Danny Anderson (aka: Abuelo de la Spoopy)

Here is what John Thune needs to come to grips with: The following individuals are no longer Democrat Senators: Joe Manchin Ben Cardin Kyrsten Sinema Tom Udall Diane Feinstein Claire McCaskill Bill Nelson Heidi Heitkamp Joe Donally Those were all Democrat Senators who were "moderate" compared to the Democrats now in the Senate. The 2010-2016 era of "My Friend" collegiality across the Senate Chamber no longer exists. Just as the Dems engaged in bare-knuckled politics to confirm ridiculous nominees in the between the 2024 election and the new GOP led Senate in 2025, Thune better do the same. If not, he's going to be the subject of a primary challenge in his next race.

The broad U.S. population needs to pay attention to one problem that has now come into existence in greater numbers than I would have anticipated. Major U.S. cities are now governed by avowed socialists. New York -- (1) LA -- (2) Seattle -- (18) D.C. -- (19) Socialist adjacent: Chicago (3) This is being driven in significant measure by younger college grads and immigrants. The broader population needs to watch closely what those mayors do, and how those cities suffer at their hands.

So FYI -- and I should combine all of this rather "obvious" stuff into one article -- when polling shows that one of the top issues in the election was "Corruption", it is a mistake to think that was a top issue across the board for all demographic groups that swung heavily to the Dems. "Corruption" is a one-word description for "Orange Man Bad", and my guess would be about 90% or more of the voters who listed this as their top concern were committed die-hard Dem partisans who live their lives online and hang on every word of PodSaveAmerica and the farthest left liberal/progressive media. For those who identified the "Iran War" as their primary concern, you have subgroups whose objections to the war had little or nothing in common. You have the antisemites and groypers led by the likes of Tucker Carlson, with most of the loudest voices in that category being paid by anti-Israel Middle East interests to carry this line into the election. But under the same "Iran War" banner you have the "Gas is Too High" crowd who don't object to the war so much as they object to the collateral domestic consequences of the war without any regard for the "cost/benefit" analysis that sees the long-term benefits of the war outweighing the short-term collateral costs. Then you have the "anti-Iran War" crowd that is simply GOP establishment "NeverTrumpers" for whom neither the policy nor the impact are important -- if it was done by Trump it is by definition wrong and incompetent. This includes both ends of the spectrum -- "Never should have done it" and "Had to do it but incompetence has prevailed" -- @jpodhoretz you know who you are. I could go on explaining how the "influencers" are being paid to whip-saw you back and forth on the post-election "analysis" -- which is really just propodanda. Here are all the facts you really need to know: The ENTIRETY of the anti-Trump progressive/liberal/socialist left has woken up every morning for 18 months waiting for the Mid-term elections. What happened on election day was long-planned and well-executed. Just like street riots with pallets of bricks and cases of frozen water bottles that show up on a 20 degree day in Chicago. For the first six months Trump put in place largely via Executive Order a series of policy changes that had been planned from early 2023 after he announced he was running again. After six months Trump largely lost interest in the bigger picture and left it to his Cabinet and the Departments to drive the changes forward. Trump became focused on foreign policy -- Ukraine, Venezuela, and Iran -- where he could call his own shots without Congressional input, just like the CEO that he's always been. The One Big Beautiful Bill accomplished through Congress all he thought he needed to accomplish. Economic prosperity would return soon enough. He also got caught up in vanity projects - the new ballroom was needed and presented a great opportunity for a vastly superior secure operational facility to replace the one under the White House that has been used for decades. But from that Trump took away an unfortunate lesson -- that he could make changes to a variety of government "fixtures" -- shaping them in his own image, just by saying "Just Do It." For a year we've had the "Just Do It" President focused on what mattered to him while ignoring the fact that problems which existed in 2024 that sent him back to the WH weren't being solved for the voters who sent him.

This is emblematic of what not enough people understand. This is a map of NGO-coordinated and staffed "Environmental Justice" programs -- just in the State of Washington. These are all operated by extreme progressive/socialist organizations, coordinated by NGOs that are staffed with money from huge left-wing philanthropic organizations like Tides and Ford Foundation. This is the kind of organization -- with USAID being cut-off from its work -- that was dedicated to get-out-the-vote in 2026 when the NGO staffs were shifted to that effort.