Santens @scottsantens]

Over 222,000 people have signed onto this already in support of choosing someone other than Hakeem Jeffries for House Speaker.

https://t.co/WdUaZENBNM

[Adam Crafton @AdamCrafton_]

A bad night for Trump also means this is becoming a bad night for Gianni Infantino. Expect major scrutiny of his and FIFA’s ties to Trump administration if/when Democrats take the house.

https://t.co/BoBkUx0DvF

[Cheyenne Hunt @CheyenneHuntCA]

Beto and Stacy Abrams challenged a whole generation to imagine the “impossible” and fight for the leadership Texas and Georgia deserve. The wins we see tonight wouldn’t be possible without the foundation they built ❤️

[🤦🏾‍♀️ @reading_cha]

I hope she knows none of this would have been possible without her hard work

[Maiz @MexicanMaiz]

Ain’t seen people this happy since Mexico was playing at the World Cup

[Progress Across America @PrgrsAcrsAmrca]

We just defeated republicans why would we make one speaker again?

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Reposting this for no particular reason

Liz Cheney: “I say this to my Republican colleagues who are defending the indefensible. There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain.”

[Katy @cecilyskeen]

This photo brought tears to my eyes. That JOY on her daughter’s face… man 💙💙

[Peter Daou @peterdaou]

CRYSTAL CLEAR-

If Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer lead the Democratic Party, you can kiss the midterm victories goodbye.

[Texas Democratic Party @texasdemocrats]

THIS JUST IN: Democrats have FLIPPED the Texas State Board of Education!

This is a monumental win for Texas students, families, and the entire education community in our great state.

Congratulations to our incredible candidates!

[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

Biggest mistake democrats could do now is make Jeffrey speaker of the house and Schumer majority senate leader. BOTH are compromised. BOTH are funded by AIPAC.
OUTST THEM.
ACCOUNTABILITY MATTERS.
#Anonymous

[Jimmy Media @JimmyJMedia]

🚨 NEW | Rep. Ro Khanna: "The Democratic Party needs to be very clear. We need to call it a genocide. We need to say zero aid."

[John Cusack @johncusack]

Speaker of the house should be Ro

[Leila Charles Leigh 🌹 - Purity Tester @leilacleigh]

Democrats this is a MANDATE to get the fuck rid of Schumer and Jeffries

DO SOMETHING

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Vance posting as if he’s an online pundit or commentator and not the vice-president in the administration that launched this war and then defended this war.

[The View @TheView]

.@AnaNavarro: “I’m really very proud of the American people because we showed that we don’t storm the Capitol, we storm the polls.”

[Ayman @AymanM]

He’s running!

[JD Vance @JDVance]

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.