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D.M. Ridley retweeted
Real progressives are gazing at the Senate map and seeing that a world we could not have imagined might actually be possible.
We went from thinking, in 2024, that the Senate would be impossible, to, in 2026: "Um. . can we . . . flip it?"
Not only did we flip the Senate, we ate deep into red territory. Like really deep. In the House of Representatives, too. We literally broke through the gerrymander in North Carolina. Amazing stuff.
The last time we ate this far into GOP territory was 2006-2008. Then we got the ACA.
What could we get with 60 Senate seats and a Dem POTUS in 2029?
And what if. . . .over the next 5-10 years, we can flip SCOTUS?
We weren't prepared for 2010 backlash and the Tea Party. But what if this time it could be different? Especially if our new Governors-Elect + Trifecta deliver for their states? Especially if we are prepared to fight the backlash? Also, is it possible. . . .we could *sustain* power in the South?
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2026 was history-making and the potential to be *world-changing*. If we strategize right, there could be incredible progress in the future.
So now is the time to be making friends. Also to be making wish lists. And to be planning.
Democrats should identify who wants to be in this history-making-potentially-world-changing fight versus who cares more about drama, power, and sabotage.
Act accordingly.
D.M. Ridley retweeted
I like how some of you are already arguing abt 2028..jfc man..y’all don’t wanna enjoy this? We’ve waited for 10 fucking years and it took some of you less than 24 hours to start bickering….addicted to being annoying & miserable
D.M. Ridley retweeted
Will the Real the Senator Stand Up trivia: When Scott Colom becomes the next Senator for Mississippi (and he will) there will be FOUR identical twins in the Senate Democratic Caucus — Patty Murray, Brian Schatz, Mark Kelly and yes, Scott Colom!
D.M. Ridley retweeted
Starting a few weeks in the US with a stop in a Gulf petrostate where a charismatic cleric recently led the first successful regime change in decades
D.M. Ridley retweeted
@evergreenaction is supporting the Senate permitting bill (BAAJA). Here's why (🧵):
First, we have to transition to clean energy if we hope to have any chance of lowering costs or tackling the spiraling climate crisis;
D.M. Ridley retweeted
the optimal dem strategy on gerrymandering seems obvious to me:
we can end gerrymandering once and for all by passing a national ban in Congress.
and tell Trump that if he vetoes it, we will move forward with our own gerrymanders in every state we just flipped last week
D.M. Ridley retweeted
The Senate is still an extremely Republican-biased institution, for the record. Even if DC and Puerto Rico are given statehood it will be Republican-biased.
If the midterms had been an equivalent landslide in the opposite direction, this would have been the result:
D.M. Ridley retweeted
This Democrat just won by 16 pts in NC-11
I can’t wait to see him bring bills to the floor of the U.S. House
Jamie Ager (D)
D.M. Ridley retweeted
Speaking as a fellow Democrat: This is idiotic. We just won a massive victory rooted in the failure of Trumpism to help ordinary Americans. Our job is absolutely not to pivot to trying to strangle American progress.
D.M. Ridley retweeted
Now that these rigged maps have spectacularly backfired, can we all get on board with banning partisan gerrymandering now?
I have been an outspoken critic of Schumer's when it has come to legislative strategy but the man knows how to win elections. Let's make him majority leader, rack up seats in 2028, and then encourage him not to run for reelection (to serve until he's 84). Go out on a high note.
Had Democrats lost the House and Senate, y’all would be blaming Jeffries and Schumer, and rightfully so. But if you’re going to blame them for losses, give them credit for the gains. They’ve earned the right to lead the party in congress.
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D.M. Ridley retweeted
Looking forward to 2032 when our forecast has Talarico as a narrow underdog in Ossoff's re-election year and nobody believes it because "polls always underrate Democrats in Texas."
D.M. Ridley retweeted
Truly you are a moron if you think you were elected to further constrain American science. Reactive ignorance is not what your constituents voted for
D.M. Ridley retweeted
On behalf of EVERYONE, we officially apologize to chuck schumer and Pete Buttigieg for mocking your spending of ungodly amounts of money on Mississippi
D.M. Ridley retweeted
I implore the incoming Congress to look at the last two years, at the assault on free speech that has been so shameless and transparent so as to draw bipartisan concern, and recognize that:
(a) even unsuccessful, performative appeals to censorship helped create an atmosphere in which censorship could be effectuated and must no longer be acceptable; and
(b) bipartisan work towards structural reform is more important than ever to strengthen institutional checks and resilience against those who would use the levers of government power for censorship.
Lots to come from @TechFreedom on the latter in the near future.
D.M. Ridley retweeted
everyone is doing a pronouns/land acknowledgement bit but actually the fucking awesome thing is that a large part of why this sweep happened is we had a lot of really strong candidates that didn't lean into the woke 1.0 nonsense
10,000 years of bill clinton neoliberal abundance
D.M. Ridley retweeted
Don’t get complacent. The map still favors Republicans. Move a bill to prohibit partisan gerrymandering nationwide, no funny business, and if Republicans filibuster or Trump vetoes, finish the job.
