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Donald Trump’s honeymoon is over!

Democrats have won control of the House.

It seems Trump is already panicking.


Talk about, a guilty conscience needs no accuser or in Urdu we say Chor ki dari mein tinka :lol:
Don't expect House Democrats to do anything significant. The best they can do is create circuses with investigations and hearings like the Republicans did with Perer Strzok and Rod Rosentstein. Worst comes to worst, the Senate will definitely vote against impeachment. I'd say the Senate is more important to Rump because the Senate confirms Judges and executive positions, and the Senate will have at least 53 seats, potentially 54. This means the Senate will confirm pretty much anyone Trump nominates, so he will continue to confirm federal judges and should be able to easily reshape his cabinet(assuming he fires Sessions and Rod Rosenstein). And to bring up a dark horse, there is a chance of another Supreme Court vacancy.

update 3:05 PM- Sessions has resigned

update 3:10- CNN reported that Rudy Giluani said Mueller "is done"
 
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This was truly a historic midterm election. According to New York Times estimates, approximately hundred and 114 million votes were cast in House races, compared to 83 million in 2014.

And according to CBS news:


The most women ever elected to the House
The record-breaking number of women running led to another historic moment. With more than 90 women elected to the House as of early Wednesday morning, this election led to more women winning House seats than in any election in American history.

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Sharice Davids and Deb Haaland, the first Native American congresswomen
Haaland, a member of the Pueblo of Laguna tribe in New Mexico, will be one of the first two Native American women to serve in the House of Representatives. Davids, who won the race for Kansas' 3rd Congressional District, is a first in two ways: Besides being Native American, she'll also be the first lesbian congresswoman from Kansas. And she's a former MMA fighter, as well.

Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, the first Muslim congresswomen
Two Democratic candidates will become the first Muslim women to serve in Congress. Tlaib, who ran unopposed to represent Michigan's 17th Congressional District, will become the first Palestinian-American congresswoman. Omar, a former refugee, will be the first Somali-American congresswoman after winning the race for Minnesota's 5th Congressional District.

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It's okay. The great US system of checks and balances at work, nothing else.
I agree, I think many voters voted for the Democrats for the House races for the same reason.
 
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Don't expect House Democrats to do anything significant. The best they can do is create circuses with investigations and hearings like the Republicans did with Perer Strzok and Rod Rosentstein. Worst comes to worst, the Senate will definitely vote against impeachment. I'd say the Senate is more important to Rump because the Senate confirms Judges and executive positions, and the Senate will have at least 53 seats, potentially 54. This means the Senate will confirm pretty much anyone Trump nominates, so he will continue to confirm federal judges and should be able to easily reshape his cabinet(assuming he fires Sessions and Rod Rosenstein). And to bring up a dark horse, there is a chance of another Supreme Court vacancy.
I think there are some legitimate issues that the House Dems should look into, but never go overboard, opening up unnecessary investigations or hearings will only play into Trump’s hand. Nancy Pelosi is a shrewd politician I don’t think she’s going to embarrass herself or her party by starting impeachment proceedings.



update 3:05 PM- Sessions has resigned

update 3:10- CNN reported that Rudy Giluani said Mueller "is done"
I think that will be a bad idea. Let him complete his investigation.[/QUOTE]

@Cobra Arbok welcome to the forum. And thanks for the updates.
 
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The first casualty is in. Jeff Sessions the little racist grandpa just got fired LOL It is going apeshit in Trumpland.
 
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Lol Dems didn't get their much taunted "blue wave", in stead they got a blue ripple (or fart to be precise). Republicans gained more seats in Senate where it matters most.

Blue Wave? More Like Blue Ripple

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LOL this is too funny. Rabid leftist lunatics vs. Trump supporters.

These Trump supporters are all classical Liberals or Libertarians, but I have to say they kept their calm in the face of these rabid Marxist Democrats and managed to use their own shaming technique against them.



Millenial millie is great! She does some good coverage of just how nutty a lot are hah.

Lol Dems didn't get their much taunted "blue wave", in stead they got a blue ripple (or fart to be precise). Republicans gained more seats in Senate where it matters most.

Blue Wave? More Like Blue Ripple



Here's a good sane analysis from Washpo of all places (surprised it made it there):

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blog...rump-won-the-election/?utm_term=.580e38858c04

@Gomig-21

Dems were counting on a similar wave to what GOP got in 2010 (that dems seem to be wary in talking about now whenever they bring up this as some referendum on Trump's first 2 years).

They might have gotten at least half of it (say 30 - 40) if they didnt abandon fundamental due process (with Kavanaugh) and go all in with the russian nothing burger (and instead actually work with Trump to get some of that old working democrat legislation w.r.t immigration, healthcare etc through). Instead they barely got under 30ish?..and thus very slim majority in house.

Combine with project veritas exposing dem treachery in crucial states (MO, FL, AZ), and GOP actually looks to now increase Senate by 3 seats to 54.

They (Dems) spent 70 million bucks on just Beto O Rourke lol....and nothing to show for it in the end haha...and they are contemplating running Beta as president candidate LOL.

No wonder Obama bankrupted the DNC and lost 1000 state legislature seats to show for it too in just few years time. Dems seem to have lost the plot entirely in how to position and play pragmatically (i.e harness some of that earlier working class street smart they used to have in 20th century till it was abandoned under Clinton).

Redistricting wise (esp if you look at key new england, iowa and Arizona governor holds by GOP, cross-correlated with their state legislature control), 2020-2021 (next 10 year chunk till 2030) is looking quite solid for GOP for both Trump term 2 and the follow on. It sucks they lost Wisc + Mich govs tho, those would have been good to hold for same reason.

Trump now has a big silver lining in that he can attack the Dem house for 2020 on key campaign issues that got him to the presidency....because lets face it, all the dems are going to do is continue with the inquisition ( satisfying 1/3rd of American population but ignoring the solid 1/3rd neutrals that are already getting increasingly frustrated with them and completely angering the 1/3rd pro-trump people that will turnout much more in 2020). I'd say everything is falling into place quite nicely overall. Trump can just get through more judges as needed with no dems or even the 2 RINO ladies needing to vote....thanks Harry Reid!


Good to see Sessions got the boot too.

Didn't this guy get the memo? He needs to check his "White heterosexual cisgender-male privilege".

No more White male patriarchy will be allowed to hold leadership positions within the People's Democratic Socialist Party.


The future of the Democrat Party belongs to empowered women of color like Alexandra Ocasio Cortez who will finally smash the evil White male patriarchy plaguing America since the days of George Washington who was literally a racist slave owner (God, i can't wait till they replace his face on the dollar bill with a Black tranny).

Alexandra Ocasio Cortes is the future of the Democratic Soviet Socialist Party of America :cheers:

She has an AWESOME platform for further demolishing her party's image which is already increasingly viewed as the party of left-wing lunatics who play identity politics and are proposing "free" stuff (nothing is for free, everything comes at a cost).





"Who is Alexandria Ocasio Cortez? Well, a 28 year old millennial and a member of Democratic Socialists of America. She ran on a communist platform of guaranteed housing and jobs for everyone, as per Karl Marx’s immortal words: “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs”. Cortez also promised to abolish ICE, being a hardcore pro-open borders globalist, together with guaranteeing free healthcare and free education for all, because what the heck? We’re all friends here, right? Bernie Sanders taught her good, didn’t he? Free this, free that, until other people’s money run out and you end up hunting rats with bows and arrows, Venezuela style."


@Nilgiri @Psychic @Metanoia

Heh you have taken over for me while I was away. Good job bud.

The actual results in NYC district ocasio cortes runs in are showing some very interesting trends now (as democrats go full on with the progressive socialism and abandon traditional working class pragmatic common sense stuff that was once their forte):

https://www.politico.com/magazine/s...-divide-wars-working-class-blue-collar-221913

A key bit:

New York's 14th Congressional District is more than 70 percent people of color, and 50 percent Hispanic. Ocasio-Cortez, who was born in the Bronx to a Puerto Rican mother, fit the district’s changing demographics, and neatly fit a larger narrative of a national Democratic Party in which increasing progressivism and diversity go hand and hand.

But a closer examination of the data tells a different story. Ocasio-Cortez’s best precincts were places like the neighborhood where Bonthius and his friends live: highly educated, whiter and richer than the district as a whole. In those neighborhoods, Ocasio-Cortez clobbered Crowley by 70 percent or more. Crowley’s best precincts, meanwhile, were the working-class African-American enclave of LeFrak City, where he got more than 60 percent of the vote, and portions of heavily Hispanic Corona. He pulled some of his best numbers in Ocasio-Cortez’s heavily Latino and African-American neighborhood of Parkchester, in the Bronx—beating her by more than 25 points on her home turf.


 
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Millenial millie is great! She does some good coverage of just how nutty a lot are hah.



Here's a good sane analysis from Washpo of all places (surprised it made it there):

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blog...rump-won-the-election/?utm_term=.580e38858c04

@Gomig-21

Dems were counting on a similar wave to what GOP got in 2010 (that dems seem to be wary in talking about now whenever they bring up this as some referendum on Trump's first 2 years).

They might have gotten at least half of it (say 30 - 40) if they didnt abandon fundamental due process (with Kavanaugh) and go all in with the russian nothing burger (and instead actually work with Trump to get some of that old working democrat legislation w.r.t immigration, healthcare etc through). Instead they barely got under 30ish?..and thus very slim majority in house.

Combine with project veritas exposing dem treachery in crucial states (MO, FL, AZ), and GOP actually looks to now increase Senate by 3 seats to 54.

They (Dems) spent 70 million bucks on just Beto O Rourke lol....and nothing to show for it in the end haha...and they are contemplating running Beta as president candidate LOL.

No wonder Obama bankrupted the DNC and lost 1000 state legislature seats to show for it too in just few years time. Dems seem to have lost the plot entirely in how to position and play pragmatically (i.e harness some of that earlier working class street smart they used to have in 20th century till it was abandoned under Clinton).

Redistricting wise (esp if you look at key new england, iowa and Arizona governor holds by GOP, cross-correlated with their state legislature control), 2020-2021 (next 10 year chunk till 2030) is looking quite solid for GOP for both Trump term 2 and the follow on. It sucks they lost Wisc + Mich govs tho, those would have been good to hold for same reason.

Trump now has a big silver lining in that he can attack the Dem house for 2020 on key campaign issues that got him to the presidency....because lets face it, all the dems are going to do is continue with the inquisition ( satisfying 1/3rd of American population but ignoring the solid 1/3rd neutrals that are already getting increasingly frustrated with them and completely angering the 1/3rd pro-trump people that will turnout much more in 2020). I'd say everything is falling into place quite nicely overall. Trump can just get through more judges as needed with no dems or even the 2 RINO ladies needing to vote....thanks Harry Reid!


Good to see Sessions got the boot too.



Heh you have taken over for me while I was away. Good job bud.

The actual results in NYC district ocasio cortes runs in are showing some very interesting trends now (as democrats go full on with the progressive socialism and abandon traditional working class pragmatic common sense stuff that was once their forte):

https://www.politico.com/magazine/s...-divide-wars-working-class-blue-collar-221913

A key bit:

New York's 14th Congressional District is more than 70 percent people of color, and 50 percent Hispanic. Ocasio-Cortez, who was born in the Bronx to a Puerto Rican mother, fit the district’s changing demographics, and neatly fit a larger narrative of a national Democratic Party in which increasing progressivism and diversity go hand and hand.

But a closer examination of the data tells a different story. Ocasio-Cortez’s best precincts were places like the neighborhood where Bonthius and his friends live: highly educated, whiter and richer than the district as a whole. In those neighborhoods, Ocasio-Cortez clobbered Crowley by 70 percent or more. Crowley’s best precincts, meanwhile, were the working-class African-American enclave of LeFrak City, where he got more than 60 percent of the vote, and portions of heavily Hispanic Corona. He pulled some of his best numbers in Ocasio-Cortez’s heavily Latino and African-American neighborhood of Parkchester, in the Bronx—beating her by more than 25 points on her home turf.

I think its great Sessions was shown the door. I thought his appointment was a big mistake. For the pas two years he has been underwhelming and unable to stand up to the Democrats on issues such as sanctuary cities. Trump should have appointed someone like Trey Gowdy who doesn't tolerate liberal BS. Not to mention, his appointment caused the whole Roy Moore fiasco.

On a side note, I think Sessions will run for his old Senate seat in Alabama in 2020.
 
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@Gomig-21 @Hamartia Antidote @gambit @Cobra Arbok @KAL-EL & all.

Don't you guys have enough of always voting democrats and republicans ? :sarcastic:

Why isn't there any credible opposition to the two above ?
Believe it or not, the Communist Party of the USA is a legal entity.

http://www.cpusa.org/
https://www.facebook.com/cpusa/

So not only technically but also in practice, the US is a multi-party politics country. But there is also another issue...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting

To summarize, FPTP electoral system tends to favor an eventual two-party engagement.

...which says that constituencies that use first-past-the-post methods will lead to two-party systems, given enough time.
FPTP puts the burden of representation upon the voters and the parties. It is upon YOU to convince me that you are worthy of my vote. If the commies somehow managed to make their ideology palatable, the first thing that will happen is the CPUSA will gain prominence, then begins to affect voting percentages as the CPUSA takes votes away from both Democrats and Republicans, then as the CPUSA increases its influence, with FPTP, it will be Commies vs Democrats or Commies vs Republicans.
 
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looking back, it is surprising that republicans kept most of their seats in california, but lost seats in south carolina, texas, and oklahoma.

they really got wrecked in new york, new jersey, pennsylvania, and virginia.
 
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In the 2018 midterm elections, Democrats took back control of the House of Representatives, ending a two-year streak in which Republicans controlled the White House and both houses of Congress.

Meanwhile, Republicans gained seats in the Senate in a highly anticipated referendum on the leadership of President Donald Trump.

These elections broke major records for:

· Fundraising for congressional elections

· Early-voter turnout in a non-presidential election

· The number of candidates running

· The number of female candidates running

· The number of female candidates elected

· The number of LGBT candidates running

· The number of women of color running

· The youngest woman ever elected to Congress

· The first Native American women elected to Congress

· The first Muslim women elected to Congress

· The first Korean-American woman elected to Congress

· The first openly LGBT governor


And one more thing, the Republicans elected a DEAD MAN, yes, a dead man. The dead candidate was a owner of many brothels and was for famously known as a pimp, he loved Trump and always used to compare himself to him, he almost received 68% of the vote. Oh man, I really don’t know what the heck they’re smoking, it’s not just injurious to their health, but also to United States health. Source
 
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