Adam Hodge retweeted
I hope everyone takes a good hard look at this picture.
Trump’s under-construction ballroom is now bigger than the rest of the White House. Much bigger.
The contrast says everything you need to know about this President and his priorities.
Trump’s under-construction ballroom is now bigger than the rest of the White House. Much bigger.
The contrast says everything you need to know about this President and his priorities.
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Adam Hodge retweeted
Scott Colom will become Mississippi's first Black senator since 1881.
The last Black senator from Mississippi was Blanche K. Bruce, who held office during the Reconstruction era 145 years ago.
The last Black senator from Mississippi was Blanche K. Bruce, who held office during the Reconstruction era 145 years ago.
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The tears are flowing y’all! 🥹🥹
Democrat Scott Colom will win US Senate seat in deep-red Mississippi, CNN projects cnn.com/2026/11/11/pol…
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These are the kind of solutions Dems should explore to make housing more affordable, one of the top concerns Americans voiced in the midterms.
A top Biden administration economic official is pitching Democrats on a low-down-payment proposal to bring millions of new homebuyers into the market, as incoming congressional leaders take stock of affordability measures that might help them notch early legislative wins bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Adam Hodge retweeted
.@Lawrence: No Democratic leader of the House has ever had to face what Hakeem Jeffries had to face when Donald Trump decided to do redistricting halfway through the constitutionally mandated census periods.
There is nothing more complicated in American politics than trying to ssional elections, even without redistricting.
Hakeem Jeffries coordinated the Democratic Party's response across the country to Donald Trump's redistricting, and the Democrats won almost all of the seats that Donald Trump tried to take away from them through redistricting.
There is nothing more complicated in American politics than trying to ssional elections, even without redistricting.
Hakeem Jeffries coordinated the Democratic Party's response across the country to Donald Trump's redistricting, and the Democrats won almost all of the seats that Donald Trump tried to take away from them through redistricting.
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Adam Hodge retweeted
Good morning, Mississippi! Kicking off the week with some great news: Scott is leading by 2,574 votes. We're confident that once every lawful vote is counted, he'll be Mississippi's next U.S. senator. Thank you to everyone who got us here and believes Mississippi Matters!
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Notable kudos to @RepJeffries and @teamhakeemhq. This was a key link in building this historic Dem majority.
“You’re the only one who can win that seat,” Jeffries told Moskowitz as he was considering dropping out of politics. “You’re the linchpin for the other three.”
nytimes.com/2026/11/08/us/…
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RT @BrandonPresley: I know I’m like a broken record, but my phone keeps blowing up with “Will Scott win?” texts. YES, YES, YES. @scott_colo…
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Adam Hodge retweeted
Good morning, folks! The latest AP numbers have Scott ahead by 1,936 votes down here in Mississippi. We're encouraged by what we're seeing and will keep working to ensure every lawful vote is counted. Thank you to everyone standing with us and showing your support along the way!
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“Supposed to be” isn’t how Top Secret works, my dude.
Trump: The ballroom's going to be the best in the entire world. Even President Xi said, 'Wow, that's going to be something.' And he has the Great Hall of China, which is quite nice, I must tell you, but we didn't have a place, so 150 years, and then we have a big military p and 5 stories underneath of all military stuff that was supposed to be top secret
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Preach Brother Gaspard!
If you wake up this morning and see the surge of black voters across the Deep South and the bold response of Latinos who came out despite the threats, and the presidential level participation of young folks, and conclude that the scale of our victory was solely because “we had the discipline to stay on message about kitchen table issues” - you should not be given a dime of our ActBlue donations for your guaranteed future mediocre strategies.
That was a rights based surge. A democracy surge. Gas prices, irrational tariffs, and broad cost of living played a huge role. But we cannot ignore what animated the souls of our surge voters. And we absolutely cannot continue to ignore corruption as an issue even within our own Party “until the polls catch up”
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Wow! @RobertGarcia already getting results.
Breaking: Cristiano Ronaldo has announced his retirement from international football.
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Adam Hodge retweeted
I know a lot of folks are talking about the election results, but this tweet, from a sitting @VP, is stunning. The decision to go to war is the most solemn responsibility that a President and Vice President have as leaders.
So for you to reduce it to a simple political calculation while we still have 50,000 troops in the Middle East, is one of the most crass, cynical things I've seen. You and President Trump got us into this war, without a clear objective and without regard for the will of the American people. It's cost us American lives and billions of dollars of American treasure, with no end in sight.
Last night, the American people delivered a crystal-clear message about the mismanagement of this war, and what it has done to our pocketbooks. Whether you supported the war or simply failed to stop it, your job is not to try and cover yourself, but to get us out of it.
So for you to reduce it to a simple political calculation while we still have 50,000 troops in the Middle East, is one of the most crass, cynical things I've seen. You and President Trump got us into this war, without a clear objective and without regard for the will of the American people. It's cost us American lives and billions of dollars of American treasure, with no end in sight.
Last night, the American people delivered a crystal-clear message about the mismanagement of this war, and what it has done to our pocketbooks. Whether you supported the war or simply failed to stop it, your job is not to try and cover yourself, but to get us out of it.
One of the things the data analysts on our side obsessed over was "composition"—whether the electorate looked close enough to 2024 for Republicans to win. And despite polls that showed a Democrat blowout, the data kept on telling us the same story: in some states turnout was merely OK, in other states it was downright amazing, and in no state was it catastrophic. There was a genuine sense of optimism on our team: our people were showing up.
So, I asked the smartest data guy I know, does that mean we're going to shock the world? "No," he told me. "We might do better than the polls suggest. But the data is telling us that a lot of Trump/Vance 2024 voters are pissed and planning to vote for the other guys. Our voters are turning out, but they may not vote for us."
Well, that looks prophetic now. Our voters did show up. In Florida, for example, the electorate was 9 points more Republican than Democrat, just a couple points worse than 2024. Undoubtedly there were places we could have done better on turnout. But the main problem is not turnout. The main problem is that many people who voted for Trump/Vance in 2024 voted for Democrats in 2026.
There will be a lot of infighting and arguing over what happened and why that is. One of the pollsters I really respect told me that our economic messaging wasn’t sharp enough down the stretch. I’m sure that’s true.
But the real reason we lost is obvious to almost everyone.
Another pollster—one of the smartest people I know in politics, told me yesterday we’d lose the generic ballot by 13 points. I felt negative going into Tuesday, but even I was shocked by this. In his polling, he saw that a lot of Trump 2024 voters were angry and planning to vote for Democrats. He asked those voters who had abandoned us what would cause them to come back on our team. The top four answers, accounting for nearly all of the responses were:
1) End the war
2) Focus on cost of living/inflation
3) Put America First
4) Change our relationship to Israel
Our voters showed up. And the above four reasons are why many of them voted for Democrats. This is according to a pollster who nailed the results. While many spent Monday attacking Rachel Campos Duffy for calling for a diplomatic resolution to the conflict, it turns out her political advice was sound. (She’s also a great person.)
In the next few months, there's going to be a lot of gaslighting. Expect to hear any number of establishment politicians say the solution to our woes is amnesty. I'm open to the idea that we should change enforcement—by focusing more on businesses that hire illegal labor, for instance. But anyone pushing amnesty is lying to you.
The reason we lost is the war. The president himself said so last night.
If you'd like to argue it was worth it, that losing the Senate for the next 6 years was worth it, then do so. Argue it was a worthwhile cost to pay. Agree or disagree, that's at least honest.
But everyone knows why we lost. And any honest conversation about where we go from here must start there.
I remain hopeful about our country. To the people who are pissed off and want to say, “I told you so”: you’re right, you did tell us so. Take that energy into electing Republicans who share your worldview. To the people who are just pissed at the results, you should be. Let’s take that anger and get back to the work of saving our country.
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Give @hakeemjeffries and his team props for 2 key things:
1. The laser focus from @HouseDemocrats on affordability, especially healthcare.
2. Fighting back against the GOP "dummymander's" & backing great incumbents in tough races.
That's how the majority was made.
1. The laser focus from @HouseDemocrats on affordability, especially healthcare.
2. Fighting back against the GOP "dummymander's" & backing great incumbents in tough races.
That's how the majority was made.
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The historic political earthquake last night could change the electoral landscape for a generation. A lot of work ahead for Democrats to cement the results, but the magnitude of what happened in the midterms cannot be understated. @BloombergTV
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Adam Hodge retweeted
The 1994 “revolution” saw Rs win the popular vote by 6.8 pts
2006 was D + 7.9
2010 was R + 6.8
2018 was D + 8.6
2026 Ds are tracking toward a 13-pt popular vote win
Have to go back half a century—the post-Watergate wipeout of 1974, D + 16.8 pts—to find anything like this.
2006 was D + 7.9
2010 was R + 6.8
2018 was D + 8.6
2026 Ds are tracking toward a 13-pt popular vote win
Have to go back half a century—the post-Watergate wipeout of 1974, D + 16.8 pts—to find anything like this.
Spent the last month wondering if 2026 could be 2006 all over again.
Nope. Bigger by every metric. In fact, the biggest midterm wave in modern history—an election to which every future midterm will be compared.
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HUGE shout to @EileenforCO who looks like she’s headed to Congress. Was lucky to work with her at the National Security Council and she will be a terrific leader in the House!
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Anne Applebaum nailed it with this analysis.
The 2026 midterm elections didn't just determine who controls Congress for the next two years—they also determine whether the United States, 250 years after its founding, remains a democracy, @anneapplebaum says. She explores what citizens and lawmakers can do next to strengthen lues that have been threatened in the Trump era.
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