Former Trump campaign chairman and White House chief strategist Steve Bannon told his podcast viewers that Republicans should take Tuesday night’s losses to heart, saying: “The midterms start tonight, and the warning signs are flashing.” He observed that “Democrats just flipped two Georgia commissioners,” marking “their first statewide wins in 30 years.”

Far-right influencer Mike Cernovich (who spawned the “Pizzagate” conspiracy theory) tweeted: “Ted Cruz and Mark Levin are walking Trump into impeachments and then prison. 2026 will be a blood bath.” MAGA podcaster Jack Posobiec likewise warned that “2026 will be worse if we don’t course-correct.”

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      As much as I want to believe that, there’s 36% of the country that would suck off trump and another 15% that are brain dead and couldn’t decide between Kamala and Hitler 2.0.

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      The mouth breathers are used to that type of shit.

      It’s the same hell and brimstone they’ve been fed from a young age so as stupid as it sounds to you, they are steeped in it.

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    The longest government shutdown in US history came from Trump and he still got voted back in because people didn’t want a South Asian woman as president. And now we have that shutdown record broken again.

    The fact that he won the Latino, Muslim and Black vote and now they’re acting surprised by the mass deportations, ICE raids and tariffs he’s been imposing is peak “Leopards Ate My Face” material.

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        Dude, that’s not an accurate description of her and you know it.

        On the genocide issue trump was far worse so idk what you want. If that was your excuse to not vote for her you are just lying at this point.

        She wasn’t the best candidate by any means so you could try attacking numerous things wrong with her but she wasn’t responsible for what Israel did so why choose that?

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        If you thought Kamala wasn’t paying enough attention to suffering in Palestine, you could have protested and lobbied her to pay more attention to this issue, while still voting for her as president, on the basis that Trump is even more pro-Israel and even less sympathetic to Palestinians.

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    I just hope they don’t try to cancel the midterms altogether… Or refuse to swear in the new dems…

    I tend to believe they will…

    So… yea…

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      Since the 2024 election I’ve been constantly wondering what the event would be that should trigger all out riot to restore democracy. The answer I always come up with is cancelled/sham election.

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    “We can’t win if trump isn’t on the ballot, and that’s never happening again.”

    So, you built a cult of personality with an obvious expiration date. And that expiration date already passed. Lol good

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      I think the Democrats should fight fire with fire.

      Push for Dwayne Johnson or Taylor Swift as the Democratic nominee.

      Or better yet listen to your fucking voters for a change.

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        Dwayne Johnson and Taylor Swift are Democrats in that they’re not actively pushing fascism. They’re still billionaires who are totally divorced from the problems an average working household sees.

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        It would be a fools errand to fight on that level with them. Just sink our politics further into the idiocracy farce.

        Your last point, though, def. Look at 2008, look at the support for Bernie. Look at AOC, mamdani. They captured the excitement and won handily. Why was that? Because hey ran on real progressive change. Which people are desperate for. But the establishment, which includes the Democratic Party, will stop at nothing to keep people like that from winning. It ruins their big club.

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      Sometimes they can’t even win when Trump is on the ballot. Seems more accurate to say that they can’t win unless a woman is on the democratic ticket.

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    Never underestimate what the GQP will do to prevent anything resembling a fair election. They will purge voter registrations by the millions, gerrymander district maps to make them look like spider webs, and make registering and voting damn near impossible.

    Republicans will burn the country to the ground to remain in power.

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      Republicans will burn the country to the ground to remain in power.

      Why would they want to do this when each election they have a 50% fair chance of winning? The current system is as perfect for them as it could be, they cycle in power periodically through legal means

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        A foreign war? They can try, but we don’t cancel elections for foreign wars, and it won’t give maga much of a boost in elections.

        A civil war against Americans?

        I don’t think they’d try, but if they did they’d fail. Like not just lose the war, they’d fail to start it.

        Unarmed NG in a handful of cities is about all he can manage. Like, the only group he might be able to get to open fire on crowds is ICE, and even cops hate ICE more than they hate protesters.

        If they thought they could do it, they’d have done did it by now.

        They’ll be a last minute desperate attempt, but nothing will materialize

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            It’s not just blind optimism…

            There a lot, like a mind-blowing amount, of various reasons the US would be impossible to occupy, especially by a domestic force.

            Like even protests, if they start cracking down we can just spread out.

            Stop making protest happen downtown, and spread them out in the suburbs all around the city.

            Spread the cops too thin, they’ll be too scared to do anything. Especially if protesters have vest and rifles.

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              Sure sure more American bluster. And that’s all it is. If they do this people well not stand for it.

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          He hasn’t even been in power for a year and look what they’ve done. I would not put it past them.

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          A civil war against Americans? I don’t think they’d try, …

          History may look back and recognize that it’s already started.

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          If they thought they could do it, they’d have done did it by now.

          Were only 10 months in. They’re still warming up.

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    I really hope we’re even allowed to have an election in 2026.
    My Spidey Sense tells me he’ll start a war in the next 12 months then get the Supreme Court to side with him on postponing elections during wartime, and then we’ll stay in a permanent state of war afterwards.

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      I really hope we’re even allowed to have an election in 2026.

      As long as the choice is a binary option between red and blue i wouldn’t be much concerned about the government taking away elections

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      My money was on Trump to start a war with Iran in March or April 2026, so things were ramped up before the elections. If the expected wartime popularity bump happens then just win the election, otherwise cancel then due to war reasons.

      But I guess it’s looking more like wat against Venezuela or possibly Nigeria? 🙈

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      He keeps trying to start a war. Other countries see it for what it is and mostly ignore it. Iran, Venezuela, and now Nigeria.

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    Dems can make some huge gains if they have a working class message. Plan on holding Trump/ICE accountable for their actions and not be Israel simps. It isn’t hard. Trump and Steve Bannon keep hinting at some plan if they lose so it won’t be easy even with Trump being the worst.

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      Dems can make some huge gains if they have a working class message. Plan on holding Trump/ICE accountable for their actions and not be Israel simps. It isn’t hard.

      you are assuming they are good people and not a bunch of fascists like their peers

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      The fact that they have a golden opportunity right now convinces me of the fact that they will fumble the absolute fuck out of it. They already went to war against mamdani. Any progress will be in spite of the D party.

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      I mean, yes…but I also see this as “The vampire party could be so much more popular if they came out in favor of a bloodsucking ban.”

      They likely have their own objectives beyond getting elected. They might even prefer being in the losing position if “they are our only hope and we all gotta donate real hard”.

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    Steve Bannon? That chucklefuck is part of the problem. He shouldn’t get a pass just because he’s not one of Trump’s besties anymore. If somehow Trump does end up in prison after all, Bannon should be in the next cell over, having to watch all of Trump’s bowel movements through the bars.

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      I will be ecstatic the day he dies but the traitorous orange paedo being locked up in prison while seeing his cohorts and family going through the ringer is even more delicious…then him dying of an excruciatingly painful incurable cancer would be the cherry on top.

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        Nothing well happen. Everyone well be pardoned and nobody well see any repercussions. And Dena well do nothing because we have to heal or some BS.

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          Agreed.
          I was quite hopeful once Jack Smith was put on the case, but that hope was soon dashed.

          Biden dragged his heels on the prosecution for the top secret documents thing and I solely blame him for tRUMP walking free today. The orange buffoon should’ve been arrested immediately after the insurrection attempt.

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            The rich have no consequences and America has always been that way. If they actually thought people would revolt they’d di something but they know it’s just got air.

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    “Democrats just flipped two Georgia commissioners,” marking “their first statewide wins in 30 years.”

    What? Is he trying to gaslight the fact that both of Georgia’s US Senators have been Democratic since 2020? One of whom was subject of intense media coverage for back-to-back runoff elections in 2020 and 2022 with the US Senate majority up for grabs?

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      Yeah, I looked into it, they are saying these two specific seats were held by Republicans for decades. I’ve seen reports of 30 and 40 years.

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    Sick. Just what many people have been wanting to happen. Let’s have a war! This would give people a real reason to live. Much more of a reason than America’s dead end job slave industry.

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    Course correct from what? This is what they voted for. There’s no course correction from this. Unless of course they mean something else.