TAMU1990 said:

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Good luck https://t.co/aZ309u7cga

— Adam Carolla (@adamcarolla) November 5, 2025

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Want Gotham IRL? This is how NYC voters get Gotham In Real Life. There will be no DC superheroes to save them.

Never heard of those people.

Waffledynamics said:

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SociallyConditionedAg said:

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FireAg said:

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Looks like all of the props in Texas are set to pass…

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Not happy about the property tax one that takes money away from the schools. Can't they cut something else? Why is it always the schools?

I'm happy to have a property tax break, but they need to cut other stuff.

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It doesn't take a dime from the schools. The state makes up the difference so the schools can still waste the money as they see fit.

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Are you able to back this up?

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Maybe they will perform better, we have data showing GIVING More money makes no difference.

TRM said:

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Some people aren't operating under a meritocracy .

Now the White House is intimidating conservative donors in red states from supporting grassroots candidates against their establishment endorsed candidates who use their consultants. The least we can do is elect people in deep red states who will make what DeSantis did in FL…

— Daniel Horowitz (@RMConservative) November 5, 2025

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True. It pre-supposes a Heinlein scenario for a reason.

Waffledynamics said:

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TAMU1990 said:

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The Democratic party is dead. The socialists and communists used Alinsky's rules to kill it and wear its carcass proudly.

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This is a cope, considering they just won big.

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What? Who is in charge? Pelosi is getting out. Schumer is going to lose to AOC. Jeffries is going to lose when he eventually get primaried - unless he turns hard socialist. The energy is with the socialists. Not traditional democrats. They are getting consumed.

TAMU1990 said:

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Waffledynamics said:

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TAMU1990 said:

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The Democratic party is dead. The socialists and communists used Alinsky's rules to kill it and wear its carcass proudly.

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This is a cope, considering they just won big.

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What? Who is in charge? Pelosi is getting out. Schumer is going to lose to AOC. Jeffries is going to lose when he eventually get primaried - unless he turns hard socialist. The energy is with the socialists. Not traditional democrats. They are getting consumed.

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Which is what TAMU1990 is likely really saying. He is not saying at all that they are destined for defeat. Just that the party by that name is gone. Dead in that sense. Sort of like the idea of non-proliferation. Or multiculturalism.

samurai_science said:

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Waffledynamics said:

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SociallyConditionedAg said:

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Waffledynamics said:

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FireAg said:

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Looks like all of the props in Texas are set to pass…

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Not happy about the property tax one that takes money away from the schools. Can't they cut something else? Why is it always the schools?

I'm happy to have a property tax break, but they need to cut other stuff.

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It doesn't take a dime from the schools. The state makes up the difference so the schools can still waste the money as they see fit.

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Are you able to back this up?

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Maybe they will perform better, we have data showing GIVING More money makes no difference.

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Not what my question was.

Democrat beat other Democrat in NYC, big news. LOL

Correction said:

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HERE is what trump just told senate republicans about last night.

Trump thinks last night was bad for republicans and thinks the government has to open “immediately.”

And he seems to believes the bad election results are directly related to the now 36-day shutdown. pic.twitter.com/5YU9ngUgla

— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) November 5, 2025

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I do think he is right here. Especially in VA. Where I am betting the messaging getting out to all the Democrat voters was that you're all out of work or have gotten fired because of dirty low down Trump and the Republicans.

I don't think people, and this board in particular, are paying attention to what happened in the House of Delegates in Virginia. The Democrats as of yesterday had a 51-48 edge in the House, with one vacancy. As of this morning, they have a 64-36 edge, a gain of 13 seats. It would be the biggest margin the Democrats have held in the House since 1987, when they had 65.

NY and NJ are easy to explain; Republicans were never winning there. Best you could hope there was for an outperform. But ignore what happened in the Virginia House of Delegates at your own peril.

Virginia is a state heavily impacted by federal workers and shutdowns. It's unique in that way and difficult to extrapolite those results across 50 states.

In 2021 the state went heavily republican and voted a GOP governor. Less than a year later the 2022 midterms Va was blue again.

Teslag said:

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Virginia is a state heavily impacted by federal workers and shutdowns. It's unique in that way and difficult to extrapolite those results across 50 states.

In 2021 the state went heavily republican and voted a GOP governor. Less than a year later the 2022 midterms Va was blue again.

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Correct. And it may have been you that even pointed out, and that was probably a special outlier -- backlash against the gender bender agenda in schools and the Covid lockdowns. Not representative of a state trend away from blue.

Disagree to an extent. A clean CR should be off the table now - don't reward Dems for their actions.

And for all that, the Republicans picked up 7 seats for a 52-48 edge in 2021.
I know the shutdown had some to do with this, as there are four districts in northern VA that flipped. But there has to be more going on here than people pissed off about the shutdown.

Youngkin sold a vision, but Sears didn't and that was drag all down the ticket.

This is a great summary of what happened:

I think about this several times per day. 🤣 pic.twitter.com/hNeusxWoBs

— ZUBY: (@ZubyMusic) November 5, 2025

The commie Somali pirate lost his bid to be mayor of Minneapolis.

https://www.fox9.com/election/minneapolis-mayor-2025-election-results

Not that the winner is good by any means, but the pirate is far worse.

Jennifer Welch to Mehdi Hasan at Zohran's victory party:

"Americans have no culture except for multiculturalism... Crusty white people need to learn how to embrace it." pic.twitter.com/eguyoOPk8l

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) November 5, 2025

Boring white people have no place in nyc

Who?mikejones! said:

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Jennifer Welch to Mehdi Hasan at Zohran's victory party:

"Americans have no culture except for multiculturalism... Crusty white people need to learn how to embrace it." pic.twitter.com/eguyoOPk8l

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) November 5, 2025

Boring white people have no place in nyc

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She is a vile creature but epitomizes so much of the white liberal boss girl culture.

Who?mikejones! said:

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Jennifer Welch to Mehdi Hasan at Zohran's victory party:

"Americans have no culture except for multiculturalism... Crusty white people need to learn how to embrace it." pic.twitter.com/eguyoOPk8l

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) November 5, 2025

Boring white people have no place in nyc

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This is the typical liberal woman who would kill her own family for internet clout.

Zohran Mamdani announces his mayoral transition leadership team:

All Socialist women pic.twitter.com/My8nIeFmJ3

— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) November 5, 2025

What could go wrong?

Proof that higher education is the opposite of what it's called.

In New York, the non-degreed tried valiantly to save the city from the degree-holding horde. There just weren't enough of them. From exit polls: pic.twitter.com/tdF3zfVZ5V

— Byron York (@ByronYork) November 5, 2025

Walsh will be one of the first ones off a building. She's to stupid to understand what's instore for her. Muslims want their women to be silent and only to do two jobs stay pregnant and cook dinner.

Doubt she can do one of those.

JFC Omar Fateh got 44 % of the vote in Minneapolis and triggered a recount.

Who?mikejones! said:

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The funny part will be when new Jersey barely elects the dem, the story will be somehow that's a rebuke of trump whereas any election in the last 10 years that was close the opposite way- blue nearly got it in a red state, was about rising discontention with trunp/republicans/white people.

No matter the outcome, it will be spun anti trump or anti republican

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How do you define "barely"?

Hoping the Aggies "barely" BTHO Mizzou this weekend by the same margin!

Psycho Bunny said:

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Who?mikejones! said:

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Is it really a maga rebuke? Expected results are a rebuke?

If it was Texas or Oklahoma or Florida, then sure. But Virginia, jersey and NYC? Nah

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As far as I remember Virginia has always been a blue/purple state. With the shutdown, I bet a ton of service members voted dem in spite of Hegseth, Trump and company.

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You are, of course, correct that Virginia is purple - though trending blue as of late - primarily due to the growing numbers of more progressive voters in the DC suburbs.

However, realize that military (active duty and veterans) may be voting Dem now NOT "in spite of Hegseth, Trump and company" but BECAUSE of intense dislike and unhappiness with Hegseth, Trump and company.

I would venture to say that the majority of the military (all ranks - not just senior leadership) does NOT view Hegseth, in particular, with much favorability.

Whoever that is is a complete dunce who adds nothing to society.

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Fanatic15...Drs2B! said:

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Psycho Bunny said:

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Who?mikejones! said:

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Is it really a maga rebuke? Expected results are a rebuke?

If it was Texas or Oklahoma or Florida, then sure. But Virginia, jersey and NYC? Nah

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As far as I remember Virginia has always been a blue/purple state. With the shutdown, I bet a ton of service members voted dem in spite of Hegseth, Trump and company.

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You are, of course, correct that Virginia is purple - though trending blue as of late - primarily due to the growing numbers of more progressive voters in the DC suburbs.

However, realize that military (active duty and veterans) may be voting Dem now NOT "in spite of Hegseth, Trump and company" but BECAUSE of intense dislike and unhappiness with Hegseth, Trump and company.

I would venture to say that the majority of the military (all ranks - not just senior leadership) does NOT view Hegseth, in particular, with much favorability.

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So you have you hand on the military political pulse? How'd you do that ?

Not true. 23 yr vet telling you you're FOS.

We joke about MAJ Pete. For me, his delivery always has too much "bro" in it. But the substance once distilled is on point. You're grasping at straws and uninformed while trying to find reason.

Native New Yorkers largely rejected Mamdani, while those who had lived in the city for less than five years voted for him in overwhelming numbers. pic.twitter.com/8bU6UW1Vsa

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) November 5, 2025

Wow. This is quite telling

My own experience over the last 45 years in and around the military in various capacities - with continued close connections to all sorts of service members - from brand new recruits to GO's.

Obviously that is all based on my own anecdotal information and not a scientific survey or poll of any type. But I am fairly confident in my assessment.

One can certainly criticize the military - it's members and past and current leadership - based on one's own beliefs and opinions - and thankfully we live in a country where that is allowed. But I do think it is illustrative that almost all of those most senior retired military and civilian military leaders who served in Trump's first administration that have gone on the record have not thought highly of him (perhaps an understatement).

Those knuckleheads who felt the need to "speak out" had an axe to grind. Most vets are happy enough to go away and trust that the machine continues to run. 99 times out of 100, I see a disgruntled vet, I can figure out real quick why they have to sound off. They were shiz, their performance was shiz, they got called out for their shiz, were separated or left for their shiz, now they want 'America' to feel sorry for their shiz.
You're facilitating their shiz.

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I would venture to say that the majority of the military (all ranks - not just senior leadership) does NOT view Hegseth, in particular, with much favorability.

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I'm currently serving. I'd say this is definitely not the case. At all.

Yikes, in Georgia, we lost two incumbent republican Publc Service Commissioners by 65 - 35 margins. That is unheard of in a crap race like that with nothing else on the ballot.

The midterms are going to be horrible.