He and his wife are in line now. When I hear back I'll edit this comment. The poll workers will be hard pressed to turn them away with fresh voter ID cards, but that doesn't mean they won't try.

Edit: They were able to vote.

He's not what I'd call happy or enthusiastic about the blue wave, but he knows the alternative is not even an option. Obviously I had to rib him over finally pulling his head out of his ass!

GTFO!!!!

Like hell I can. No way.

Governor, AG, LG, RR commish - wild. I’m elated. I didn’t think it possible, even in hopeful years past. That LG get is massive due to our ridiculous state lege. Anything else majority-wise is icing at this point. I know it’s not a universal rebuke across the country, even as things are going well. But I didn’t in my wildest dreams expect the absolute trouncing in the state. All TX Supreme Court seats went blue by good margins too.

Nah, I meant it should be like 3-5% republican votes by now, but fascists seem to be scary numerous among the US populations.

in US history, correct. also got our first out and proud trans lawmaker..in GEORGIA.

IIRC it was a clean sweep. Secretary of State and AG as well.

It’s still at least a branch that can stymie a lot of things.

I’m not saying things are magically gonna get fixed but there’s a lot of bad that’s been able to go through because congress is complicit or “shuts down” at the right time.

I don’t have a lot of hope and this is my only chance for a light at the end of the tunnel.

Dems taking the Senate by a few seats is important because it denies Trump further judicial or supreme court nominees. Having both chambers allows Democrats the ability to set the budget agenda and will force Trump to negotiate which he is terrible at.

This is still important.

If Trump loses badly, it will also send a powerful message. Then everyone knows that no one likes Trump no matter how Fox News tries to spin it. It will make the whole Republican party freak out for 2028.

Yeah, there's a significant limit on what lawmaking can be done with an adversarial President. I think one potentially effective strategy is to pass legislation that is good for the country as a while, but where a Presidental veto would also weaken public opinion of the opposition. If there's no veto it's a total win. If it is vetoed, democrats make it part of their campaign strategies in 12-18 months.

Investigative and budgetary powers can also still be used, but they are less flashy and can play negatively in the media. If a D congress is seen as doing nothing but investigating Rs and shutting down the government, there might not be a D congress in 2 years.

Yeah this has done a lot to restore hope. Fucking KANSAS and IOWA flipping blue senate is nuts. And Mississippi being a toss up? Holy shit!

Now 43 vote lead with 96% on ABC, not seeing the 97% reporting - but great if that's the case.

We also have to keep the same pressure on the Dem Congress we were putting on the MAGA Congress (or even more because that wasn't enough either).

YES! For some reason, this is where everyone gets lost. We have these people talking about how voting Democrat won't matter because they're still not going to be effective, they're not left enough, there's no point in ever voting or performing your civic duty and that we should all give up and die.

But like, take the energy and anger you have against Republicans and apply that to the Democrats et. al. when they actually have some kind of power. NOW is the time to push for change. Lean on the old gaurd and show them what we want out of their party. We just showed that we'll cut out the rotted growth of America if given the chance. Dems that don't get the picture should be next.

The fight has ONLY begun.

What pressure...don't act like Fascists or we throw the Fascists back in? In the end, there's just another corrupt party in power stuffing its pockets.

Credit where credit is due, it’s a line from The West Wing. ☺️

Oh hell yeah!!!