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Democrats could very well dominate the midterms, but will it matter?

It looks like the Democrats are headed for a huge victory in the midterms.

This is not surprising: The party in power rarely wins in midterm elections, which often become a referendum on the incumbent administration’s performance. Besides, polling data over the past few months has consistently shown that Donald Trump is deeply unpopular; economic conditions are bad and can be tied directly to Mr. Trump’s unilateral actions on tariffs and the war in Iran. Even in reliably red states like Kansas, Texas, Iowa, and North Carolina, Democrats are in striking distance of an almost unbelievable upset of the electoral map.

Don’t count your mid-term chickens.

by Blazingcatfur•November 3, 2026November 2, 2026•0•USA

Why is the BBC so intent on sneering at America?

ve been geekishly obsessed with US politics since my early twenties, when I stumbled upon a speech by the then governor of New York, Mario Cuomo. I had never before heard such compelling oratory, the like of which no British politician would even try to match, even if they were capable.

It has been a 40-year passion. But this year’s midterms are among the most entrancing and exciting of all, with so many states in play and a feeling that the polls – which predict carnage for the Republicans – aren’t necessarily telling the full story.

by Blazingcatfur•November 2, 2026November 2, 2026•0•BBC, USA

Trump covets the Keystone XL pipeline because its path runs through key U.S. midterm election races

It’s no great surprise that Donald Trump is talking now about the “concept” of a trade deal with Canada and the rebirth of the cross-border Keystone XL pipeline.

Even though Prime Minister Mark Carney has confirmed he had a ”good conversation” with his American counterpart, it’s no indication that we’re any closer to an agreement over tariffs, automobile production and dueling liquor bans. Nor does it signal an imminent increase in the southbound flow of Alberta oil.

by Blazingcatfur•November 2, 2026November 2, 2026•0•Canada, USA

James Carville Goes on Unhinged Rant Against Haley Stevens for Endorsing Mike Rogers

When Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) endorsed Republican Mike Rogers for the U.S. Senate over Democrat nominee Abdul El-Sayed, the left was furious.

But James Carville went completely off the rails.

James Carville to Haley Stevens:

"If you think that these Republicans are going to treat you as anything other than what they view you as…a used condom. The Democrats don’t even think you’re worth a used condom."

Elder statesman of the Democrats. https://t.co/Dxj8MDH3dn

— L A R R Y (@LarryOConnor) November 1, 2026

by Blazingcatfur•November 2, 2026November 2, 2026•0•USA

I stared down the ‘Blind Sheikh’ for the FBI. What’s happening today is far more dangerous

It was a surreal moment — here I was, an FBI agent on the Joint Terrorism Task Force, standing on a street corner in Jersey City, going jaw to jaw with the infamous spiritual leader of the Islamic Group, the “Blind Sheikh,” Omar Abdel-Rahman. An Egyptian cleric marinated in ideological hatred by the Muslim Brotherhood, the man who issued the “fatwa” to assassinate Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, now spewed forth vitriol toward me and the United States government. I knew this hatred intimately, having once dodged an irate mob of Saudi Arabian villagers who took serious offense to a cross necklace I was wearing.

by Blazingcatfur•November 2, 2026November 2, 2026•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, USA

Trump preparing to steamroll Congress if Democrats win

The White House has developed a secret plan to keep major parts of Donald Trump’s political agenda on track if Democrats seize control of Congress in the midterm elections.

Senior White House officials, including Stephen Miller, the deputy chief of staff, have spent months drawing up a plan that would allow Mr Trump to continue to pass laws without congressional approval.

by Blazingcatfur•November 2, 2026November 1, 2026•0•USA

Don’t expect calm after the US midterms

US technology shares were sliding again yesterday. The drop, as the Financial Times puts it, marks ‘a continuation of a volatile month for the sector as investors fret about the sustainability of the debt-fuelled AI infrastructure boom.’

Elon Musk has been raising the alarm. Alphabet (the parent company of Google) has reported some disappointing news, as have Meta and Amazon. The great fear is that all the circular financing which has sustained the AI boom – tech companies lending money to themselves through various ‘vehicles’ – is about to be exposed, and that institutional investors (pension funds and so on) will start to panic. The trillions spent on AI data centres and computing power could start to freeze up.

by Blazingcatfur•November 1, 2026November 1, 2026•0•USA

Inside the tumult before Rep. Haley Stevens, a Democrat, endorsed Republican Mike Rogers in the Michigan Senate race over her former primary rival Abdul El-Sayed.

DETROIT — Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens told a longtime friend Saturday evening that she planned to attend a church service the next day in Detroit with her former rival, Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed. She even texted the friend, a senior Democrat, the church’s address.

The church service, led by Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-South Carolina), one of the country’s most powerful Black lawmakers, was meant to show unity, signal that the acrimony spilling over from a contentious primary had ended and highlight the two campaigning with Black voters, a key voting bloc that backed Stevens in the primary.

A Democrat did the right thing.

Not this one.

🚨🚨 JUST NOW: Deranged Abdul Supporter tackled a Jewish girl (@basedinmalibu) at free speech event.

She was SWIFTLY arrested, resisted and then said “I SHOULD HAVE KILLED HER!!” As she was loaded into the police vehicle. https://t.co/Sfs7ltt3Vs

— Cam Higby 🇺🇸 (@camhigby) November 1, 2026

🚨 BREAKING: President Trump offers Rep. Haley Stevens (D) a spot in the Republican Party, and Speaker Johnson is worried for her safety after she backed Mike Rogers

Wow!

TRUMP: "I’d LOVE to have her. Mike, you talked to her!"

JOHNSON: I sent her a note…I told her how courageous she was…she’s a good person…I encouraged her to stay safe. 🙏🏻

Think about that. A sitting Democrat congresswoman endorses a Republican, and the Speaker of the House feels he has to tell her to stay safe!

BECAUSE THE LEFT IS PSYCHO.

Her own mother says Haley was chased out of a park and called a "Zionist pig" this year

She should leave the party.

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 1, 2026

by Blazingcatfur•November 1, 2026November 1, 2026•0•"Islamist Entryism", "Islamophobia", Islamization of the West, USA

What the Muslim Brotherhood Plans for You if It Is Elected

What if the Muslim Brotherhood came to power in this country or that? What would happen to the state and its institutions, to society and its freedoms, and to the democracy that enabled the Brotherhood to reach power?

I lived through the experience — and paid a price. The journey began with the dream of establishing a democratic civil state in Egypt and ended in exile, after confronting two competing projects vying for power that shared a hostility toward the civil state: the project of religious rule and the project of military rule.

by Blazingcatfur•November 1, 2026November 1, 2026•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, Muslim 5th Columnists, Muslim Brotherhood, USA

Chrystia Freeland: How the U.S. Became the World’s “Unreliable Boyfriend”

She and Carney want us in the EU so the scam can breathe a dying breath.

by Blazingcatfur•November 1, 2026November 1, 2026•0•Canada, USA

China’s top-secret spaceplane can’t hide in low-Earth orbit

A winged Chinese spacecraft bearing a strong resemblance to the US military’s X-37B spaceplane was photographed in orbit by a passing US-owned commercial satellite in 2024, and we finally have the image.

The Chinese spaceplane has delta wings, payload bay doors, a dark heat shield, and a rear-mounted service module with power-generating solar arrays. In other words, the design of the winged ship is, to a great degree, a copy of the X-37B spaceplane flown by the US Space Force.

h/t SJ

by Blazingcatfur•November 1, 2026November 1, 2026•0•"China - Communist Slave State", USA

The Ilhan Omar Immigration Fraud Case Is Bigger Than We Thought

When DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin sat down with Fox News on Friday, he delivered some delicious news about the federal investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar.

“This isn’t just a case that’s targeting one individual,” Mullin explained. “This is a large case that we have presented to the DOJ, and the DOJ is leading the investigations.”

by Blazingcatfur•November 1, 2026November 1, 2026•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, USA

Cats feel sense of relief: Fear and repression in Ohio as ICE terrorizes Haitian immigrants

‘We spend our days in silence’: fear and repression in Ohio as ICE terrorizes Haitian immigrants

Michaelle Louis’s feet and legs are aching. She can barely walk.

Surrounded by corn fields and the distant hum of a busy highway, the native of Haiti and dozens of other activists are 23 miles into a 45-mile march from Springfield to Ohio’s statehouse in Columbus to demand better rights for Haitian immigrants.

But the pain she’s feeling now is nothing compared to the mental anguish and fear she was subjected to last summer.

by Blazingcatfur•November 1, 2026November 1, 2026•0•Camp Of The Saints, USA

Trump tells Muslim Senate candidate to ‘go back where he came from’

Donald Trump has called on voters to send a Muslim Senate candidate “back to where he came from”, despite him having been born and raised in the US.

At a campaign rally in Florida on Friday night, the US president renewed his attacks on Abdul El-Sayed, the far-Left Democratic contestant in Michigan’s Senate race.

“Abdul is not a big fan of Jewish people and he’s not a big fan of black people. And I hope you’re going to vote against him and send him back to where he came from,” Mr Trump told supporters.