(11-05-2025 04:03 AM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(11-05-2025 12:17 AM)TripleA Wrote:  Hey T, Posts #106 and #111 above are both what a lefty would say. :)

That's 3, just tonight. And you think you have never said anything that favors the left vs. the right, since you have been posting here?

or those with late-stage terminal TDS...

Not wanting a continuous mid cycle redistricting arms race is now TDS? Cool cool.

(11-04-2025 10:12 PM)HCJag Wrote:  

(11-04-2025 09:59 PM)EigenEagle Wrote:  We lose because the stupid economic right has nothing other than trying to wreck social security and medicare and make people's healthcare premiums go up. Time to purge them from the party.

There's a zero percent chance the Reps will not extend ACA subsidies, else they're toast. They should be very vocal about that and force the D's to cave on the CR. SS is going nowhere, but somehow they got the boomers riled up with their scare tactics. I just signed up for mine in July and took about 15 minutes.

Unless the goal of trump, Johnson, and the rest of the GOP clown car is to purposely kill the ACA by letting the subsidies end...because they are incapable of governing and passing a replacement. Which trump STILL hasn't done since he first promised it back in 2016.

(11-04-2025 10:51 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(11-04-2025 10:38 PM)CLTPirate Wrote:  

(11-04-2025 09:16 PM)TripleA Wrote:  Yeah, Trump said today that NYC will get legal minimum funding as long as Mamdani is there.

Legit question, do you guys think it’s a good thing for a president to withhold funding based off who a city elects? Should the next Democrats governor start withholding funds to small towns in the South?

Kind of already been done by Dems. They wouldn't help yards with MAGA signs in North Carolina during the disaster.

C'mon dude, that was like one rogue person...who IIRC was fired.

DHS Exposes how FEMA Officials Under the Biden Administration Systematically Refused Aid to Disaster Survivors on Purely Political Discrimination, Refers Case to the Department of Justice

https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/10/21/dhs-...ly-refused

(11-04-2025 10:13 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

(11-04-2025 09:53 PM)memtigbb Wrote:  Optics.. those who would have voted Republican are looking at their SNAP not funded, their insurance premiums rising and hearing democrats blaming Republicans. Outside of this echo chamber, the talk is very anti republican and most of the blame is falling on them. Get mad if you want, but if they dont change the narrative fast, mid-terms will be a blue wave.

And the panic has started

Good grief. Blue states voted blue.

Get a grip people

nuff said...

So, as usual, history repeats itself in that the party not in power always does better during midterms. It is what it is.

I really hope the NYC middle class is ready for large tax increases. When ever any politician, especially a socialist politician, say they are going to tax the "wealthy" it's always the middle class that gets hit the hardest with increased taxes. It's a simple legal and numbers game. The "wealthy" can afford lawyers to avoid any increased tax and capital is mobile. There are a ton more middle class people that can't afford the high priced lawyers so they are the ones that always get hit hardest with the inevitable tax increase. Larger numbers and decreased inability to efficiently fight the govt leads to easy pickings for the government. People tend to forget this so I guess it's NYC's turn to relearn what's been taught so many times before. Hopefully, it stays contained in NYC and doesn't spread.

(11-05-2025 06:27 AM)UABFAN23 Wrote:  A few thoughts.

Republicans don’t even turn out in red states for non-general or non-mid term elections. Complacency in normalcy being restored allows a contentment for GOP voters to stay home and unaware. Now mix that with blue states that are already solid blue states whose GOP is running fence-sitting Rinos or regurgitated failed candidates who appeased the impeachment crowd and didn’t back Trump in the primary. Blue state voters like getting shafted, they just wanted the next object inserted to be bigger and hurt more.

I do say tread lightly in electing foreigners for office, because these Muslim officials intend to create militias here and I promise they’ll lose that war.

Why would trump waste his war chest in these blue states?

The PA Supreme Court wasn’t even a battle worth fighting when considering the history of how often a judge got ousted over the last 60 years.

Do your victory laps now.

Now, I will say that GOP state legislators don’t have the balls to do these redistricting maps. You can guarantee Alabama won’t take back the 2 segregated Dem districts. So, I do think the re-districting battle is risky.

I also expect a run of SCOTUS losses because the conservative judges not named Clarence Thomas move as the wind sways.

But as for this election night, nothing shocking happened, as it pertains to blue states or the type of election it is. White women are still mentally ill, minorities still demand their handouts at an 90% rate and the young foreign born men are going to vote for destructive candidates. They’re here to infiltrate, not assimilate. Like I said, be careful thinking you’re going to force Islam here in non-municipal positions by policy or by Militia style takeover.

do yourself a favor and google NC new district maps. A state that has a democrat govenor, Lt govenor and which Trump only won 51-48 has 10-4 advantage in house representation and just explicitly said they are gerrymandering in order to remove a democrat seat.

Republicans love gerrymandering its the only way for them to keep power once their population isn't ignorant.

Well, this is who VA elected.



On the bright side, at least the Dems can no longer use the "If you don't vote for the African-American you are a racist!" campaign maneuver anymore, right?

(11-05-2025 07:37 AM)CardinalJim Wrote:  DHS Exposes how FEMA Officials Under the Biden Administration Systematically Refused Aid to Disaster Survivors on Purely Political Discrimination, Refers Case to the Department of Justice

https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/10/21/dhs-...ly-refused

Oh wow, that sounds terrible, did you completely uncritically believe things the Biden admin accused the Trump admin of doing?

The blue states stayed blue. The big picture does not change much. We are still a bitterly divided people wrestling for the soul of America.

(11-05-2025 06:24 AM)AdoptedMonarch Wrote:  

(11-05-2025 12:58 AM)ODU BBALL Wrote:  

(11-04-2025 08:02 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  wow ... good luck, VA ... I hate it for youse...

Thanks. I hate it too. We have way too many blue idiots in this state - especially the commuters living within 50 miles of D.C.

I’m too old for this to make any meaningful difference in my life. But it is still very sad.

I’ve known for some time that the proud Commonwealth of Virginia had lost its common sense. Mr. X. is not a one-off troll like tanq. He is representative of a huge constituency that thinks the government exists to dole out our rights and livelihood.

But now with this election, it appears that our state has lost its soul as well. If you don’t agree to accept the nanny state, then we will want to put two bullets in your head and wish death upon your little fascist children.

The final point - - and I know that this is going to piss a lot of you off - - it sure seems that the arrogant prick Obama still retains some political heft. It also seems that Trump, notwithstanding his undeniable successes on all fronts, remains a huge political drag.

Eff it. I’m too old to up and move. I’ll just keep my head down, pay my taxes and gradually work into retirement. Painful as it is to admit, andy’s pessimism seems to have proven correct.

working it backwards, yeah, it has to suck ... been there, done that ... fortunately, the 'sip self-corrected a few decades ago...

to the first bold text ... here's a couple of your own defining your 'fears' ...

It will be fascinating watching the ramifications of Mamdani's victory. States like Texas, Florida, and Tennessee (I hope) are likely to reap economic benefits at NYC's expense. For example, Texas has started their own stock exchange. https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/texas...Nw5A%3D%3D

Who is John Galt?

Regarding Virginia - did Youngkin govern so poorly that the Dems were able to gain? Or did he do a good job but it didn't matter because too many people focus on the parties and not policy and performance? Probably the latter, but I don't live in VA so...

It became clear that the national Dems had to engineer a government shutdown to juice its base. That was an extraordinary measure to take. Very similar to the extraordinary measures it took to get Biden over the top in 2020 plus other Dem wins. No, I'm not saying the elections were "rigged" in the classic sense. However, ballot harvesting is real, it's a loophole allowed in most states, and I consider it a form of legal cheating because we know many of those whose votes were harvested would not vote on their own otherwise.

IMHO, I don't think the Dems truly turned the tide so much as taken unusual measures to get their voters to the polls by sabotaging their benefits. Unfortunately, too many voters aren't wise enough to understand who actually hurt them financially. I don't see this translating into momentum for Dems in 2026.

(11-05-2025 08:04 AM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  It will be fascinating watching the ramifications of Mamdani's victory. States like Texas, Florida, and Tennessee (I hope) are likely to reap economic benefits at NYC's expense. For example, Texas has started their own stock exchange. https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/texas...Nw5A%3D%3D

Who is John Gaul?

according to Google, John Gaul is a retired surgeon in Charlotte, NC who had a google review saying "he is the best hand surgeon in town".

Not sure why you'd reference him.

If you're referring to the libertarian bible, its John Galt.

(11-05-2025 08:11 AM)ballantyneapp Wrote:  

(11-05-2025 08:04 AM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  It will be fascinating watching the ramifications of Mamdani's victory. States like Texas, Florida, and Tennessee (I hope) are likely to reap economic benefits at NYC's expense. For example, Texas has started their own stock exchange. https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/texas...Nw5A%3D%3D

Who is John Gaul?

according to Google, John Gaul is a retired surgeon in Charlotte, NC who had a google review saying "he is the best hand surgeon in town".

Not sure why you'd reference him.

If you're referring to the libertarian bible, its John Galt.

Thanks for the notice. I fixed the post.

(11-05-2025 08:10 AM)miko33 Wrote:  Regarding Virginia - did Youngkin govern so poorly that the Dems were able to gain? Or did he do a good job but it didn't matter because too many people focus on the parties and not policy and performance? Probably the latter, but I don't live in VA so...

It became clear that the national Dems had to engineer a government shutdown to juice its base. That was an extraordinary measure to take. Very similar to the extraordinary measures it took to get Biden over the top in 2020 plus other Dem wins. No, I'm not saying the elections were "rigged" in the classic sense. However, ballot harvesting is real, it's a loophole allowed in most states, and I consider it a form of legal cheating because we know many of those whose votes were harvested would not vote on their own otherwise.

IMHO, I don't think the Dems truly turned the tide so much as taken unusual measures to get their voters to the polls by sabotaging their benefits. Unfortunately, too many voters aren't wise enough to understand who actually hurt them financially. I don't see this translating into momentum for Dems in 2026.

Youngkin did a good job, Spamberger and company will drive VA down, hope I am wrong. Given that VA is built on the federal workforce, it is obvious that those workers will go against the Republicans and Trump. VA is now California east...possibly. conservative areas had poor turnout...

(11-05-2025 07:47 AM)VA49er Wrote:  So, as usual, history repeats itself in that the party not in power always does better during midterms. It is what it is.

Psst. This isn't the mid-terms.

Quote:Zohran Mamdani claims New York for immigrants, not Americans

“New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants and as of tonight, led by an immigrant”

- No foreigner should EVER be allowed to run for office in America
- The only people who should be voting in American elections are American citizens, not immigrants on Visas and illegals Democrats have dumped into America for years

Quote:Democrat Civil War!

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez finally says the quiet part out loud last night after socialist Zohran Mamdani's victory - radical leftists like her and Mamdani are trying to push the moderate Democrats OUT:

"So many people who participated and were brought together by his campaign. Because they were not just tasked with defeating a Republican. They were also tasked with defeating the old guard of the Democratic Party..."

"It puts those folks on notice ... We have a future to plan for... And we're either gonna do that together, or you're going to be left behind!"

Quote:Scott Jennings on Zohran Mamdani’s speech: “This guy did not sound like a mayor. He put every old-guard national Democrat on notice. This man sounded like a national candidate. Half the speech was talking to Donald Trump.”

“I’m repulsed by a socialist speech… You got to admit by spending the back half of the speech screaming into the camera at Donald Trump that is the mark of someone that has national ambitions. I’m telling you.”

(11-05-2025 08:04 AM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  It will be fascinating watching the ramifications of Mamdani's victory. States like Texas, Florida, and Tennessee (I hope) are likely to reap economic benefits at NYC's expense. For example, Texas has started their own stock exchange. https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/texas...Nw5A%3D%3D

Who is John Galt?

there's no question many a red state will see a short-term positive residual economic impact from this ... however, with that, comes higher prices due to their inflated $$$ overwhelming the poorest to middle class in those areas most impacted...

it's the double-edged sword of the mass exodus and why achieving equilibrium is painful in transition...

one can only hope they don't pack their voting histrionics in the luggage ...

(11-04-2025 11:52 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:  

(11-04-2025 11:45 PM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  Uh huh. Riiiiiiiight. The point is the Dems have been gerrymandering seats from Republicans in blue states for a very long time, and the moment we fight back, y'all throw a hissy fit. Again, cry me a river.

Nope. The Repubs in Texas decided to place their ass into the air the second Trump decided he wanted more. In the middle of a districting cycle.

Nope, that has never been done before, champ.

From what I can see - you're right TX started this food fight. I think it's disgusting to try to redistrict outside of the normal census years. TBF, CA was responding to TX.