@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump Is Running Out of Time to Remake the Economy Before the Midterms (NOTUS)
https://www.notus.org/trump-white-house/trump-remake-economy-before-midterms
http://www.memeorandum.com/251219/p23#a251219p23
@cdarwin@c.imSuddenly, Trump’s effort to rig the 2026 midterms with corrupt gerrymanders appears in trouble.
A panel of judges just blocked the GOP gerrymander in Texas, which had added five seats.
In Indiana, Republicans currently lack the votes to redraw their congressional map.
Trump is angry about all this.
He lashed out at Indiana Republicans, threatening primaries and calling one opponent “weak” and “pathetic.”
So is the scheme dead?
-- No.
Several as…
@servelan@newsie.social“there is no person more impatient to solve the affordability crisis than Donald J. Trump, the president of the United States.”
JD Vance Test Drives the Lies That Republicans Hope Will Win the Midterms - WhoWhatWhy
https://whowhatwhy.org/economy/jd-vance-test-drives-the-lies-that-republicans-hope-will-win-the-midterms/
@memeorandum@universeodon.comPoll shows Democrats with biggest generic ballot lead since 2017 (Avery Lotz/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/19/democrats-midterms-generic-ballot-lead-poll
http://www.memeorandum.com/251119/p40#a251119p40
@cdarwin@c.imTrump’s call for congressman Thomas Massie’s ouster underscores growing divisions within the Republican Party as it heads into the 2026 midterms,
with the MAGA Mob Boss continuing to test his grip on congressional Republicans and the broader conservative movement.
https://www…
@servelan@newsie.socialMusk Is Already Spending Big To Help GOP In Midterms - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/12/musk-is-already-spending-big-to-help-gop-in-midterms/
@memeorandum@universeodon.comRepublicans push mail-in voting for the midterms in defiance of Trump (Lisa Kashinsky/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/17/republicans-midterms-mail-in-voting-00693867
http://www.memeorandum.com/251217/p15#a251217p15
@ubuntourist@mastodon.socialTrump’s assault on voting intensifies as midterms loom:‘a wholesale attack on free and fair elections’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/09/trump-midterm-elections-voting-system
@memeorandum@universeodon.comBarack Obama tells House Democrats that party should focus on the midterms, not ideological divides (Oren Oppenheim/ABC News)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/barack-obama-tells-house-democrats-party-focus-midterms/story?id=128416320
http://www.memeorandum.com/251215/p96#a251215p96
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social @memeorandum@universeodon.comMarjorie Taylor Greene says 'dam is breaking' within GOP against Trump (Victoria Craw/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/17/marjorie-taylor-greene-trump-republicans-midterms/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251217/p1#a251217p1
@Techmeme@techhub.socialPro-AI super PAC Leading the Future launches a $10M media campaign to push Congress to craft a national AI policy that will override a patchwork of state laws (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/24/ai-pac-trump-congress-midterms.html
@cdarwin@c.im
The day after Democrats swept this month’s voting, a group of jubilant Democratic congressional candidates gathered on Capitol Hill to listen to Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colorado) explain how they could triumph in next year’s midterm elections, too.
Crow, dressed in jeans, boots and an open-necked shirt, urged them to campaign next year as if they were running for mayor:
Be local, be authentic, don’t listen too much to campaign consultants, he argued,
and be ready to separate f…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comDemocrats Unveil Plans to Rein in ICE Agents If They Win Midterms (Newsweek)
https://www.newsweek.com/democrats-ice-oversight-midterms-10870867
http://www.memeorandum.com/251015/p99#a251015p99
@steve@s.yelvington.comBrilliant. Put the Republicans in a position of having to deal with this again right before the midterms.
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/government-shutdown-latest-senate-vote-day-38/
@cdarwin@c.imA year out from the 2026 midterms, with Republicans feeling the blows from a string of losses in this week’s elections,
Donald Trump and his allies are mounting a multipronged attack on almost every aspect of voting in the United States
and raising what experts say are troubling questions about the future of one of the world’s oldest democracies.
While Democratic leaders continue to invest their hopes in a “blue wave” to overturn Republican majorities in the House and Senat…
@servelan@newsie.socialOz: Every American Will Lose 400 Pounds By Midterms - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/11/oz-every-american-will-lose-400-lbs-by-midterms/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialChanges to CISA have left some states without support during elections; California said CISA provided little support during the Nov. 4 election on redistricting (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/election-security-…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comOff-cycle elections send Republicans a clear midterms warning (Avery Lotz/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/17/republicans-warnings-off-cycle-elections-chart
http://www.memeorandum.com/251217/p2#a251217p2
@seav@en.osm.townProp 50 passes! 🎉
Californians understood the assignment. If GOP/MAGA won’t play by the rules and break them and longstanding norms with impunity, then why should Dems take the high ground? The era of “when they go low, we go high” is over. Fight fire with fire! 🔥
https://
@grumpybozo@toad.socialMore evidence that the corporate allies of the Fash retain priority of their fundamentally commercial motivations.
https://journa.host/@w7voa/115487471379766324
@kurtsh@mastodon.socialCalifornians... Block Trump's corruption & gerrymandering of the 2026 midterms.
Vote YES on Prop 50.
#YesOnProp50
@memeorandum@universeodon.comHeading into midterms, Republicans hold edge with older voters, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/heading-into-midterms-republicans-hold-edge-with-older-voters-reutersipsos-poll-2025-12-11/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251211/p88#a251211p88
@Techmeme@techhub.socialUS FEC filings and public statements: a handful of crypto super PACs have amassed ~$263M ahead of the 2026 midterms; Fairshake remains the biggest at $141M (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-28/crypto…
@cdarwin@c.imAs Trump’s excuses for GOP losses worsen
he calls for rigging the midterms in response
A Democratic operative explains why his schemes could still be a problem—and how Democrats should respond
https://newrepublic.com/article/202852…
@davej@dice.campI wondered what the Ceauşescus were up to these days. https://sfba.social/@skykiss/115420725296644745
@memeorandum@universeodon.comThe Indiana Vote Is an Inflection Point (Jonathan Chait/The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/indiana-gerrymandering-trump-midterms/685242/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251212/p121#a251212p121
@servelan@newsie.socialDonald Trump’s Plan to Subvert the Midterms Is Already Under Way - The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/12/2026-midterms-trump-threat/684615/?gift=PUGLa-mGupQ6uJoaPKPPd65EXc-MxNID_GAqRhi85qY&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
@cdarwin@c.imNancy Pelosi is out, and Zohran Mamdani is in.
Or so Republicans hope.
After spending years — and tens of millions of dollars — pillorying Ms. Pelosi and seeking to tie her to seemingly every Democrat in America
Republicans are betting that their next boogeyman has arrived, just in time.
For Republicans facing a newly re-energized Democratic base and a potentially challenging midterms environment, a fresh foil couldn’t come soon enough.
@memeorandum@universeodon.comDemocrats lose shutdown battle -- as Trump, Republicans risk losing war (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/11/democrats-trump-shutdown-politics-midterms/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251111/p87#a251111p87
@servelan@newsie.socialTrump’s assault on voting intensifies as midterms loom:‘a wholesale attack on free and fair elections’ | Trump administration | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/09/trump-midterm-elections-voting-system
@steve@s.yelvington.comLooks like USPS is rehearsing for the midterms. Thousands of absentee ballots ... where are they? No one knows.
https://www.wtoc.com/2025/10/24/some-chatham-county-voters-may-receive-two-absentee-bal…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comRepublicans See No 'Blue Wave' on Horizon--Unless Economy Falters (David M. Drucker/The Dispatch)
https://thedispatch.com/article/republicans-optimistic-midterms-democrats-economy/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251010/p103#a251010p103
@memeorandum@universeodon.comThe Supreme Court Is Doing Everything in Its Power to Save Trump in the Midterms (Slate)
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/12/supreme-court-trump-2026-midterms-texas-disaster.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251205/p87#a251205p87
@cdarwin@c.imNovember 3, 2026:
Donald Trump calls the press into the Oval Office and announces that the GOP has held the House
—but he warns that Democrats will try to steal the election,
and announces plans to send a legal team to Arizona to root out fraud.
He spends the rest of the night posting threats and allegations on Truth Social.
In the morning, Republican lawyers file to stop vote counting,
arguing that any votes counted after Election Day are illegal under f…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comSupreme Court allows Texas to use Trump-backed congressional map in midterms (John Fritze/CNN)
https://cnn.com/2025/12/04/politics/supreme-court-allows-texas-to-use-trump-backed-congressional-map-in-midterms
http://www.memeorandum.com/251204/p123#a251204p123
@memeorandum@universeodon.comWhere Democrats Will Duel Next for the Party's Future (Shane Goldmacher/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/us/politics/democrats-midterms-senate-house.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251109/p23#a251109p23
@cdarwin@c.imThere is now a systematic effort afoot to break down,
or render impotent,
key institutional players that could serve to limit Trump’s efforts to manipulate the outcome of the 2026 elections.
The White House announced it would soon be delivering another executive order going after
mail-in voting, and, in particular,
that it would be targeting California’s voting system which, it alleged without evidence, was rife with fraud.
In the wake of lawsuits filed b…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comRepublicans Relive Healthcare Nightmare as Midterms Loom (Natalie Andrews/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/republican-healthcare-plan-0e8428be?st=4C9joZ&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
http://www.memeorandum.com/251213/p6#a251213p6
@memeorandum@universeodon.comDemocrats Seek Winning Message for Midterms in Key 2025 Clashes (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-01/democrats-seek-winning-message-for-midterms-in-key-2025-clashes
http://www.memeorandum.com/251101/p20#a251101p20
@cdarwin@c.imTensions over right-wing antisemitism have burst to the forefront of Republican politics,
and show signs of becoming a fierce point of contention in the midterms and beyond.
For years, Jewish Republicans often denied that the right had a serious problem with antisemitism,
pointing instead to anti-Jewish bigotry on the left and celebrating President Trump’s support for Israel.
But now that problem is staring them directly in the face.
Tensions over antisemitism in…
@cdarwin@c.imA gathering with reporters took place in the Oval Office last month
as Trump ordered a crackdown on “leftwing terrorism”
and threatened to investigate and prosecute those who financially support it.
“If you look at Soros, he’s at the top of everything,” the US president said.
There is no evidence linking George Soros,
a 95-year-old billionaire who has supported democratic causes around the world,
or Reid Hoffman,
who helped start PayPal and the netwo…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comThe last time Democrats won like this was right before the 2018 blue wave (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/05/democrats-2025-win-midterms-virginia-new-jersey-00637057
http://www.memeorandum.com/251105/p9#a251105p9
@memeorandum@universeodon.comKansas Republicans drop push to enter nation's widening redistricting battle (John Hanna/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-kansas-midterms-trump-7847d53b34245aead8cac5bf8cd6e12f
http://www.memeorandum.com/251104/p147#a251104p147
@servelan@newsie.socialMTG retires from Congress and predicts 'Republicans will likely lose the midterms' - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/mtg-retires-congress/
@memeorandum@universeodon.comWhy Trump's agenda is on voters' minds even if he's not on the 2025 ballot (Phillip M. Bailey/USA Today)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/04/2025-election-midterms-trump-presidential-race/86627677007/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251104/p49#a251104p49
@memeorandum@universeodon.comAI becomes a political wedge issue, creating odd bedfellows across parties (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/ai-wedge-issue-midterms-2028-bedfellows-rcna244811
http://www.memeorandum.com/251201/p75#a251201p75
@memeorandum@universeodon.comRepublicans' bad win in Tennessee bodes ill for the midterms (The Hill)
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5636910-republicans-tennessee-election-warning-signs/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251208/p71#a251208p71
@cdarwin@c.imTrump’s plan to rig the 2026 midterm election
by pressuring states to create more Republican congressional seats
will face a major test in a federal courtroom in El Paso, Texas
starting Wednesday,
as a panel of judges considers whether to block the state’s new gerrymandered map.
At stake in the hearing,
scheduled for ten days,
are as many as five congressional seats
— perhaps enough to determine control of Congress in next year’s midterms
@cdarwin@c.imThe willingness of congressional Republicans to defy Trump and back legislation requiring the disclosure of federal files on Jeffrey Epstein,
was the clearest evidence yet that G.O.P. lawmakers are starting to look beyond Trump’s tenure to their self-preservation in midterm elections next year.
There are other signs as well,
notably the refusal by Senate Republicans to bow to Trump’s demand to gut the filibuster during the shutdown fight,
and resistance in some states…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump Really Was on the Ballot -- The magnitude of the GOP rout is a bad sign for holding Congress in the midterms. (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/2025-elections-donald-trump-gop-democrats-mikie-sherrill-abigail-spanberger-f9729d9d?st=6RLpn6&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
http://www.memeorandum.com/251105/p168#a251105p168
@memeorandum@universeodon.comNewsom's Prop 50 vanity project overwhelmingly passes, with Dems looking to flip 5 congressional seats in 2026 midterms (Dana Sauchelli/New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2025/11/04/us-news/prop-50-passes-in-california-as-newsom-gets-his-way/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251104/p180#a251104p180
@memeorandum@universeodon.comBig changes to the agency charged with securing elections lead to midterm worries (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/election-security-cisa-2026-secretaries-state-midterms-6d18799c6c5fdd1bc001544b2dca12bf
http://www.memeorandum.com/251123/p21#a251123p21
@memeorandum@universeodon.comIt's called the 'six-year itch.' Democrats hope it favors them for the Senate. (Paul Kane/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/22/senate-2026-midterms-democrats-trump/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251122/p53#a251122p53
@memeorandum@universeodon.comWhat the special election in Tennessee's Seventh District means for the 2026 midterms (G. Elliott Morris/Strength In Numbers)
https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/what-the-special-election-in-tennessees
http://www.memeorandum.com/251202/p175#a251202p175
@memeorandum@universeodon.comVoters divided on midterms despite broad Trump disapproval, poll finds (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/02/trump-democrats-poll-post-abc-ipsos/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzYyMDU2MDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzYzNDQxOTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NjIwNTYwMDAsImp0aSI6IjkzYjE4NTNmLWZiNDctNDU3Ny1iOGVjLWNjMmJkNGFkODU3MyIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9wb2xpdGljcy8yMDI1LzExLzAyL3RydW1wLWRlbW9jcmF0cy1wb2xsLXBvc3QtYWJjLWlwc29zLyJ9.fuMMa0PorrqJ90s5230aXQzmg7ZLDRAAxG6NlGiLsKs&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/251102/p2#a251102p2
@memeorandum@universeodon.comNewsom Says He Will Consider a 2028 Presidential Run After the Midterms (Sonia A. Rao/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/us/politics/gavin-newsom-2028-race.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251026/p51#a251026p51
@memeorandum@universeodon.comRepublicans on edge about 2026 -- Republicans were already antsy about the midterms. (Punchbowl News)
https://punchbowl.news/archive/1242025-am/#__republicansonedgeabout2026__
http://www.memeorandum.com/251204/p20#a251204p20
