President Donald Trump told voters to pretend he was on the ballot in this year’s midterm elections.

They did. And they resoundingly rejected both his policies and his Republican Party.

Democrats have captured full control of Congress, NBC News projects, with voters delivering a forceful repudiation of Trump’s agenda, coupled with a clear-cut message that Congress has not done enough to provide checks on his administration and needs to do more to address affordability and corruption.

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[–] 108 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Every single person who has been angry, upset, scared, and frustrated with the past two years needs to be up their representative’s ass TOMORROW to tell them to put these fucking fascists in prison and burn anyone who stood with them. We cannot let the Democrats try to have things go back to the status quo.

The GOP and big business has proven they will fucking grind us to dust if it means they can make more money. Every single sack of shit lining up behind Trump’s fascist regime needs to be held accountable. Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Greg Bovino, Markwayne Mullin, and Pete Hegseth need to be in fucking prison. Kash Patel needs to be in front of a committee every fucking day for his bullshit.

Elon Musk’s companies need to be nationalized or stripped of all their govt contracts. That motherfucker needs to be deported. Meta, Google, and Amazon need to be regulated.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 days ago* (1 child)

    Tomorrow? They aren't sworn in until next year. Like unless they are an incumbent they wouldn't have staff to answer a call or even an email address set up.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 days ago

    I’m generally addressing those with incumbent Dem representatives who have sat on their hands the past two years.

    Some of the new incoming reps might have contact forms on their campaign sites.

    My point is there needs to be continuous pressure and not complacency from the public.

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  • [–] 161 points 4 days ago (39 children)

    Really rough night for the "elections don't matter" and "we're not having midterms" crowds. Pour one out for them.

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  • [–] 76 points 4 days ago (6 children)

    Fuck those pysop motherfuckers! As if voting precludes pushing for more and better.

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  • [–] 42 points 4 days ago (5 children)

    Its not always a psyop, sometimes they're just out here trying to justify their lazy self-defeating personality.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    Honestly the jump to psyop just comes across someone too out of touch with reality to understand the fuck people are.

    Like mother fucker, what do you think is more likely. Lazy, depressed, and self-defeating people being tired and dooming? Or a coordinated psyop across the entire internet that lines up perfectly with the exact same shit people have been saying, doing and dooming about since the 1900s.

    Like get out of your house and talk to some normal people, you will realize this isn't a psyop. People are ACTUALLY just that tired or stupid.

    That said there is obviously bots going around trying to influence things. But they are more just pushing people in directions they already lay.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 days ago*

    What you seem to fail to understand is that not only are psyops real, people doing it for other reasons are often also victims of a psyop. Either way, they may as well all be a psyop, they're all spreading horrifically terrible information that is hard to believe anyone came up with on their own.

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  • [–] 23 points 4 days ago (29 children)

    Everyone said "trump is not leaving office"

    And they said, "the corporate Dems share the same donors as MAGA"

    Neither of those has been disproven and we will quickly see how constrained they are and how no one can be held accountable. That is what people have been saying and that is not a psyop. It is 40 years of data

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago (28 children)

    Trump left office before and he’ll leave it again.

    Nice try though.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago (26 children)

    It should frighten you more that they would even think that they can just go on living after all they've done. And all of you will accept Democrats working WITH him? Allowing him to taint this country and the office for another two years of more illegal and immoral corruption? Do you think they are going to stop Kushner? The cryptobribes? The secret Russia trips? Elon sabotaging Ukraine? Him selling secrets? Him and all of his cronies destroying the Epstein files? All of the missing oil and money from Venezuela? Assassinating an ICC Investigator that was looking into his WARCRIMES?

    And to you, this is winning?

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  • [–] 4 points 3 days ago (25 children)

    What the fuck are you on about?

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  • [–] 3 points 3 days ago (24 children)

    If you don't know what a single one of those crimes are, then you don't need to type anymore

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  • [–] -2 points 3 days ago (23 children)

    How about you worry about yourself buddy.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 days ago (18 children)

    Honestly their arguments aren’t that unreasonable, I don’t think it’s entirely invalid to not be asking questions about a guy who has absolutely murdered and raped literal children

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  • [–] 4 points 3 days ago (17 children)

    How about give the Democrats a couple days after they get in power on January 20th before you or op start acting all defeated.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 days ago (16 children)

    They’ve let a bunch of oligarchs slowly coup the government in broad daylight over the course of half a century… we’ve been waiting far longer than a week lol. Also not defeated whatsoever, it’s just the expectation with these people who have intentionally crippled the party with people like Fetterman.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago (15 children)

    Fetternan was a darling of the left.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago (14 children)

    Fetterman is a darling of Israel

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago (13 children)

    Bernie Sanders endorsed and rallied for him.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago (11 children)

    You can lead a man to critical thought but you can’t make them think.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago (10 children)

    I wanted you to make an actual argument is all 💅

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago (9 children)

    If you need more of an argument than Bernie Sanders endorsing and rallying for him I can't help you.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago (8 children)

    Nobody wants ya help and nobody needed ya help with the genocide enthusiast that is Fetterman, who is very bluntly in the center of the aisle of the shit show that is far right American politics

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  • [–] 0 points 3 days ago (7 children)

    The leftists loved him just like they loved Platner.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago (6 children)

    You are definitely a Republican lmao

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  • [–] 0 points 3 days ago (5 children)

    This is why everyone including other leftists don’t like leftists.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago (4 children)

    Lmao good! Hate me more daddy

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago (3 children)

    I don’t hate you I feel pity for you.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago (2 children)

    Ohhhh no the edgy loser feels pity for me

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  • [–] -2 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    Yep! Can only lead a horse to water. Enjoy your "win"

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  • [–] 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    Give the democrats some time in power before you start acting defeated my man.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    You are acting like we haven't been here before. Are you new to politics?

    The Dems outlined their priorities, ACA tax credits. Thats not good enough and that is not the sign of an opposition party. A real party would have had Project 2028 and would begin implementing everything that they could and destroying project 2025. It's telling that this is not a goal at all.

    Either way, whatever, people don't get it or they don't care

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  • [–] 53 points 4 days ago

    And it’s Fetterman-proof in the Senate. What a weird and great night.

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  • [–] 29 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

    It is a great victory, but I feel it is gonna be a hard two years. I hope dem can end blantant corruption by Trump, which is very doable, but they will have a hard time fixing all the shit show that is going on, from AI bubble to oil prices.

    If people don't see legitimate economical improvements (which is unlikely given the current global situation) the next president election likely will not be as clear cut as this one.

    Disclaimer: I am not suggesting other issues are less important than economics, but we have seen time and time again: voters care more about gas price up 50 cents than elementary schools being bombed.

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  • [–] 56 points 3 days ago (18 children)

    I hope Democrats would no longer make excuses of having "slim minority" not to pass popular policies.

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  • [–] 30 points 3 days ago (16 children)

    Now they'll say they can't pass anything because Trump will just veto it.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 days ago (11 children)

    Now that I think about, Dems could credibly threaten Trump with impeachment now they have overwhelming majority in both congress and senate.

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  • [–] 32 points 3 days ago (5 children)

    Yes, they can impeach (put Trump on trial) but they cannot remove him from office. They would need a supermajority of the Senate for that. Trump has already been impeached twice.

    The only threat the Democrats have is to make the impeachment trial a public affair and present evidence of Trump's wrongdoing. They cannot force him to testify under oath due to the Fifth Amendment. It will not do much good since Trump is not allowed to run for reelection.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 days ago (4 children)

    the republicans have been dealt a massive loss and trump is reacting by throwing them under the bus. They have a massive deficit of good will with the people. There is a small chance they might actually vote to remove him from office and let him know. this is what happened with nixon. They let him know and he resigned to avoid being the first ever president to be removed from office.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago (3 children)

    Much as I hate his guts, do we want President JD Vance? I'd rather have Trump in office continuing to harm the GOP politically while the House and Senate contain how much damage he can do.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    If we can get the votes to remove him for crimes against the People, we should do so regardless of political expedience. If the office of the President is to ever have legitimacy again a criminal cannot be allowed to remain there if removal is an option.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    You guys should fix your govt. system sometime.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    That requires a super majority and states to accept it. While there are pissed off voters, it’s not nearly enough for a fundamental government shift.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    You're right, but god what I wouldn't give for a good-faith constitutional convention. Trump has proved that you can't do this bizarre dance we do in America where the constitution is vague and rickety and relies on jurisprudence, legislation, and unwritten norms, but simultaneously treats the governing documents as holy writ.

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  • [–] 26 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    We can now hold the line, and he won't get two, new, young SCOTUS Justices. That's not nothing, but don't expect Universal Healthcare or an end to the executive orders.

    In two years we should oust the "centrist" Dems, even the ones we like, and replace them with the "radical left" DSA candidates. I'll vote to replace Melanie Stansbury if a viable DSA candidate rises to challenge her. Fear of "splitting the vote" be damned.

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  • [–] 21 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    this is the way. the primaries are the elections. republicans at every level violated or were derelict in their duty to stop violations of the constitution. voting republican is 100% anti american since trump started violating it as a matter of executive policy. Conservatives need to boot the republican party and form a new one that goes back to progressive pre nixon conservatism.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    That would be what Democrats currently are (neoliberals). The Democrats have capitulated so much over the last 40 years, that the Overton window has shifted so far right that conservatives think Schumer, Biden, and Clinton are "radical left communists".

    The right will never come back to reason. The last decade has shown what they are. They are not only the treasonous remains of the Confederates and Nazi parties, they are also all compromised pedophiles and sex crime perpetrators. We cannot exist with people who LOVE hurting people and are just waiting for the chance to setup concentration camps and nuke the world. They need to go, and then the neoliberal traitors who take money from Israel.

    Until that is done, nothing will change for the better at all

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago

    the right of the democrats are like that but there are progessive elements that are increasing that are not. So yeah the most right democrats would be typical or such a party and likely would move over honestly if such a thing came to pass. If such a thing did happen conservatives would find themselves in the strange position of seeming to be the more stable and responsible party rather than the party of nutters.

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  • [–] 24 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    May this be the start of the Overton Window shifting so far to the Left that we never have Republicans again

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  • [–] 16 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    Even South Carolina flipped lol

    The GOP senators have to be at least starting to think about removing Trump. He is the obvious cause of this. They are next if they don't do it.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    Idk, they don't have a party anymore if they remove Trump.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 days ago

    The MAGA tears from brocastors is going to be great.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    Just be careful and hold steady. Those billionaire-owned media companies are going to start their societal shaping immediately and they are good at that shit. Go "the People"!

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  • [–] 8 points 3 days ago

    this. we need essentially three election cycles to even kinda normalize. I mean folks threw out bidens team when he did a lot to recover from trump one in one term. heck obama barely leveled the blame after bush jr and they went to trump. we need to gain some altitude before being stupid again.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    What an absolute massacre. Some faith in my country try was restored last night. At least a little.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 days ago (4 children)

    The mass calls and protests should start now. You actually have people who might listen to you in power.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    Every day needs to be hearing after hearing it is time for two years of relentless justice.

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    Trump immediately throws the party under the bus and doubles down that he is the best ever. At least nixon seemed to care about his party. Republicans will likely respond with more trump hole licking. Thats what we see with darren bailey and the illinois republicans. doubled down. there is no level of loss that would get us to change. we will only just abandon more of our historical principles for a weak strong man type.

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