As America votes in off year elections in just a few states, the recognition is that America is a truly divided nation with no sign of compromise, as we move toward the commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the American Republic, with every indication of Fascist authoritarianism being dominant under Donald Trump!
At present, there are 25 Trump states and 19 Anti Trump states, with only six states really competitive, both in support or opposition to Trump, and in percentages of seats in the House of Representatives.
In the 25 Trump states, 22 of them have Republican governors, and all of the state legislatures and Senate seats, as well.
Only six states really remain “competitive”—Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Nevada, a total of 77 Electoral College votes.
In Electoral Votes, the Democrats have 226 from the 19 Anti Trump states and the District of Columbia. The 25 Trump states have 235 electoral votes.
Also, Nebraska and Maine have divided electoral votes, with the Second District of Nebraska often having one electoral vote going to Democrats and the Second District of Maine often having one electoral vote going to Republicans, so they balance each other.
The states that have strongly gone Republican, while formerly competitive, are Texas, Florida, Ohio, and North Carolina.
With Texas and Florida still gaining population growth, the likelihood is that both states will have more electoral votes after reapportionment in 2032, which makes the Democrats facing a massive challenge in future elections.
And California, Illinois, and New York are likely to lose Electoral votes, necessitating the need for Democrats to win the six “swing states” that have been in play, but won recently by Republicans, as in 2024!
Trump approval rating falls to second-term low of 37%.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/03/trump-approval-rating
Still 37 percentage points too high, but moving in the right direction!
MASSIVELY corrupt!
Donors to Trump’s White House ballroom have $279B in federal contracts.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/03/trump-ballroom-donors-contracts-enforcement/
Elections in New York, New Jersey and Virginia offer early test of Trump’s agenda.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/elections-new-york-new-jersey-virginia-offer-early-test-trumps-agenda-2025-11-04/
CBS’s interview with Donald Trump was an abdication.
https://presswatchers.org/2025/11/cbss-interview-with-donald-trump-was-an-abdication/
That’s the end of CBS “News” and also “60 Minutes”.
Laura Loomer is now credentialed to cover the Pentagon.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/11/03/laura-loomer-pentagon-credentials/
We are, indeed, living in the “Upside Down”.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney has died.
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/04/dick-cheney-dies-vice-president-obituary
Trump backs Cuomo for New York City mayor and threatens to cut funding if Mamdani wins.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c231e284345o
Musk is backing Cuomo too.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5586948-andrew-cuomo-elon-musk-endorsement-nyc-mayor/
So, whatever you think of Mamdani – and I have serious misgivings – Andrew Cuomo is just completely unacceptable. If I lived in NY City, I might leave the mayor’s election line blank on my ballot. Yuck.
Lauren Boebert’s racially charged Halloween costume sparks backlash.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/lauren-boeberts-racially-charged-halloween-costume-sparks-backlash/story?id=127148863
And yet again, the media goes with the weird phrase “racially charged” instead of just saying RACIST. Because…they’re cowards? they just suck?
Abigail Spanberger has won Virginia!
Democrats did really well last night.
Abigail Spanberger won in Virginia.
Mikie Sherrill won in New Jersey.
Zohran Mamdani won in NYC.
In California, voters approved by a wide margin a redistricting ballot measure intended to boost Democrats’ chances in next year’s battle for control of the House.
And in Pennsylvania, Democratic state Supreme Court justices won their retention votes, allowing Democrats to keep their majority on the high court.
In Virginia, it was a blue wave.
https://www.vpm.org/elections/2025-11-04/election-2025-democrats-win-spanberger-hashmi-jones-gov-ltgov-ag
US supreme court to hear oral arguments on legality of Trump imposing tariffs.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/04/trump-tariffs-supreme-court-oral-arguments
Government shutdown becomes the longest on record as fallout spreads nationwide.
https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-longest-trump-republican-senators-democrats-9712df6c11ef19c5df8f18c8a4f7b341
White House warns unemployment benefits at risk in shutdown.
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/05/trump-white-house-shutdown-unemployment-benefits
Trump Blames the Shutdown for Republican Election Losses
https://www.notus.org/campaigns/trump-shutdown-republican-election-losses-new-york-zohran-mamdani
The last time Democrats won like this was right before the 2018 blue wave.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/05/democrats-2025-win-midterms-virginia-new-jersey-00637057
CNN exit polls find voters in key races dissatisfied with Trump, concerned with economy.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/politics/exit-polls-nyc-nj-virginia-california-elections
MASSIVE corruption!
Trump’s $2 billion fundraising binge.
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/05/trump-2-billion-fundraising-binge
Kansas Republicans drop push to enter nation’s widening redistricting battle.
https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-kansas-midterms-trump-7847d53b34245aead8cac5bf8cd6e12f
Democrats win key Georgia special elections seen as midterm bellwethers.
https://thehill.com/homenews/5589670-gop-incumbents-lose-seats/
Democrat Johnny DuPree Flips Republican-Held Mississippi Senate District in Pine Belt
https://www.mississippifreepress.org/democrat-johnny-dupree-flips-republican-held-mississippi-senate-district-in-forrest-county/
Cuomo declines to bow out gracefully.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/05/andrew-cuomo-zohran-mamdani-new-york
Virginia’s Ghazala Hashmi Becomes First Muslim Woman Elected to Statewide Office
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/us/politics/ghazala-hashmi-virginia.html
The Supreme Court’s Tariffs Arguments Were a Bloodbath for Trump
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/11/supreme-courts-tariffs-trump-fail-kavanaugh.html
Should be 9-0 against Trump, but more than likely won’t be.
Trump has other tariff options if the Supreme Court strikes down his worldwide import taxes.
https://apnews.com/article/tariffs-imports-trump-supreme-court-de303262a6b215885407cfecb6a80118
US Has Most October Layoffs in Over 20 Years on AI and Cost Cuts
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-06/ai-revolution-prompts-most-october-us-layoffs-in-over-20-years?srnd=homepage-americas
Trump’s bright view of the economy doesn’t match what voters are seeing.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trumps-bright-view-economy-doesnt-match-voters-say-seeing-rcna242093
Trump administration will reduce traffic at 40 airports across the US starting Friday if shutdown continues.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/05/us/airport-traffic-cuts-government-shutdown
Judge accuses prosecutors in James Comey case of taking an ‘indict first, investigate later’ approach.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/judge-accuses-prosecutors-comey-case-taking-indict-first-investigate-l-rcna242222
Senate sinks measure to block military action against Venezuela.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/06/congress/senate-venezuela-vote-00640088
Supreme Court lets Trump block transgender and nonbinary people from choosing passport sex markers.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-transgender-nonbinary-passport-sex-marker-5040c6412e06a072889af30cfae97462
Judge orders Trump administration to deliver full SNAP benefits to states by Friday.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/judge-orders-trump-administration-deliver-full-snap-benefits-rcna242446
Rubio privately expects Vance to be the 2028 GOP nominee.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/07/rubio-vance-2028-republican-nominee-00640908
Insanity!
Tesla says shareholders approve Musk’s $1 trillion pay plan with over 75% voting in favor.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/tesla-shareholders-musk-pay.html
Antisemitism Task Force Severs Ties With the Heritage Foundation
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/us/politics/heritage-foundation-antisemitism-task-force.html
The Convicted Felon in the White House is pardoning more felons.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/11/06/glen-casada-cade-cothren-trump-pardon/
Trump met with Orban from Hungary yesterday and he gave Hungary one-year exemption from Russian energy sanctions.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp85dvnkpv4o
Trump says US will boycott G20 summit in South Africa, citing treatment of white farmers .
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/07/trump-boycott-g20-south-africa-white-farmers
Trump’s a nutjob and a racist.
Federal judge permanently blocks Trump from deploying National Guard to Portland.
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/11/07/portland-oregon-national-guard-trump-politics-karin-immergut/
‘Mega detention centers’: ICE considers buying large warehouses to hold immigrants.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/mega-detention-centers-ice-considers-buying-large-warehouses-hold-immi-rcna242423
WTF is wrong with these people???
ICE facing fierce backlash after video apparently shows unconscious man clutching child during arrest.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/07/ice-video-unconscious-man-child-arrest
A Border Patrol Agent Bragged About Shooting Someone, Texts Show
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/11/a-border-patrol-agent-bragged-about-shooting-someone-texts-show/
Here is a very quick explainer on why Justice Jackson issued an ‘administrative stay’ in the SNAP case late on Friday night.
https://www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
US consumer sentiment drops to near record low as shutdown persists.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/nov/07/us-consumer-sentiment-shutdown
Democrats make a new offer to end the shutdown, but Republicans aren’t buying it.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democrats-new-offer-end-shutdown-republicans-reject-healthcare-rcna242643
Flight Cancellations Could Rise to 20% if Government Shutdown Continues
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/faa-disruptions-could-rise-to-20-if-shutdown-continues-6caf2de9
Education Department’s out-of-office messages blaming Democrats for the shutdown are unconstitutional, judge rules.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/education-department-shutdown-emails-unconstitutional-judge-rules-rcna242653
Trump says GOP would never lose an election again if filibuster is eliminated.
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/07/shutdown-trump-trans-voting-filibuster-republicans-hungary
Tulsi Gabbard’s Quest to Bring the ‘Deep State’ Under Her Control
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/11/odni-trump-national-security/684859/
Gabbard is insane and dangerous.
Cornell has caved to Trump.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/07/cornell-reaches-30-million-deal-with-trump-administration-to-settle-probes-00642141?nid=00000170-c000-da87-af78-e185fa700000&nname=politico-nightly&nrid=0000014e-f126-dd93-ad7f-f92706aa0000
Washington National Opera may move out of Kennedy Center due to Trump ‘takeover’.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/07/washington-national-opera-kennedy-center
Trump was caught snoozing on the job.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/08/politics/trump-oval-office-event