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Thursday, November 05, 2026

Russia arranged to supply Iran with 90 launchers for advanced guided missiles, according to leaked defence industry documents that shed light on the depth of military cooperation between Moscow and Tehran. The documents, obtained by Dallas Analytics, a Ukrainian private intelligence firm, and shared with the Guardian, detail plans to supply Iran with launchers for the LMUR, a guided missile fired from attack helicopters which Russian forces have used extensively against Ukrainian targets since the full-scale invasion in 2022.


But the midterm rout, which none of these folks seemed to see coming, has cranked the stakes up to eleven. That's partially because right-wing media figures are worried about their future.

If no one wants to be a Republican anymore, who's going to watch their podcasts and buy their brain pills?

But it's also because there's a genuine belief that the fate of their ideological projects is at stake.


WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump faced pressure from Republicans on Wednesday to change course after a midterm election rout handed Democrats control of Congress and voters rejected his handpicked candidates in key races.

Republican allies and strategists called for Trump to shake up his White House personnel, restore discipline and scrap policies they blamed for the losses, including the Iran war and tariffs, as his presidency enters its final years.

Veteran Republican strategist John Feehery called the results a "huge disaster" for Trump.

"He needs to clean house," Feehery said. "Every day from this point forward, he's becoming more and more lame."

But Trump showed little indication that he viewed the election outcome as a reason to change direction.

"I don't view it as a hit on me," he told Fox News late on Tuesday.


Wednesday, November 04, 2026

Prospective speaker of the House Hakeem Jeffries on Wednesday hailed the "American tsunami" of Democratic victories in US congressional elections that handed the party control of both chambers of Congress.

"It wasn't simply a blue wave. It was an American tsunami," Jeffries, who is poised to become the first Black person to lead the House when the new Congress convenes in January, told a news conference.

"We're humbled by the outcome," Jeffries said, vowing to "fight hard for every single American, wherever you may reside."


NBC News, with a group of other news organizations, conducted exit polling across the country in 45 key states.

The poll includes in-person interviews on Election Day, and it combines the in-person poll with other methods"mail, phone and online"to account for in-person early and mail-in voters.

The exit polls are not vote results, but instead a look at the thinking and motives of voters across the country.

Exit polls help the public better understand the makeup and motivations of the electorate.


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THE LINCOLN PROJECT: POST-ELECTION TOWN HALL (2026)

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Too bad so many Republicans became Trump Cultists, these actual Conservatives never did.

Here's another actual Conservative, and confessed former Elitist, with one of the better short talks on the politics of Elitism I've ever heard.

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"Still, most MAGA influencers proved not quite ready to criticize Trump directly, which led them to spin bizarre theories about what could have really resonated with independent voters.

As an example, podcaster Liz Wheeler said Republicans would have won if only the Justice Department had arrested more deep-state operatives from the Biden administration.

Surely that would've saved Kansas!

AMONG ALL THE HORRIBLE developments for Republicans that took place Tuesday night, perhaps the most alarming for online MAGA was the collapse of Texas Republican candidates.

The state has been a bastion of the modern conservative movement, not just reliably red and with leadership willing to gerrymander the ---- out of congressional lines, but also the right's favorite contrast to hedonistic California.

So when it became clear that Democrats were romping there, it led to an onslaught of white identity politics that could make the movement even more radioactive to voters. Like Johnson, personalities at the Blaze blamed nonwhite voters for sabotaging the Texas GOP."

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After seeing some racist graffiti, LBJ remarked to Bill Moyers that:

"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."

... in condemnation of politicians who did just that.

"Late that night in a hotel room, Johnson explained to his young staffer (and future press secretary) Bill Moyers exactly how he believed Southern elites weaponized racial bigotry to divide the working class and maintain political and economic dominance. Moyers later recounted the conversation in a 1988 article..."

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This is 2 mins of Deliciousness!

The Midterms
Jesse Welles

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"I saw Elon leaving Austin fat and hunchbacked, strange and pale. A half a
billion dollar lesson that them Texans ain't for sale.

The ghost of Lindsey Graham came riding on a seven headed drone. Flew right down to the golden golf cart.

Whispered, "Donald, listen close. You can threaten civilizations, kill civilians, and just laugh. You can exterminate races, put folks into cages, but you just can't [F... ] with gas."

Mitch McConnell sat there speechless, but that's kind of his new thing. Who would have ever thought Iran would go and change out our regime.

Ah, the eyeliner was running as JD watched the blue storm. He was swearing in the first jihadist to ever want healthcare reform for that Temu Patton Hegseth crawled to Tennessee and begged.

But the greatest military defeat in US history had a hold of both his legs.

All the tech lords donned their banjos, their suspenders, and craft beers as they dusted off their pronouns, seeing that the end was near.

And they wondered how they'd manage to destroy the planet first. They said, "What about China? China's what about us? Always seemed a whole lot worse."

And the people said they did it. It's a good start. Sure enough. I've had the dream before and my head's still sore.

But y'all should probably lawyer up."

Let me just leave this song here for all the heartbroken Trump Cultists:

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They all think they're Elvis, anyway. Although they're really a lot more like Boy George.

NEW LINCOLN PROJECT AD: Don't Flinch (aka Don't F it up!)

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"Congratulations, Democrats. You did it. You organized. You voted. You won. Don't ---- it up.
This is not a normal time. And Democrats can't act like it is. That other party in Washington?
They're the party that supported pardoning the guy in the Camp Auschwitz sweatshirt.
They're the party too afraid to say aloud who won the 2020 presidential election.
They're the party of corruption and criminality.
Of secret police and oligarchs. There isn't a Republican party. Only a MAGA party.
Democrats, you didn't win because America wants you to meet domestic terrorists and criminals halfway. Forget bipartisanship.
This is a time for courage, not compromise. History is watching. America is waiting. Don't ---- it up."

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