Prospect Of Young Senate Democrats After Midterm Elections Of 2026

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A “Youth Movement” seems likely after the Midterm Elections of 2026, with the prospect of new and young Democrats joining the US Senate.

If things go well, we could have the following new Democratic or Independent US Senators in their late 30s, 40s, or early 50s:

Alaska–Mary Peltola
Florida–Alex Vindman
Iowa–Josh Turek
Kentucky–Charles Booker
Maine–Graham Platner
Massachusetts–Seth Moulton (if Octogenarian Ed Markey is defeated in September 1 primary)
Michigan–Abdul El-Sayed, Mallory McMorrow, or Haley Stevens after August 4 primary
Minnesota–Peggy Flanagan or Angie Craig after August 11 primary
Montana–Seth Bodnar (Independent)
Nebraska–Dan Osborn (Independent)
New Hampshire–Chris Pappas
South Carolina–Annie Andrews
Texas–James Talarico

In reality, the “best” bets are in Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, and New Hampshire, all Democratic states presently–and hopefully, Alaska, Florida, Iowa, and Texas, with possibilities in Montana and Nebraska with Independent contenders. Kentucky and South Carolina are real “long shots” at this point.

Add to this list the following Democratic US Senators who are part of the “Youth Movement”:

Arizona–Ruben Gallego
California–Alex Padilla
Connecticut–Chris Murphy
Georgia–Jon Ossoff, only sitting Democrat running for reelection this year of this “Youth Movement”
Hawaii–Brian Schatz
Michigan–Elissa Slotkin
New Jersey–Andy Kim

Roy Cooper in North Carolina and Sherrod Brown in Ohio are NOT part of the youth movement, but also have a good opportunity to put their states in the Democratic Senate column in November.

Alarming Ignorance And Stupidity Of JD Vance About Richard Nixon: A Danger Sign For A Potential Vance Presidency!

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It is truly shocking how ignorant and purely stupid Vice President JD Vance is, despite his Ivy League education.

It makes one wonder about his basic knowledge and intelligence, when he makes light of Richard Nixon and the Watergate Scandal, and says it is a series of events that has been overdramatized, and was caused by what he terms “the deep state”.

Trying to sanitize Richard Nixon on the scandal that brought him down is simply an attempt to undermine and trivialize the massive scandals that have occurred under Donald Trump, both in the first term, and now his second term, which make Richard Nixon look, as a “choir boy” by comparison.

Richard Nixon had some real accomplishments in his Presidency, far more than Donald Trump, but his accountability for his scandals that caused his own Republican Party to turn against him a half century ago, sadly are not being repeated by the modern day Republican Party, which is totally sycophantic and submissive in a way that will condemn individual Cabinet Officers, and members of both houses of Congress in the long run of history.

It is very concerning that the possibility exists that JD Vance would NOT follow the same course on counting the electoral vote in the upcoming Presidential Election of 2028 that Mike Pence pursued on January 6, 2021. It endangered his life at the hands of the US Capitol Insurrectionists on that day, insurrectionists which have disgracefully been pardoned for their crimes, a massive abuse of the pardon power of the Presidency.

It should be seen as very worrisome also that one wonders whether JD Vance is aware that Richard Nixon in 1961; Hubert Humphrey in 1969; and Al Gore in 2001, all had to count and verify the votes of the Electoral College where they were the losing candidates in the recent presidential elections, and did so in a distinguished and appropriate manner.

It is also very concerning whether JD Vance is indeed qualified to be Commander in Chief with such lack of historical knowledge, truth, and understanding, as no responsible person should be trying to “whitewash” the Watergate Scandal, which assisted in strengthening American democracy and the rule of law.

Temperamental, Unstable Donald Trump Cancels Ceremony For Bipartisan Housing Legislation, Obsessed With “Fixing” Midterm Elections!

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Donald Trump has just undermined his own Republican Party, by canceling on Wednesday a ceremony to sign an overwhelmingly bipartisan Housing bill, which would have been a major positive for his party, as the Midterm Elections of 2026 arrive about four months from now.

But instead, the temperamental and unstable occupant of the White House has demanded passage of the so called “Save America Act”, which would, if passed, mandate that all Americans provide documentary proof of citizenship when registering, and present a photo ID when voting, including for absentee ballots.

It would work to end voting by mail, and cause a major expense for millions of voters to have to purchase a passport, or pay for a copy of their birth certificate if one is not readily available.

It also would cause problems for women when they marry, and their name changes, and for rural, younger, and lower income individuals. It is designed to discourage and make voting more difficult.

This proposed legislation has been unable to advance, since it would require a 60 vote threshold to overcome the filibuster tactic, which means members of both political parties would have to agree for such legislation to move forward.

Trump has pressured Senate Majority Leader John Thune to work to end the filibuster tactic, but Thune and other Republicans are concerned that doing so will cause grief in the future when Democrats again control the majority in the US Senate.

Trump wants this legislation enacted to suppress voting, as he is concerned that his party is likely to lose control of at least one chamber of Congress, which is also part of the usual reality of midterm elections, that the party in the White House loses seats and often, control of the majority in one or both houses of Congress.

So there is a stalemate, and it makes clear that Trump does not care about the need for housing legislation, but ironically, even if Trump vetoes the legislation, it would likely pass over his veto, and if it did not, the Republican Party would further suffer in public opinion support.

And if Trump does not sign the legislation, it would become law without his signature in the next week or so.

So this whole controversy demonstrates how crazy Trump has become, undermining his own party.

Supreme Court Majority Abandons Statue Of Liberty Image Of Welcoming Immigrants, Will Carry Shame Of Future Deaths Of Returned Migrants To Dangerous Nations!

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In a shocking turn of events, the six right wing members of the Supreme Court abandoned the Statue of Liberty image of welcoming immigrants, a basic premise of the American historical tradition, and have allowed the Trump Administration to prevent asylum for 1.3 million people wishing for a better life, and wishing to escape persecution, bloodshed and war in other nations.

Most specifically, the Court’s 6-3 decision in Mullin V Doe will end TPS (Temporary Protected Status) and lead to Haitians and Syrians being forced out of America, people who have not committed crimes, and have established a life of decency and accomplishment in America. Also, nationals from about 10 other nations will eventually face deportation as well.

This will undermine the economy, causing a labor shortage in senior care institutions, hospitals, construction, hotels, agriculture, and many other fields of work, and it is purely based on racism, since Donald Trump is a pure white supremacist, who promotes cruelty and death as his agenda!

The Supreme Court and Donald Trump will carry the shame of future deaths of returned migrants to dangerous nations as part of their historical record, a blot on their reputations, but clearly they have no concern for basic human rights.

The poet Emma Lazarus wrote the famous poem “The New Colossus”, about the Statue of Liberty–“Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses Yearning To Be Free”, now being repudiated by the majority of the Supreme Court and the Trump Administration.

It is a shame long term on the American historical tradition of freedom and opportunity.

The Growing Optimism About A Democratic Controlled US Senate In The 120th Congress (2027-2029)!

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We are still a bit more than four months until the Midterm Elections of 2026 take place in the first week of November.

But based on trends and public opinion polls, it is looking more likely that the Democratic Party will gain control of the majority of the US Senate for the 120th Congress (2027-2029).

These estimates are based on the collapsing public opinion polls for Donald Trump, due to the disastrous Iran War and the economic fallout that has occurred as a result.

It is also based on the irrational, unpredictable, and dangerous behavior and utterances of Donald Trump.

The Democrats need to keep their own Senate seats in Georgia, New Hampshire, Michigan, and Minnesota, and all of those seats seem safe, although as of this writing, Michigan and Minnesota have not yet settled contested party primaries, which will take place on August 4 and August 11 respectively.

Beyond defending their own seats, which seems likely, the Democrats now seem clearly ahead in:

North Carolina with former Governor Roy Cooper

Ohio with former Senator Sherrod Brown

Maine with Graham Platner

Alaska with Mary Peltola

Additionally, prospects look good in

Texas with James Talarico

Iowa with Josh Turek

Florida with Alex Vindman

Nebraska with Independent Dan Osborn

Just winning four of these eight races, and retaining the four seats they have, would insure a Democratic majority in the US Senate, and guarantee a changed situation politically for Donald Trump in his last two years in the White House.

Democratic Party In Danger Of Destroying Their Chances Against Republicans!

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The Democratic Party has the opportunity to advance to a potential majority in both the House of Representatives and the US Senate in the Midterm Elections occurring in a little more than four months from now.

But the victories of “Democratic Socialists” in a number of New York City races for the House of Representatives and the state legislature endangers the ability of New York Governor Kathy Hochul in her Gubernatorial race against right wing Trump supporter Bruce Blakeman, the Nassau County Executive, and also endangers the possibility of Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to become Speaker of the House if the party wins the majority in November.

Two newly nominated and certain to be elected women for New York City Congressional seats—Darializa Avila Chevalier and Claire Valdez– will be a danger to political stability as the upcoming Presidential race begins after the Midterm Elections, and it also undermines Mayor Zohran Mamdani, due to his strong anti Israel stand, which is shared by the two new women who will be in the 120th Congress.

“Democratic Socialists” sounds fine, until one looks at what they propose that is “pie in the sky” and also will only help MAGA Republicans.

They want:

Defund Or Abolish Prisons and the Police

Tax the Rich

Guarantee Free Health Care

End Military Aid to Israel

Expand the Social Safety Net

Raise the Minimum Wage, Shorten Work Week

For this author and blogger, ONLY Expanding the Social Safety Net is reasonable, along with “some” minimum wage increase and “some” taxing the rich.

To suggest Defund or Abolish Prisons and the Police; Guarantee Free Health Care; and End Military Aid to Israel–are all non starters.

These two new Congresswomen will get lots of attention, and become regarded as more extreme than Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been perceived, but it will only undermine the Democratic Party as it looks to the long term future beyond Donald Trump.

Trump’s State Of Mind Horrifying And Terrifying!

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New York Times journalists Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, in their new book “Regime Change”, inform us of the state of mind of President Donald Trump, which is horrifying and terrifying.

Trump told the journalists that he is the most powerful leader in world history, with his control of the military, and influence through social media.

Trump claimed he was more powerful than past world leaders, who were authoritarians, including.

Joseph Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Mao Tse Tung
Napoleon Bonaparte
Alexander the Great
Genghis Khan
William the Conqueror
Julius and Augustus Caesar
Attila the Hun

Treump’s state of mind is a five alarm fire raging, and is a dire threat to all Americans who care about accountability for government leaders at all levels.

Trump is violating the Constitution and the Bill of Rights on a daily basis.

This should lead to action to invoke the 25th Amendment, but the Republican leadership in Congress, while starting to be critical of Trump on various issues to some extent, are failing the nation, not doing what an earlier generation of Republicans a half century ago did to pressure Richard Nixon out of the Presidency in 1974!

Donald Trump Does Not Want To Be Herbert Hoover, But He Is Worse Than Hoover!

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Recently, President Donald Trump stated that he did not want to be rated worse than former President Herbert Hoover, who was President during the early years of the Great Depresssion, nearly a century ago.

Well, the news is that despite Herbert Hoover’s low ranking, between number 31 and number 36, so in the bottom third of Presidents, he ranks higher than Donald Trump who is no better in scholarly polls than tied for third from the bottom with Franklin Pierce, only above Andrew Johnson and James Buchanan, and in some rankings, at the very bottom.

Herbert Hoover had his faults:

Slow to react to the crash on Wall Street in October 1929, and unwilling to abandon “Laissez Faire” Economics, and presiding over the worst years of the Great Depression.

Rejecting hundreds of economists who warned against the Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930, which he signed, making the downturning economy much worse, and adding to the decline in international trade.

Came across as a rigid and inflexible personality.

Had inability to appeal for public support, and his lack of public image.

But at the same time, Hoover did not preside over massive corruption;

did not take America into a major war;

did not promote nativism and prejudice in massive numbers;

was a highly educated and accomplished man in public service before his Presidency, and in his earlier business career, and had a stellar reputation before he reached the Presidency;

and had a level of dignity and statesmanship—all the opposite of Donald Trump!

Trump claimed in his first term to be isolationist, but has been anything but that, antagonizing European and Asian allies, and reviving a sense of American imperialism in the Western Hemisphere, while Hoover, for right or for wrong, practiced an isolationist policy.

Ultimately, Herbert Hoover was a decent gentleman, who helped promote reorganization of the federal government with the Hoover Commission under President Harry Truman in the post World War II period, and acted in a dignified manner.

So Donald Trump does not match Herbert Hoover, as low as Hoover is ranked, and will always be rated lower in history than Herbert Hoover.

New York 12th Congressional District: Can Jack Schlossberg Revive The Kennedy Family History?

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Tomorrow, Tuesday, June 23, the 12th Congressional District of New York State, covering Midtown Manhattan, the Upper West Side, and the upper East Side, and the smallest and most population dense Congressional District in America by area in the United States, will elect a new Democratic member of the House of Representatives. It is among the wealthiest and oldest districts in the nation, and has the most college graduates, and a very large percentage of Jewish voters. All the major television and cable news networks, along with the NY Times and the Wall Street Journal are based there.

Congressman Jerrold Nadler is retiring after serving since 1992, and the fight for the seat, guaranteed to the Democrats, involves four major contenders, with the most attention being paid to Jack Schlossberg, the son of Caroline Kennedy, and the only grandson of President John F. Kennedy.

However, it seems likely that Micah Lasher, endorsed by Nadler, or Alex Bores, who is promoting AI regulation, will win the primary, as polls show the main battle between them, with Schlossberg, with little work or government experience, way behind.

There is also former Republican George Conway, who divorced his wife KellyAnne Conway, over her involvement with Donald Trump after the first year of the first Trump term, who is running as a Democrat, wanting to work to remove Donald Trump, a basically lost cause, but Conway is adding publicity to the race.

In the present circumstances, the Kennedy “Mystique” seems unlikely to be revived, as two Kennedys lost elections in recent years:

Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy III (2013-2021) lost US Senate primary to Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts in 2020.

Christopher G. Kennedy lost the 2018 Illinois Democratic Primary for Governor to JD Pritzker.

But when it comes to the Kennedy name, one cannot be sure what the results of the upcoming primary will be.

So Tuesday’s New York State primaries will be fascinating to watch.

Republican Fury At Iran Agreement Very Evident!

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There is massive Republican and conservative fury at the Iran Agreement negotiated by Donald Trump’s Administration.

To many, it is clear nothing substantive was gained by the three and a half month war, and that the future situation in the Middle East Cauldron is far from stable.

Among the critics are:

Senator Ted Cruz of Texas
Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley
Former Vice President Mike Pence
Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina
Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana
Senator John Cornyn of Texas
Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas
Senator Susan Collins of Maine
Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska
Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
Former National Security Adviser John Bolton

Even Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota expressed concerns with the agreement.

And there are a long list of others, who see the Trump agreement with Iran as no better than the one negotiated by Barack Obama in 2015.