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[small time local @Zachstvn]

All I really want is to go sit in a booth at Waffle House with some friends at 1 am

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

A Tomb Guard from the U.S. Army’s 3rd Infantry Regiment, “The Old Guard” was forced to verbally reprimand Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and a group of his senior advisers Wednesday after some in the group laughed and loudly talked in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington.

Video of the incident, posted by CNN, shows Hegseth standing and taking photos in front of the tomb with his wife, Jennifer, chief of staff Ricky Buria, deputy chief of staff Patrick Weaver as well as senior adviser and deputy assistant Tami Radabaugh, following a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery for Veterans Day.

[small time local @Zachstvn]

@Ua20Matt i hate our dumb team so much

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

Jane Fonda on the midterm victory: “We have to be very smart. We can’t return to the old neoliberalism. We have to take off our corporate hat, take off our donor hat, and start doing things that are going to help working people in this country”

[Swann Marcus @SwannMarcus89]

Holy shit, I didn't realize Scott Colom was denied a federal judgeship because Cindy Hyde-Smith blocked his nomination by lying about his connections to George Soros hahahahaha

If she hadn't done that he'd be a district judge and instead he's going to beat her in a Senate race and become the first black Senator from Mississippi since 1870. Nobody has ever been owned this hard by poetic justice

The mills of God grind slowly/yet grind exceeding small

[small time local @Zachstvn]

@GalaxyDanGan i think he was trying not to revert like we’ve seen in him previously but i think this time he has lost control

[logan 🫀 @louicentss]

republican midterm strategy

[Degenerate Tracker @DegenTracker_]

BREAKING: Utah criminally charges Kalshi's CEO and COO with 13 counts of illegal gambling

[Shea Serrano @SheaSerrano]

for 9 months i’ve been writing the INVOICES column (i say how much i paid to watch a movie & decide if anyone from it owes me any money back)

for the 1st time ever someone from 1 of the movies actually tried to send me money

i can’t believe this happened https://t.co/2j9yS3wHhM

[small time local @Zachstvn]

@JoeC75111983 @minakimes

[shut up, josh @ChiefJosheola]

James Talarico, a Democrat, is quoting Scripture in his victory speech, and the crowd is cheering.

Democrats don’t hate religion. We hate watching people weaponize it.

Faith isn't the problem. Using God as a weapon against your neighbors is.

[small time local @Zachstvn]

these cowards turn tail the second they lose and act like they didn’t profit off of, enable, encourage, and actively engage in all the corruption / erosion of norm this presidency has brought. JD Vance has never believed in anything. A 2 faced nobody.

[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.

[It's politics @uspolitics1111]

Bill de Blasio : "I've been on many Fox programs. I respect this network, but I've got to tell you guys, you're missing the plot."

[small time local @Zachstvn]

@stephenasmith dumb ass

[Mike Beauvais @MikeBeauvais]

To everybody celebrating Greg Abbott’s defeat, what if I told you there was a way to watch an unlikable old guy lose in Texas almost every Sunday?

[Clay Travis @ClayTravis]

There is no blue wave materializing so far as of 3 p.m. ET today. Republicans are surging in Florida, and I think the polls are about to be proven wrong yet again. Democrats predicted a massive wave, but the voting data tells a different story. We'll see how tonight unfolds.

[Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein]

get ready for the most nauseating performance of disagreement with trump by JD vance from today until the presidential primary

[J🅰️COB @JacobWPS]

We like being dumb on purpose, what can I say.

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

If you believe sustaining Christianity can only happen if Republicans are in power, then you worship the power of the Republican Party, not God.

[small time local @Zachstvn]

@rumblecooks so confused what that statement was all about

[small time local @Zachstvn]

@prowelshguy because he has no soul