The Democratic Party taking back Congress from Republicans may be the biggest story of the 2026 midterms, but this result from one House race in the Midwest may be the most inspiring: Nebraska has elected its first ever anime congressman.

Yes! It’s about damn time Nebraska !

House candidate X-Bop Hoshigami just made history in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District, becoming the very first person of Japanese-animated descent elected to office in The Cornhusker State. In a stunning upset over major party candidates Denise Powell (D) and Brinker Harding (R), Rep. X-Bop (˶>⩊<˶) ended up winning over 90% of the vote with a campaign platform promising to “keep Nebraska kaiju-free,” “expand public access to manga,” and “harness The Power Of Friendship as a renewable energy source to reduce the state’s reliance on foreign oil.”

In a celebratory speech to supporters, Rep. X-Bop, who was accompanied on stage by his anthropomorphic anime pig sidekick named Baconji, jumped in the air, flashed a peace sign to the audience in a freeze frame, and exclaimed “Ya-ha! Victory is mine!”

“Let’s harvest the 2nd Congressional District’s destiny!” shouted Rep. X-Bop before he and Baconji began noisily devouring Nebraska-grown corn, only pausing when his longtime crush, an anime schoolgirl named Hitomi, kissed him on the cheek to congratulate him on his electoral victory, causing Rep. X-Bop to blush and faint.

Hoshigami managed to win over unlikely voters such as Hank Adkins, 53, a long-haul trucker living in Carleton, NE, who says he didn’t fully understand Rep. X-Bop’s policies, corporeality, or what anime even is, but felt that the 2nd District needed change, and that he’d rather “roll the dice on a foreign animated boy with a positive attitude instead of another Republican or Democrat.”

How inspiring is this? If an anime congressman can win office in Nebraska of all places, there’s hope for our country yet!

To see voters in a typically red state like Nebraska open to the idea of an anime congressman is truly amazing. It’s easy to feel cynical about the direction America is heading, but Rep. X-Bop Hoshigami is proof that progress is still possible and worth fighting for. Simply amazing!

To everybody celebrating Greg Abbott’s defeat, what if I told you there was a way to watch an unlikable old guy lose in Texas almost every Sunday?

Been a rough 24 hours huh

James Talarico Cackles Maniacally as Hordes of Gender-Affirming Surgeons Descend Upon Texas
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Aliens want to make it easier for humans. "They really do have our best interests in mind."

I'm not saying that Carrie won the Halloween costume contest at Joe Bob's Spooktacular... but I'm not saying she didn't either. And I'm REALLY not saying that she didn't.

Because she did. We didn't even get through the voting before everyone started chanting CARRIE, CARRIE, er voting was necessary.

Well deserved victory — but ALL of the costumes (will share a post with them later) were awesome!

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This is an excellent album. It is quintessential 70s art rock and is not boring! My respect sor someone soars when I see Roxy Music albums/CDs in their collection.

Janelle Monae getting her Halloween freak on! This is really cool!
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What fresh lunacy is this? 😈🎃 #TheDevils #MutantFam #Halloween

Happy Halloween! A pic from a gathering of SoCal Mutants. I'm wearing white to symbolize my purity.
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN, MUTANTS!!!! LFG!!! 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🎃🎃🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

Heidi Klum is not afraid to have fun. I am so in love with her that it hurts.
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This is an exceptional horror short about priests &amp; werewolves. It's grrrrrreat! Forwarning: NSFW because of some gore and other unexpected content. I think @kinky_horror would approve of it.
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A trans woman, Dr Renee Richards, played on the US Women's pro tennis tour and used women's locker rooms in the 1970s. No one cared. Johnny Carson made silly jokes about her.

All this trans angst is politcal bullshit to divide us.

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Our acceptance speech from @SmokyTerror with help from our Mutant Fam. I wouldn’t have wanted to do it any other way. 🫶 #TheLastDriveIn

#TheLastDriveIn friends, #MutantFam, remember we are not saying Au revoir. We're saying Hors d'œuvres (Martin Mull joke - thank you).

Fantastic Halloween to all of us! Sick costumes and fun times!

See you in December and beyond.

@therealjoebob @kinky_horror @RadioParfait

Looks like you blew a seal!

What a fun night. I'm sad that there is only one more, but greatful for all the friendships made along the way to the end.
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JBB ain't lying. I went to court to testify against a guy in a credit fraud trial (speaking of carbon copy credit card receipts). In the courtroom, the guy was wearing the same giant Aphrodite pendant he wore in my store.

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