And then, the folks on the Morning Joe show mournfully deplored Mr. Paine's divisive rhetoric. Man, just fck that noise.
Robert Garcia, the incoming chairman of the House Oversight Committee, who greeted the epic ass-kicking of every evil loosed upon the world by the current president, the MAGA movement, and all of the cowards and enablers, with a simple, two-word message. (And that is not even to mention that Rep. Jamie Raskin will be chairing the House Judiciary Committee.) Ignore all calls for conciliation. Turn a deaf ear to the impotent ghosts of Clintonian triangulation.
Turn the last shovel-full of dirt on moderation in pursuit of thieves and brigands. Accept the incredible momentum that has risen behind you from across the country and use it to do two things at once. Ameliorate the very real problems of affordability, and cleanse the moneychangers from the temple.
There's a lot of work to be done, but that is what the country demanded on Tuesday night. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered. And, at this writing, they're still counting ballots for the United States Senate in Mississippi.
There are elements to the landslide that are worthy of their own posts, and we'll get to them as the day goes on. But here are some other highlights of the Night of the Great Reckoning. In what seems like decades ago, the Republicans around the country came up with a brilliant idea.
Let's do an aggressive campaign of midterm gerrymandering so as to eliminate Black and/or liberal legislators now that the Supreme Court has fired the starting gun for the new Jim Crow. Say what you will about Hakeem Jeffries, but he rose to this challenge. He sent out word to states with Democratic majority legislatures to get to work on their own plans.
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