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2026 Midterms

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by The Captain, Nov 13, 2025.

  1. deb4rockets

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    I know it's still a long shot, but if Dems flip both the Senate and House it will be hilarious to watch Trump go completely off the deep end once and for all. You ain't seen the worst of his crazy yet folks.
     
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    I guarantee you that if Trump had not attacked Iran this measure would have failed.

    Who knew that Governor sweatervest kissing the ass of the guy who basically threw nova under the bus so that Elon could cosplay as the austerity President would have consequences?
     
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    #63 adoo, Apr 22, 2026
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    diluting your safe districts in a potential wave election could be an utter disaster
     
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    he would change party and claim historic victory

    ref: Alex Jones
     
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    fat dumb piss baby potus is big mad that he's getting his ass kicked up and down the street
    Remember kids, it's only illegal if the Ds win!
     
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    gramps yapping is just hilarious atp

    if he was at the nursing home or mental institution, the nurse would just be like “Alright Mr. Trump, make sure you finish your pudding, ok?”
     
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    A Republican-appointed Virginia judge has struck down the Democratic-backed redistricting amendment in full, ruling it unconstitutional and “void from the start.”

    All votes from the April 21 special election are now invalid, and the state is permanently blocked from using or implementing the new maps.

    AG Jay Jones says he will immediately file an appeal.
     
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    That same judge tried to twice stop the vote before it took place and got beat down both times by the VA Supreme Court.

    Again, Texas Repubs pushed through redistricting all by themselves and behind closed doors while California and Virginia went to the voters. This will vote will stand.
     
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    Sounds like Cruz is jealous that Virginia is better at gerrymandering than Texas is.

    Here is the ballot language:

    Should the Constitution of Virginia be amended to allow the General Assembly to temporarily adopt new congressional districts to restore fairness in the upcoming elections, while ensuring Virginia's standard redistricting process resumes for all future redistricting after the 2030 census?
    Trump should maybe take another one of those cognitive tests.

    Here is a traditional media article on the topic: Who is Jack Hurley? GOP-Appointed Judge Blocks Virginia Redistricting - Newsweek. And then I was querying AI a bunch about it too.

    His ruling says that a constitutional amendment in Virginia requires a bunch of hurdles to be crossed. It has to pass two separately elected General Assemblies and be posted by the Clerk 90 days before the next general election to be valid. The second passage happened Jan 16, 96 days before the April 21 referendum. But, the first passage was October 31, just 5 days before the general election on Nov 4. So, Hurley ruled that the required 90 days before a general election was not met for the first passage. However, the 90-day requirement does not apply to the Nov 4 general election of the General Assembly. It gets very weedy in Hurley's decision with the legalese, but he is essentially saying that voters didn't get a "meaningful" opportunity to consider the implications re the referendum when they elected their representatives in November.

    The VA Supreme Court had allowed the referendum to go forward but has not yet ruled on Hurley's finding that the statutory requirements for a referendum were not met. Given Hurley's rather derivative reading of VA law to reach his conclusion, and given that (1) the VA SC leans democrat, (2) they already allowed the referendum to go forward, and (3) backtracking now means taking the cookie away from the new governor and a majority of the voters -- I have to think it's pretty unlikely that the VA Supreme Court will agree with him.
     
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    Another day, another post that read 100% like the Onion.
     
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    Virginia Court Rejects RNC Attempt To Block Redistricting Map
     
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    Trump's floundering. You wonder how he finds time to tweet his BS between his tea party and garden party today to post this crap. Such a pompous self-serving narcissist, winning and dining, holding lavish fundraisers for his personal grift, and making himself richer by the day while spitting on Americans struggling.

    "America’s Elections are Rigged, Stolen, and a Laughingstock all over the World. We are either going to fix them, or we won’t have a Country any longer."

    I always get a laugh at how infuriated he still is years after "Sleepy Biden" beat his lying crooked ass. That drives him crazy. He has to pretend his election was stolen because his inflated ego can't admit defeat. His inflated ego stops him from ever truly seeing the reality of any situation.

    Sometimes I think the old man just wakes up for an hour and sets his posts to go off at all hours of the night. Same old BS, whining and crying because he knows damn well his poll ratings are taking a nose dive, and people are fed up with his lies and BS. Remember when he was scared of Biden beating his ass in the election, and he decided to start spewing his lies and propaganda months before the election, while planning a coup and inserting fake electors? He even pardoned his creepy friends to help him try and steal the election. Now history is repeating itself, but the difference is his loyalists in charge of the law. The dude is desperate now, and I have no doubt he will take any actions, legal or not to get what he wants, through bribery, promised pardons, and more.
     
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    Since when did dems grow a spine
     
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