Democrat James Talarico is projected to win a Senate seat in Texas, defeating Republican Ken Paxton and delivering his party their first big Lone Star state win in decades, according to a projection by Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ).
Dread it, run from it, Blexas arrives all the same.
Never thought I’d see the fucking day. Holy fucking shit.
Congrats Team Blue! It appears my use of “Oblast,” after a Red State (i.e. Texas Oblast) is decreasing. Now comes the tough part, getting shit done correctly and prosecuting/impeaching the fuck out of the Red turds.
It must be a very cold day in Hell.
It’s so cold, it froze over with blue ice.
Welp it’s been more than 4 hours (looks down) better see a doctor.
Good thing we elected three of them yesterday.
LOL - Is this a justice boner or a justice boner?
Be proud my man!
he turned the cities blue. the farms and ranches are still beet red
That’s false. These are the directional shifts for every Texas house seat since 2024 (stolen from CNN).
Some of the farms and ranches are a slightly reddish tinge of purple, but not beets.
Some of you dorks would find the downside to winning the lottery.
Let’sgoooooo Mr.Talarico!!!
Fck yeah baby!!!
So shocking that ‘Tala-FREAK-o wants TRANS EVERYTHING’ wasn’t a winning platform…
The Republicans have beat that horse to death and still refuse to stop.
If Texas flipped, any state can flip. Why it matters is that’s where 1/2 of the U.S. Billionaires fled too, so as too avoid the California Billionaire Tax. Perhaps these new Texas Democrat leaders should consider a Texas Billionaire Tax.
BTW – the other half of the Billionaire carpet baggers escaping California either went to Florida or left the country.
Those assets are still here. Even if they leave the country we can find a way to get our share.
Kind of in disbelief right now. A far cry from how I felt back in November of 2024. If only I knew back then how severe the backlash against Trump would be in the midterms, I might not have been so despondent at that time. South fucking Carolina, and possibly FUCKING MISSISSIPPI have elected Democratic senators. Like…what???
Its because people who voted for fascism are upset that fascism is hurting them, personally, instead of hurting just poors, blacks, and immigrants.
Thats all.
This isnt some great revolution of liberal enlightenment amongst the American populace, or the end of right wing extremism, the death knell for white supremacism fueled fascism.
Its nothing more than grocery and gas prices turning trump believers into a temporary vote for the other side, and as soon as that pressures gone they’ll go back to supporting the lowest common denominator and continuing the rocket train to hell.
Im so afraid you are right…
I remember folks asking in 2024 “What do we do if Trump wins?!?” and my answer was “The same thing you should be doing if Kamala wins: the same thing you should be doing now.” Which is organizing locally and building outward.
If you have a union, participate in it. If you don’t, get to know your coworkers and normalize talking about what you’d like collectively. Organize your apartment building to get together on the holidays. Know who your city council member is, and your county supervisor. Participate in mutual aid and lobby for laws in your own backyard. Think about not just what you don’t want – Republicans in national office – but what you really, really want: a shorter work week. Guaranteed access to living essentials. And then find the people, both inside government and out who have ideas for how to do this and ask how you can help. And keep doing it through the ups and downs.
Because your despair at Trump’s victory can be just as ephemeral as your joy at Paxton’s defeat if this is just sports. But if we have a purpose and a plan, every step forward or backward is part of a journey in which we can see our progress towards something that matters more than just the latest poll.
Even florida had 0.1% difference at one point
And Netanyahu is on his way out! What a glorious day!
It probably won’t change much for Israeli politics, but it’ll be nice if he personally faced some consequences at the very least.
This is great and shows what’s possible when people show up for good and reject the bad.
This is step one in a very long road.
I hope all these newly elected democrats have the inclination to do the right thing, and the stamina to continue doing it long enough to actually have a positive impact.
This is step one in a very long road.
Probably more like a dance move in Thriller. Forward, backward; looks like forward but goes backward. High kick; looks like backward but goes forward.
It took things to get that bad before they flipped. I don’t expect them to stay there, but I have blind optimism.
Now let’s just hope there aren’t so many DINOs that we actually have a majority because i do NOT have blind optimism there.
That victory speech was the best representation of true Christian values that I have ever seen.
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So the Iran war should end now and US navy should withdraw from Hormuz and Bab al Manab now? right? right?
These new reps don’t take office until mid January
