Ok last post
Good reminder that Black, Asian, and Hispanic voters big part of Virginia Dem coalition
Another election showing a shift from 2024
Also reason why Yes won
Also mailers invoking Jim Crow for No didn’t work and probably backfired
Louise Lucas held a grudge for 25 years, now that's commitment.
A U.S. state map showing the national impact of mid-decade congressional redistricting on each party in the 2026 elections. Republicans gerrymandered maps to target five Democrats in Texas, two in Ohio, one in Missouri, and one in North Carolina. Democrats responded by targeting five Republicans in California and four in Virginia. A court also replaced Utah's Republican gerrymander with a fairer map that helps Democrats. States with new maps benefitting Republicans are in red and states with new maps benefitting Democrats are in blue. States that did not redistrict are in gray.
Trump sparked a mid-decade redistricting frenzy after urging Republicans to re-gerrymander congressional maps nationwide—but they didn't expect Dems to respond.
The GOP targeted 9 Dems in 4 states—in response, Dems targeted 9 Reps in 2 states.
A court also replaced Utah's GOP map with a fairer map
Virginia Democrats are going to succeed in thinning out the Virginia Republican bench for future races.
This is similar to how Republicans thinned out the Democratic bench in North Carolina after 2008.
Thin benches make it hard for minority parties to recruit for higher office.
The 2021 coalitions that made Loudon and NOVA closer were eliminated after Trump and DOGE triaged government funding of federal programs and jobs.
There will be a lot of anger directed at NOVA from GOP
But reminder Glenn Youngkin kept it close enough he could win in 2021
Impact done by DOGE still being felt
There hasn’t been a plan on how to win back voters here
lol. As soon as a post that NO leads 50.09% to 49.91%. There's so much blue left to report NO won't hold
Iran Ceasefire talks in Pakistan is stuck in a perpetual Groundhog Day.
Steps:
1. Iran and US agree to meet up in Islamabad, Pakistan.
2. Talks progress.
3. Talks tank, with both Iran and US bolting.
4. Pakistan urges ceasefire.
5. Repeat.
The Islamic Republic of Iran has officially informed Pakistan that it will not attend talks with the United States tomorrow and that its decision is final.
Vice President JD Vance has cancelled his trip to Pakistan.
The possibility exists that the war could start again in just a matter of hours.
Dem leaning voters tend to come out more later in the day
So not surprised to see turnout looking a little better for Yes
Lot of back and forth based on scattered turnout reports
We will start to get results soon after polls close at 7
Everyone hang in there
They really are Russian Plants. This is beyond the dreams of what the KGB could accomplish.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says she was unaware of any collaboration between the U.S. and local authorities in Chihuahua after four officials died in an accident over the weekend. Sheinbaum said she plans to demand explanations from both countries to ensure no laws were broken.
Today's winner of the Internet. Congratulations!
It's Groundhog Day in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Alito and Thomas are probably seeking to secure their retirement with some under the table deals that go beyond finding an ideological successor.
“CBS News’s Jan Crawford reported that neither of the Court’s two oldest members would step down this year. Democrats are treating the reports as smokescreens, choosing to plow forward with a major campaign for the likelihood that a vacancy (or two) will emerge.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/democrats-...
Trump Net-Approval On:
🔴 Border Security: -12%
🔴 Iran: -34%
🔴 Cost of living: -36%
NBC / April 13, 2026
I work in IT, which is the reason our house has: - mechanical locks - mechanical windows - routers using OpenWRT - no smart home crap - no Alexa/Google Assistant/... - no internet connected thermostats Tech Enthusiasts: Everything in my house is wired to the Internet of Things! I control it all from my smartphone! My smart-house is bluetooth enabled and I can give it voice commands via alexa! ! love the future! Programmers/ Engineers: The most recent piece of technology I own is a printer from 2004 and keep a loaded gun ready to shoot it if it ever makes an unexpected noise.
Trump continues to crater. New NBC poll has his approval down to 37-63, which is 26 points underwater.
Crucially, 50% disapprove *strongly.* Has any other president had half the country strongly disapproving?
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Florida seems intent on collapsing its agricultural and construction industry.
trump ‘diplomacy’ 101
El resurgimiento de la dignidad y la justicia social.
Sheinbaum & Sánchez
Obama & Mamdani
If this is true, I'm not sure how Republicans are going to make the national environment better for themselves in 2026.
Sheinbaum normalizes relations with Spain, making a break for AMLO's previous demands for a formal apology letter.
The Democracy summit was meeting in which Sanchez and Sheinbaum emphasized creating deeper economic social ties between Mexico, Spain, and the EU.
apnews.com/article/spai...
Cubans and Cuban Americans living in South Florida want the Trump administration to ease up its aggressive crackdown on immigrants from the island, according to a new Miami Herald poll, signaling a rift over immigration policy between the president and some of his staunchest supporters.
The US political system more similar to the UK than Hungary.
UK Labour is imploding because their strategy was to move right economically AND on social issues.
Pick Mitt Romney to vote for and most Democrats will defect to Greens, Socialists, or Libertarians.
For all the talk that Graham Platner will be another John Fetterman, Mills said she would have opposed the resolution to block arms sales to Israel, which John Fetterman did.
www.pressherald.com/2026/04/17/j...
48% is actually a drop.
I remember seeing it as high as 58% at one point.
Francis for most of his tenure spent time trying to divorce Catholicism marinated in Evangelical belief in the US Catholic Church. Leo is continuing Francis' work on this.
If "Roman Catholics" don't prioritize the Pope over the POTUS on theology, they're not real Roman Catholics.
There is no entertaining this, accept the Vicar of Christ, or become a Protestant.