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House Speaker Mike Johnson Says He’s Out Following Humiliating Midterm Loss

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Source: JEFF KOWALSKY / Getty Hey, Democrats, I think you might have broken Rep. Mike Johnson. Johnson seemed really confident in the days and weeks leading up to the midterm elections that all the polls were wrong about who the big winners would be, emphatically claiming that Republicans would retain the House come Nov. 3. […]

Melat Kiros Becomes First Gen Z Black Woman Candidate Elected To Congress 

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Source: AAron Ontiveroz / Getty SEO: First Gen Z Congresswoman Last night’s midterm election was one of many firsts, including Keisha Lance Bottoms becoming the first Black woman to be elected governor. Colorado also saw a first, as Melat Kiros became the first Gen Z candidate elected to Congress.  NPR reports that Kiros won Colorado’s […]

GOP Redistricting Efforts Massively Backfire In Midterms 

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Source: SABRINA BLANCHARD,VALENTINA BRESCHI,VALENTIN RAKOVSKY,NALINI LEPETIT-CHELLA,CLARA MORINEAU / Getty I cannot tell you how hype I was to walk out of Godzilla Minus Zero last night (great movie, we’ll talk about it Friday) and see that the Blue tsunami was in full effect. I took real joy in it because Republican state legislatures spent much […]

America Has 4 Black Governors, Not 5 — Byron Donalds Doesn’t Count

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Source: SOPA Images / Getty Not one. Not two. Not three. But four. Well, technically it’s five — but not really. On one of the most historic nights in American political history, arguably the most racist country on earth elected five Black governors. History books will write about it for ages, given that we are […]

All Eyes On Mississippi And Alaska As More Democratic Upsets Loom

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Source: In the new world, where America has turned so blue they’re crippin’, even two states that have been Republican strongholds for decades are giving the GOP a serious case of election-night anxiety. Mississippi’s Senate race between Democratic challenger Scott Colom and Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith remains so close that Colom’s razor-thin lead is less […]