Well, the Southern states over the past years have boasted about how many people from the northern US have moved to their states.

Perhaps now they are seeing the tangible results of their boasts?

Or maybe, this is just a decision regarding Pres Trump?

Wish I knew.

Holy friggin' pasture pastries, Batman ...

I had suspected that the Democrats would do well in this mid-term election cycle.

But, Iowa? Kansas?

Holy friggin' meadow muffins.

This is not a typical thing.

@#2

Do try harder to be relevant.

Jus' sayin'

:)

My current view is that Pres Trump's personal lawyers (a.k.a., the DoJ) may be having some tasks ahead of them as they might be instructed to counter these election results.

Time will tell. Whether Pres Trump accepts the results that go against his ego, or if he throws a 2-year-old temper tantrum.

@#25

For me, the shocker is (are) Iowa and Kansas.

e.g. ...

For the article linked in #23 ...

... Once a swing state, Iowa hasn't elected a Democrat to the Senate since 2008, and Mr. Trump won the state by 13 points in 2024. ...

And also from the article linked in #24 ...

... Democratic Reverend Adam Hamilton defeated GOP Sen. Roger Marshall in the Kansas Senate race, CBS News projects, unseating the incumbent in a major upset that comes as the state hasn't elected a Democrat to the Senate in nearly a century. ...

The Senate, not the House ...

My guess is that the MAGA blogosphere may be a bit active his night.

@#16 ... MAGA'ts just lost the senate too. ...

Woof ...

@#2 ... The call is coming from inside the house. ...

Yeah, I've thought about that aspect as well.

Are democrats now taking cues from MAGA in this regard?

i.e., that political opposition now makes someone an enemy of the US?

imo, the Democrats have some things they may need to deal with before and leading into 2028 ...

But, it's too early to get into that subject now ...

More from the cited article ...

... According to Kasubhai, an ICE officer "fabricated facts in official records to justify an arrest."

The judge, appointed by President Joe Biden, said the court knows this because at an evidentiary hearing on a motion to enforce a preliminary injunction barring warrantless arrests, the ICE officer "testified under oath" that what he wrote in the official records of the arrest "was incorrect."

On the witness stand, the officer tried to minimize the error "as mere oversight," according to Kasubhai.

"This court found he lied after evaluating his live testimony and the documentary evidence," the judge said in Monday's order. "Evaluating live testimony is a time-tested method for truth finding. Written declarations are convenient, but insufficient on their own when witnesses are willing to lie." ...

@#1 ... In a 50-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Mustafa Kasubhai ruled that ICE repeatedly violated an existing court order governing warrantless immigration arrests in the Beaver State, with inaccurate reports, missing records and accounts that did not match what actually happened.

The judge's loss of confidence in the agency was so pronounced that he withdrew the usual presumption that government officials have properly performed their duties. ...

Why might anyone actually be surprised at this opinion?

@#2

Yeah, that would be quite the curious turn of events ...

While I was visiting NewsMax, I also saw this ...

OK, connections to newsmax.com look to be back ...

Now, where was I?

Oh yeah ...

A couple of headlines I find interesting ...

@#9 ... Still a lot of votes to count, but I like where it's heading. ...

Agreed.

Not just votes to count, but results of those counts that must be certified.

This does not bode well.

(for the Trump corrupt administration)

But if the Senate follows, well, OK, game on ...

@#72 ... All because ...

imo, prolly too early to try to start the ~all because~ stuff.

Let's wait for the certified results.

Then we can start with the ~all because~ stuff.

:)

@#80 ... Texas called Blue for Senate and Governor...

Abbott had a 70% chance to win according to the betting sites just days ago...

I have been neglectful in the TX Governor race.

OK, Here's what I see ...

@#74 ... Talarico is slaughtering Paxton. ...

Looks that way ...

@#67 ... And Dems just won a senate seat in SC. ...

Looks that way ...

@#71 ...

Ten percentage points?