Democrats on Tuesday seized control of the U.S. House, flipping the chamber after four years in the minority wilderness to usher in a new era of divided government, Decision Desk HQ projects.

The change will have immediate repercussions for the workings of Washington next year, slamming the brakes on President Trump’s legislative agenda and setting the stage for countless clashes between the House and White House over everything from immigration enforcement and government spending to Trump’s global tariffs and the Iran war.

Democrats have vowed to launch an exhaustive list of investigations into Trump and his inner circle, featuring deep dives into the Jeffrey Epstein scandal; the violence that’s accompanied Trump’s deportation surge; and the president’s personal and family finances, which have ballooned since his return to office last year.

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[–] 67 points 1 week ago (5 children)

If you have a Dem House rep, start calling tomorrow telling them we can't afford to waste time on Jefferies as speaker.

We won't get someone like AOC (I'd love it if we did) but bare minimum it needs to be someone on the same general page as Dem voters. And Jefferies doesn't.

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  • [–] 29 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    They cannot waste any time on not starting the investigations and the hearings on all of these motherfuckers, too.

    Hit. The. Ground. Running.

    If there is not already a "Project 2027" for Democrats, they need to write one.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 child)

    They have communicated that they will reinstate the ACA subsidies that were cut, and take a hard look at the Iran strategy. And focus on cost of living. Thats it. No taxing the rich. No medicare for all. Not a single word about zionists and foreign influence and war crimes. Nothing about Ukraine. They dodge and weave around Epstein and they have stated explicitely that they wont look to impeach. Not a lot about about climate change. Nothing about reigning in ICE. They claim this is them being "hyper focussed on the economy".

    even as of a few hours ago they are on script.

    https://www.npr.org/2026/11/03/nx-s1-6026666/what-democrats-plan-to-prioritize-if-they-retake-the-house

    But this is what we saw leading up to today:

    https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2026-10-14/what-happens-if-democrats-win-control-of-the-house-senate-or-both

    https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/heres-whats-on-house-democrats-agenda-if-they-sweep-to-power-in-midterm-elections

    https://www.mediaite.com/politics/kamala-harris-advises-democrats-not-to-impeach-trump/

    https://truthout.org/articles/schumer-takes-no-action-as-even-far-right-calls-for-trump-impeachment/

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago

    Each of these “so what’s next?” interviews puts the question to a senior DNC establishment incumbent who wasn’t primaried. Their legacy projects like ACA were gutted recently (and morover illegally defunded first) so for numerous reasons it should come as no surprise to hear them say “oh that’s easy! Restore status quo.”

    But while they have been allowed to keep their seats for another electoral cycle, that doesn’t mean they get to maintain their position of leadership in the 120th US Congress.

    And even if they do, their influence has already been greatly diminished by the huge number of incoming seats having flipped to non-establishment (or anti-establishment) candidates.

    In short, we’re all far less interested in what they have to say. They must pass the mic. To ensure they do, starting Monday morning we must call, write, and (in the case of incumbents continuing in January) rudely ambush our representatives outside their offices, until each of our incoming reps swears (preferably in writing) to make them pass the mic. This starts Monday morning. We only have a few more weeks of session to do so.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 week ago

    I came here to say this. Jefferies is watching these results having already crowned himself speaker in his mind, and will sit on that power like a dragon on gold for two years, doing nothing with it.

    He needs a challenger and the sooner they can build momentum before the next Congress is seated, the better.

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  • [–] 42 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    As of posting this comment, AP has the House races at 92:50 and NBC at 102:49, both in favor of Democratic party (100 about 300 races not yet called). So .. seems a bit premature to be calling the whole House majority at this point.

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  • [–] 30 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    While I fully expect the Democrats to win the House, I don't think the races in question have actually been called yet?

    Seems like The Hill is declaring it prematurely for clicks.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 week ago

    You can predict an overall result of an election, without calling every single seat, based on statistics.

    In Australia, this regularly happens where e.g. only a third of seats have been called, but the margins and swings are so great that it's clear who has won, just not the exact result.

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    It's a bloodbath for Republicans. But, this isn't an endorsement of democrats. This is just "throw the bums out". I hope the democrats are smart enough to realize this.

    I suspect they won't be. I would bet that Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer think that this is a massive vote for their leadership, and that they delivered a huge win. I have little doubt they're going to claim that this result means they have a huge mandate and that the American people love them.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 week ago

    WE MUST UNFUCK EVERYTHING THAT PROJECT 2025 DID - AND MORE

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  • [–] 13 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    https://apnews.com/projects/elections-2026/

    Don't go making claims like that BEFORE ALL THE POLLS CLOSE EVEN

    Everyone that can out west get in and do the thing, every last nail that can be driven into his coffin should be.

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  • Yes stats are a thing, my concern in the past couple weeks has been all the 'he will lose soooo bad' polls putting people into a complacent mindset. Both times he was elected it was that same message and people seemed to take it as 'someone else will take care of it'.

    The guy needs to be constantly looking over his shoulder knowing nobody is there to save him. I don't ever recall an election where 'state of democracy' or similar was a top issue in so many places which says a lot for what damage he did in 2 years.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 week ago

    The following few months will reveal if Chuck Schumer and whoever will be Speaker of the House will actually use their powers to stop Trump and ease socioeconomic pressure off the working class or do nothing and hide behind decorum. There's also the concern of Sinemas and Fettermans hiding among the Democrat ranks ready to betray their party in critical votes.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    2 years of stale mates and nothing passing, here we go

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago

    jeffries better be up to the task and not just there to cash israels checks.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago

    Let's fucking go

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago

    Publicly available information is delayed?

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