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OK, so last nights elections in America show that there is definitely some (increasingly organised) resistance against Trump & his cult: the victory of the judge in Wisconsin is proof of that. Moreover, the fact that Elon Musk was front-and-centre of the whole pro-Trump Judge election campaign & backed up his actions with over $25 million in donations and the candidate still lost has done considerable reputational damage to Musk.
Its one thing to be a money spigot or a campaigner for a particular political party, but political success is a whole different thing: no matter how wealthy you are, there is no replacement for victory. Also, if people hate you - as they increasingly do - then you're not an asset.
In short, last nights biggest loser was Musk - already there is tension between the actions of his DOGE group and the various cabinet secretaries (bluntly they joined to be bigwigs, not have a loser tell them what to do) - so I think that will speed up the split at the top ranks. When the economy tanks later this year (due to Trumps tariff plan), Musk is going to be the fall-guy, much in the way that several high-profile people were (Bannon, Rex Tillerson, Jeff Sessions etc) in his 1st administration.
And when that happens, it is going to be beautiful to witness.
Moreover, it also means that there are now enough states with sufficiently independent judges to ensure that there will be relatively fair elections in 2026. Whilst there's still a long way to go & many things could go wrong (Trump becoming popular! Trump declaring a state of emergency, delaying the election! The price of eggs coming down!) there are now enough seats up for play in enough Democratic leaning places that mean that the Democrats have a very very strong chance of taking both the House & Senate in 2026.
Its a good day.
Its one thing to be a money spigot or a campaigner for a particular political party, but political success is a whole different thing: no matter how wealthy you are, there is no replacement for victory. Also, if people hate you - as they increasingly do - then you're not an asset.
In short, last nights biggest loser was Musk - already there is tension between the actions of his DOGE group and the various cabinet secretaries (bluntly they joined to be bigwigs, not have a loser tell them what to do) - so I think that will speed up the split at the top ranks. When the economy tanks later this year (due to Trumps tariff plan), Musk is going to be the fall-guy, much in the way that several high-profile people were (Bannon, Rex Tillerson, Jeff Sessions etc) in his 1st administration.
And when that happens, it is going to be beautiful to witness.
Moreover, it also means that there are now enough states with sufficiently independent judges to ensure that there will be relatively fair elections in 2026. Whilst there's still a long way to go & many things could go wrong (Trump becoming popular! Trump declaring a state of emergency, delaying the election! The price of eggs coming down!) there are now enough seats up for play in enough Democratic leaning places that mean that the Democrats have a very very strong chance of taking both the House & Senate in 2026.
Its a good day.
It could have been better - the Republicans won 2 special elections in Florida, increasing their majority in the House by a small but crucial amount - but we should take our victories where we can. Perpetual misery at the fact that there remains a mountain to climb only saps morale.
Take a moment to savour the defeat of the cultists. Breathe in the heady scent of the defeated oligarchs & whining orange tyrants realising that their grip on power is not as absolute as they thought.
Now lets get back to it.