Democrat Majority in House before Midterms?

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Democrat Majority in House before Midterms?

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UH OH Trump voters flip in deep red elections

Given the growing movement to impeach both Trump and Vance, and the possibility that a new Democrat who would be third in line might become Speaker of the house, it is not entirely inconceivable that we could have a Democrat President in the Whitehouse before next year's midterm election!
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The Bulwark calls this sort of thing "hopium." Try to avoid the destructive path of this drug, Gunnar.

Yes, voters are trending left now. Let's just see where that actually takes us.
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Some Schmo wrote:
Thu Nov 27, 2025 2:31 pm
The Bulwark calls this sort of thing "hopium."
Really a good name for this phenomenon. America voted for this man, fully knowing who and what he was. So America will (with a 99.9% probability) have to get through the full four-year term of the subsequent learning experience.

I wonder that America will look like after that? More important, I wonder what the world will look like after that?
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Chap wrote:
Fri Nov 28, 2025 9:19 am
Some Schmo wrote:
Thu Nov 27, 2025 2:31 pm
The Bulwark calls this sort of thing "hopium."
Really a good name for this phenomenon. America voted for this man, fully knowing who and what he was. So America will (with a 99.9% probability) have to get through the full four-year term of the subsequent learning experience.

I wonder that America will look like after that? More important, I wonder what the world will look like after that?
LMFAO. Uh, the hopium is hoping that the next BS attack on Trump was enough to take him out and convince people to not vote for him. Fingers crossed on a nonsense prayer. But sure, go ahead and think that the Trump vote was hopium and that Kamala, Clinton and Biden votes were not. Mmmmmmkay buddy.
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Re: Democrat Majority in House before Midterms?

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Chap wrote:
Fri Nov 28, 2025 9:19 am
Some Schmo wrote:
Thu Nov 27, 2025 2:31 pm
The Bulwark calls this sort of thing "hopium."
Really a good name for this phenomenon. America voted for this man, fully knowing who and what he was. So America will (with a 99.9% probability) have to get through the full four-year term of the subsequent learning experience.

I wonder that America will look like after that? More important, I wonder what the world will look like after that?
I know the situation looks pretty dire, but I am not entirely sure that the situation is as hopeless as you are portraying it.

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Trump's approval rating seems to be dropping faster than ever, even in districts that he once won by fairly comfortable margins.
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No amount of propaganda can disguise the fact that working people are suffering under the Tangerine Toddler and it has only gotten worse under his regime. That's why even the wobbly kneed fecklessness of the establishment Democrats is not as distasteful to the public as the outright malicious cruelty of the idiots in charge. Hopefully we can all survive until this inevitably regime collapses.
Maybe I am being foolishly optimistic, but I am not yet ready to entirely give up all hope that Trump will be outed before his current term is due to end. The chances sure seem to be improving that at least the House of Representatives will be flipped to a Democrat majority in the 2026 midterm elections.
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Gunnar wrote:
Fri Nov 28, 2025 10:20 pm
Chap wrote:
Fri Nov 28, 2025 9:19 am
Really a good name for this phenomenon. America voted for this man, fully knowing who and what he was. So America will (with a 99.9% probability) have to get through the full four-year term of the subsequent learning experience.

I wonder that America will look like after that? More important, I wonder what the world will look like after that?
I know the situation looks pretty dire, but I am not entirely sure that the situation is as hopeless as you are portraying it.

THE MOST BRUTAL Trump POLL YET | The Kyle Kulinski Show

Trump's approval rating seems to be dropping faster than ever, even in districts that he once won by fairly comfortable margins.
@ronalddelrosario7405
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No amount of propaganda can disguise the fact that working people are suffering under the Tangerine Toddler and it has only gotten worse under his regime. That's why even the wobbly kneed fecklessness of the establishment Democrats is not as distasteful to the public as the outright malicious cruelty of the idiots in charge. Hopefully we can all survive until this inevitably regime collapses.
Maybe I am being foolishly optimistic, but I am not yet ready to entirely give up all hope that Trump will be outed before his current term is due to end. The chances sure seem to be improving that at least the House of Representatives will be flipped to a Democrat majority in the 2026 midterm elections.
Let me give you a bit of perspective, Gunnar. If'n I may. If everyone thought like this ronalddelrosario7405 character, you, Schmo and the slobbering Trump fan/critics, Trump would have never made it out of the primaries. At the same time, there has always been a crap ton of people yammering delusional crap about Trump that would align perfectly with you, this ronalddelrosario7405 character, Schmo and the slobbering Trump fan/critics. Nothing has changed.

More perspective, free of charge. Is there anything Alex Jones could say or do to change your mind about Trump? I'll answer that for you. No. Why? I'll answer that for you. He is over the top. Even if he had a fact or two or more original facts than there are goat craps, it would not sway you. Why? He is too far over the top and not credible to you.

Now, what in the everloving “F” makes you think that the rants of ronalddelrosario7405 character, you, Schmo or any other crazy fancrazed Trump promotor (and that is what you are) would be either an indicator of public sentiment or anything other than an advertisement of your batshittery?
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Last November, in deep-red central Utah, you couldn’t swing a dead cat without hitting a Trump flag. Fast-forward a year, and most of them have quietly disappeared. Even Trump’s most entrenched demographic, the non-educated white male, is beginning to see through the MAGA lie. They’re reminded of the cost of backing an incompetent grifter every time they buy groceries, pay rent, or try to secure health insurance.
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Dr. Sunstoned wrote:
Sat Nov 29, 2025 1:31 pm
Last November, in deep-red central Utah, you couldn’t swing a dead cat without hitting a Trump flag. Fast-forward a year, and most of them have quietly disappeared.
In deep blue cities, Kamala flags are totally extinct. That's a great observation sorta.
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Whiskey wrote:
Fri Nov 28, 2025 10:47 pm

ILet me give you a bit of perspective, Gunnar. If'n I may. If everyone thought like this ronalddelrosario7405 character, you, Schmo and the slobbering Trump fan/critics, Trump would have never made it out of the primaries. At the same time, there has always been a crap ton of people yammering delusional crap about Trump that would align perfectly with you, this ronalddelrosario7405 character, Schmo and the slobbering Trump fan/critics. Nothing has changed.

More perspective, free of charge. Is there anything Alex Jones could say or do to change your mind about Trump? I'll answer that for you. No. Why? I'll answer that for you. He is over the top. Even if he had a fact or two or more original facts than there are goat craps, it would not sway you. Why? He is too far over the top and not credible to you.

Now, what in the everloving “F” makes you think that the rants of ronalddelrosario7405 character, you, Schmo or any other crazy fancrazed Trump promotor (and that is what you are) would be either an indicator of public sentiment or anything other than an advertisement of your batshittery?
:D :D :D If anyone's perspective needs improvement, it is yours! Do you really think Alex Jones is anything close to a reasonable, credible source of information about anything? :D :D :D :D :D

Consider this: Can MAGA go any lower defending? Donald Trump
"Trump Recorded Having Extremely Lewd Conversation About Women in 2005."

In a never-heard-before recording from an "Access Hollywood" interview, Trump describes how he seduces women as a celebrity to host Billy Bush: "I don't even wait. And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything … grab ‘em by the p*ssy. You can do anything."

It was mayhem after that. Was this the end of Trump's candidacy? Dozens of Republican lawmakers called for him to drop out. The topic took up a considerable amount of attention at the next presidential debate, just two days later. Professional coaches, offended by Trump's excuse that it was merely "locker room talk," condemned the statement.
It went from that to progressively worse. Before Trump, any such or similar revelations or admissions about their own behavior and misdeeds would have spelled the doom for any other political candidates, let alone ever worse things Trump has evidently said or done.
For those of us covering this, it was a low point. I remember sitting across from Jake Tapper at CNN, a friend and colleague and someone I admire and respect, and having to talk about this sordid, lewd, crass, gross comments, and the sordid, lewd, crass, gross man who said them.

I felt embarrassed - I couldn't believe that this is what we were talking about. Nowhere in my journalism career did I think I'd be discussing a presidential candidate who bragged about grabbing a woman's genitalia.

Flash forward about nine years, and it feels like we're in a similar place, having crossed yet another unfortunate Rubicon into the moral abyss.

Two of the major story lines in politics today involve MAGA influencers with massive platforms, who are inexplicably white-washing white supremacy and pedophilia.

If you haven't heard, Tucker Carlson has devolved into a conspiracy-theory spouting, despot-defending, neo-Nazi protecting weirdo. He recently interviewed Nick Fuentes, a self-proclaimed Hitler lover and Holocaust denier who has said some of the most vile and disgusting things I've ever heard any person say ever. Carlson didn't press Nick on his hideous ideas, but instead gave him a very friendly interview where the implied takeaway was, "This neo-Nazis not so bad!"

The fawning conversation sparked an internecine battle on the right over whether laundering the reputations of white supremacists is a good idea. Believe it or not, many are defending it. Including the president.

Enter Megyn Kelly, another Fox News washout who's found a new pool of paid subscribers to rile up, and using all the predictable foils: Bad Bunny, Zohran Mamdani, Michelle Obama, and Meghan Markle.
And if that was not already bad enough:
The decision to protect neo-Nazis and pedophiles, just because it might benefit Trump in some way, is a precipice I never thought I'd see so-called conservatives walk up to. And yet, here they are, giddily leaping off of it.

Trump ushered in so many ugly elements, from white supremacy to rank misogyny. And the MAGA influencers who hitched their wagons to his star have to out-gross each other to prove their loyalty and keep their subscribers sufficiently radicalized.

For these unconscionable ghouls and sell-outs, nowhere is too low. Seriously, if they're able to normalize neo-Nazis and pedophilia, what else is left?

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Re: Democrat Majority in House before Midterms?

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Gunnar wrote:
Mon Dec 01, 2025 9:46 am

:D :D :D If anyone's perspective needs improvement, it is yours! Do you really think Alex Jones is anything close to a reasonable, credible source of information about anything? :D :D :D :D :D
I see. You are too stupid to get the point so you doubled down on the point.

What is it about you morons that makes you imagine things that are not there? Is that stupidity what made you liberals or did the liberalism make you that damned stupid?
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