2026 Midterms

Sorry maybe I put the question wrong, what I meant was, is there any scenario where trump is able to delay/postpone/deny mid term results if it is unfavourable to him?

 

I don't think likely. We have a cultural momentum on regular elections that would make a postponement very alarming for people. And since it is run by states, he would have a hard time actually stopping them. I think instead he might say that they should be postponed because of fraud and then selectively denounce particular elections as fraudulent when his guy doesn't win and try to bring pressure to flip those particular ones while taking the wins in other places where he gets them.

 

100% he would try and I'm pretty sure they can come up with some scheme.

His success rate would be higher than in 2020, simply because he would have a federal executive much less constrained by internal pushback, federal and state congressional branch much less willing to check him and more likely to support or legitimize whatever scheme is proposed, and parts of the judicial branch more willing to allow his efforts to proceed.

In 2020, key guardrails held. One example is that VP Pence refused to take actions Trump pressured him to take regarding the certification process. There were also multiple other points of resistance against his illegal scheme in Georgia and other states.

Now imagine 2020 with today’s executive and congressional makeup. VP Vance has publicly supported alternatives to certification (new electors for example). Congress would be more likely to align with that kind of scheme rather than push back. As for the courts, it is uncertain how quickly or decisively they could intervene in time to affect certification deadlines.

This is just one simple clear example. You can extend this reasoning to many other scenarios w.r.t midterm as well. You cannot imagine all possible scenarios. So yes, he would try, schemes would be proposed, and attempts would be made, with a higher likelihood of success than in 2020. Will the system hold the way it did in 2020? Probably, but less likely.

 

NEWS: 29-year-old Democratic Socialist Melat Kiros will defeat 15-term incumbent Rep. Diana DeGette in the Democratic primary for CO-01. Kiros, a first-time candidate and former attorney, dominated the Denver assembly and tapped into anti-incumbent sentiment. Kiros was born four months after DeGette first took office.

DeGette’s message was basically that she’s way more experienced and that will help in the fight against Trump

 

MeidasTouch on Twitter is excellent…it would be impossible for me to keep up with everything without them

 

You still reading the newspaper?

 

MeidasTouch is the brand new 85 inch flat screen in the crackhouse…probably would’ve never even known about this Democratic primary race if not for them

Where do you get your news from?

too many articles require a subscription these days which is a “yeah, no thanks” for me

 

Your question wasn't directed at me, but Breaking Points interviewed Melat Kiros and Julie Gonzales on Monday. They've also interviewed a slate of other DSA/progressives such as Ro Khanna, Zohran Mamdani, and Graham Platner. There are occasional conservative/MAGA interviews but those are fewer...

 

I’ll check this out later today

seeing Van Jones on the thumbnail is triggering…I can’t stand clowns like him and Jake Tapper, I’m glad CNN is dead

 

Data Centers may be one of the most important voter issues in the 2026 midterms. The Rs will try to ignore this issue, since their solution would be allow more Data centers to appease the 1% Tech Bros.


County With 37 Data Centers Asks Schools To 'Conserve Electricity'

 

agreed about the data centers issue

but the way they cover this issue is sinister

they were building these in urban areas for a long time, and nobody cared

but now that they’re building them in rural areas due to lack of regulation, space, and lower costs, now it’s this huge issue getting so much coverage…

MAGAs literally vote for more deregulation every single time, and then cry about the consequences

 

I might need to look into a Google News feed

I get my news from YouTube as well, just don’t post any of it because I doubt anybody is interested in watching 10+ minute videos

 

This is the way. I've mentioned them before, but I highly recommend the Texas Tribune if it's not already on your radar.

 

Nah, it's like going to the crack house and your friends are all there and have bought and smoked all the crack leaving none for you. Now you have to go wandering the streets again looking for a new crack dealer.