Lame Duck or...?

So we are still waiting on the senate races in Mississippi (who would have ever thought, but the vote difference there at the moment is 65, yes, sixty-five, leaning the Democratic candidate) and Alaska (might take awhile because of the state's ranking system of voting), but the Dems have won big last night, in both the Senate and the House races. JD Vance sourly pointed out that the GOP has lost the Senate for the next six years.

Fifty-one House races are still not called, but the Dems already have more than 218 seats needed for the House majority. Of those 51 undecided races, Democrats lead in 24 and Republicans lead in 27. If those leads hold, the final House composition would be 261 Democrats and 174 Republicans, a Democratic majority of 87 seats.

In the gubernatorial races, only two are not called - Kansas and Alaska, although they should have been both called already for Dems. But even as is, the map looks wonderfully blue with potentially 30 states under Democratic governors.

Congratulations to us all, especially those of us who didn't have both Carolinas, Iowa, Kansas, and Texas (!) going blue for Senate in their bingo cards.

What's next?

After a devastating loss in the midterm elections, Trump came out today in the morning (Wed, Nov. 4, 2026) like nothing happened and bragged about his stupid ballroom. Didn't take many questions, just showed off some flooring and rumbled on about the height of the beautiful walls and ceiling that soon will be erected there.

Of course he doesn't want to lose face by admitting the loss is really bad for him. And he already said as much by stating that he was not on the ballot. But like with any malignant narcissist who can't admit their faults and mistakes, he will find someone to pay for the fact that he is now the lamest of the lame duck and the limpest of all limp d*ck president of all times, in the entire history of the United States.

Some heads will roll.

My prediction: Pete Hegseth will be first. JD Vance already stated that the reason for the Republicans' election loss was the Iranian war (so cute when he suddenly tries to be a serious political analyst). Trump came out just one day ago with the threat to cut military aid to Israel, and JD was quick enough to point that out, to avoid his boss' wrath: the president had said as much about the war himself. Hegseth is a gonner. The only real question is if he is going to be fired, let go with some facade of dignity, or impeached. In any case, the Pentagon has a good reason to celebrate the testosterone-obsessed secretary of war leaving soon.

Second, Marco Rubio will make a preemptive move and resign. He will do that soon too, before the new Congress is sworn in, so that the Congressional Republicans can put another Trump zealot through the Senate confirmation, before they lose power on January 20 next year. Rubio, who never lost this presidential ambitions, will have two years to distance himself from all the Trump/MAGA BS. And people will forget all his horrible acts as the secretary of state because everyone has very short memories these days. He will take a well-deserved short vacation from the cabinet position and start fundraising and setting up his campaign operations for 2028. JD Vance will have a somewhat formidable opponent in the 2028 Republican primaries and it will be fun to watch Trump's spiders in the jar eating each other up.

Third, Trump's chief of staff Susie Wiles has been persistently suggested as a scapegoat as well. God knows for what, maybe for poor scheduling of his campaign rallies. He'll find something to fire her for, or simply ask, "Susie, are you sure you still want to do this job? Sounds like you are having no fun anymore, and maybe it's time to enjoy your family?" Her days are probably numbered. Who will replace her? I hear a beautiful athletic ass of a failed Ohio senator is available.

And the poisonous snake in the form of JD Vance is also looking for ways to clean and distance himself from the MAGA BS. The circus will continue.

Why did I put a "cornered rat" into the subtitle? Because that's what Trump will be for the rest two years of his term. He knows the Dems will start investigations into him, his corruption, and his family business. He knows he will be impeached. And what do cornered rats do? They attack those who cornered them. Trump still can do a lot of damage to our democracy and we need to pay attention and stay vigilant.