"There’s no way to sugarcoat or deep fry it. Donald Trump was a big orange drag on races around the nation. But of course, he’s neither ready to accept responsibility nor capable of doing so.
Trust me, Trump was on the ballot. If you don’t believe me, ask Fox."
~ Jay Kuo
In an editorial entitled "Trump Really Was on the Ballot," the right-leaning Republican Wall Street Journal says,
"President Trump on Wednesday blamed Tuesday’s Republican election defeats on the government shutdown and the fact that he wasn’t on the ballot. If he really believes this, the GOP is heading for bigger problems in 2026."
"The biggest impact of last night’s result may be to collapse D.C.’s collective denial about the sheer scale of Donald Trump’s unpopularity. A mix of spectacle, aggression and speed have created this on-going pageant of Trump’s power. ... These results tell a clear story: an electorate eager to send a message to Donald Trump and clip the wings of his untrammeled power."
~ Josh Marshall
#Trump #election #Republicans
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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-few-day-after-the-election-thoughts
"The brutal choice facing Republicans: Do Washington Republicans finally stand up to Trump to stave off voter anger or do they keep turning a blind eye to the Constitution?"
~ Julie Roginsky
#Trump #election #Republicans
/4
https://saltypolitics.substack.com/p/the-brutal-choice-facing-republicans
"If you were watching any of the voter-on-the-street interviews Tuesday, you might have been surprised to hear how many Americans are deeply disturbed, furious even, about Donald Trump’s bulldozing of the White House to make way for a garish $330M donor-paid ballroom."
~ Jen Rubin
#Trump #ballroom #EpsteinBallroom #WhiteHouse #EastWing #EconomicElites #corruption #PayforPlay
/5
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-hideous-symbol-of-maga-corruption
"The ballroom is the most visible, easily explained, and visually disgusting evidence of Trump’s destruction of our democracy and the public’s ownership of our institutions."
#Trump #ballroom #EpsteinBallroom #WhiteHouse #EastWing #EconomicElites #corruption #PayforPlay
/6
"The results showed that Democrats don’t have to choose between attacking Trump and highlighting the economy. In fact, they are often inseparable.
There’s a bizarre tendency in our political discourse to treat criticism of Trump—including his lawlessness and consolidation of authoritarian power—as somehow evading the 'real' issues that working-class voters actually care about. Tuesday’s results sorely test this false dichotomy."
~ Greg Sargent
https://newrepublic.com/article/202732/2025-election-results-trump-humiliation
"In the end, the bizarre idea that a choice must be made between Trump and the economy reflects something deeper: a broad reluctance to accept that Trump is really, really unpopular."
"DONALD TRUMP COST HIS PARTY A LOT OF VOTES in Tuesday’s elections. He and his supporters are peddling excuses for the big Republican defeat—pleading that the losses were in blue states, faulting the poor quality of the candidates, or arguing that the GOP would have performed better if Trump were on the ballot this year.1 But the president and his policies were largely to blame."
~ Will Saletan
"Trump is a weakened and diminished figure, his mandate has been revoked by the American people -
Simply, Trump has been a terrible, terrible leader and people are pissed. He has done clear material harm to the American people and our country, on purpose, by design. He has become wildly unpopular, his agenda (which Republicans have to run on next year) even more so."
~ Simon Rosenberg
#Trump #election #Republicans
/10
https://www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/my-2025-election-recap-blue-wave
People are pissed. We need to keep fighting for them and the country
"This year’s races, which saw the collapse of the supposed 2024 Trump coalition in multiple states, probably ought to prompt at least some reflection on the national mood among GOP pols. Ten or more years ago, it probably would have done just that. But the morning after Tuesday’s elections, Republicans like [Mike] Johnson were doing everything but reflecting on the national mood."
~ Joe Perticone
#Trump #election #Republicans
/11
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/republicans-in-denial-about-tuesday-election-results
To borrow PJ O'Rourke's phrase "It's a Parliament of Whores"
https://www.thefp.com/p/things-worth-remembering-how-pj-orourke
When lifelong Republicans look on in horror at Koch Network's creation, MAGA, then vote Democrat?!?
PJ also wrote one of the earliest efforts on "Eat the Rich" foretelling Koch's Citizens United that subsumed democracy in 2010 & fostered far right fascism globally
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eat_the_Rich_(book)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._FEC
https://www.versobooks.com/en-ca/products/2520-white-skin-black-fuel
Why doesn't it play the video too?
No, its a tech question. Sorry I should have made it more clear.
I'm a fan of fedi's interoperability and look forward to smoother integration. Noting were it does not can only help, if I'm clear about my observations.
In other matters, your posts are not just fire, but useful fire, organised and clear. Grateful for your work.
Trump isn't the only unpopular one. Many of his billionaires are reviled as well.
Elon Musk is facing a Tesla Takedown that saw 90% drop in sales in the EU. People are buying better, safer, cheaper EV's elsewhere.
The six dynasties funding Project 2025 (Bradley, Koch, Coors, Scaife Mellon, Seid and Uihlein) are seeing wind & solar take away their captive consumer markets.
https://theconversation.com/plug-in-solar-panels-are-the-latest-green-energy-trend-heres-what-you-need-to-know-260467
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They're seeing people divest from AI scams & avoiding cryptocurrency frauds.
https://theintercept.com/2025/11/06/zohran-mamdani-wins-new-york-billionaires/
https://time.com/7331119/zohran-mamdani-billionaires-ackman-bloomberg/
https://newrepublic.com/article/202739/transcript-mamdani-thumped-new-york-billionaires-times
Young people ** hate ** what these billionaires have done to their future & to the planet.
https://futurism.com/science-energy/billie-eilish-mark-zuckerberg-greed
https://www.cbc.ca/news/billie-eilish-billionaires-zuckerberg-9.6961463
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/03/wealth-billionaires-increase-trump
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/shows/maddow/blog/rcna189416
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/02/06/congress/elon-musk-approval-rating-00202805
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/polls-elon-doge-out-of-government/
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/20/musk-zuckerberg-americans-view-survey
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Hit pieces are appearing targeting Trump's biggest supporters.
Charles Koch
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2025/05/01/charles-koch-protest-cato-award-speech/
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/11/charles-koch-what-a-mess
Miriam Adelson
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/miriam-adelson-trump-casino
https://www.rawstory.com/amp/peter-thiel-republicans-maga-turn-2674272282
https://www.ft.com/content/ebdfcf20-5b64-4680-8392-d0455257fede
Larry Ellison
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/16/oracle_vectorizes_its_customers/
Great article, Trump is collapsing under the weight of stupid, cruel, arrogant and ignorant.
But the article posted to Mastodon has no way to.link back, because there is a paucity in good "join New Republic on Mastodon" code.
We, mastodon users coders thinkers, have to solve this coding problem.
The end of the New Republic article is missing an "M" logo
#mastodon #admin #social #code #coder #john #joan #coders #gratitide
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Joe Brockmeier
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