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THE SECOND-HIGHEST OFFICIAL IN THE COUNTRY BLAMED THE ELECTION LOSSES ON THE CONFLICT, A GOVERNOR CALLED IT AN EXTINCTION-LEVEL EVENT FOR HIS PARTY, THE WAVE FLIPPED 12 STATE CHAMBERS AND GAVE ONE PARTY CONTROL OF MOST GOVERNORSHIPS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 16 YEARS — AND THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF THE NEW LEGISLATURE IS 25 YEARS OLD AND CALLS THE SYSTEM BY ITS NAME

Elon Musk’s Fourth Wealth Window Set to Open by November 30

This Cybercab you see in this image is taking me to Elon Musk’s new project…

Which he called “the most epic AI project in history.”

This is so big that I believe it will open a brand-new “generational wealth window…”

And whenever Elon opens one of those windows, people get rich.

The second-highest official in the country blamed the election losses on the conflict with Iran. Democracy Now reported the statement in its Thursday headlines. The machine’s own number two said the quiet part out loud.

In October, a Senate candidate in Texas was caught on tape telling donors the same thing behind closed doors. He lost his race. Now the second-highest official in the country is saying it in public. The conflict is the reason. The cost of fuel is the reason. The voters told them on Tuesday. And now the machine’s own people are confirming it.

The conflict has cost $47 billion. It raised gas past $4. It closed the strait. It sank ships. It produced famine. And now the person who sits one heartbeat from the presidency says the conflict is what cost the party the election.

The machine told the public the conflict was necessary. The machine told the generals to prepare for escalation. And the machine’s own second in command says the conflict is why the voters turned against them.

The machine knows. It always knew. The candidate said it on tape in October. The number two said it on camera in November. The voters said it at the ballot box on Tuesday.

THE CANDIDATE SAID IT ON TAPE. THE NUMBER TWO SAID IT ON CAMERA. THE VOTERS SAID IT AT THE BALLOT BOX.

BREAKING

A Governor Called Tuesday’s Results an “Extinction-Level Event” for His Party

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis called the midterm results an “extinction-level event for Republicans.” Democracy Now reported the comment in its Thursday headlines.

Extinction. That is the word a sitting Republican governor used to describe what his own party just experienced. Both chambers of the legislature flipped. Texas elected a Democrat for the first time in 30 years. Kansas sent one for the first time in 94 years. The first Muslim senator. The first Black woman governor. The first Latina governor. The first openly gay senator from New Hampshire. Twelve state chambers flipped. And the word the party’s own governor used was extinction.

The machine spent $474 million from one person. It spent $4.2 billion from the top. It sent 3,000 agents a day. It filed lawsuits. It opened criminal probes. And the governor of Florida called the result an extinction-level event.

The machine spent the most money in history. The machine’s own people are calling the result extinction. The money did not buy survival. The voters decided that.

EXPOSED

The Wave Went Far Beyond the Legislature — It Flipped 12 State Chambers and Gave Democrats Control of Most Governorships for the First Time in 16 Years

Democracy Now devoted a full Thursday segment to the scope of the election results beyond the national legislature. The outlet called it “The Country Says No” and brought on Daniel Nichanian, editor-in-chief of Bolts, to map the damage.

Twelve state legislative chambers flipped from one party to the other. Democrats will now control a majority of the country’s governorships for the first time since 2010. State-level races will determine abortion access, union protections, policing rules, and whether local law enforcement cooperates with federal immigration agents.

The machine deputized 13,000 local officers to enforce federal immigration law across 38 states. The new state governments can end those agreements. The machine built the enforcement net from the top down. The voters are now dismantling it from the bottom up.

The machine did not just lose the legislature. It lost the states. The governors, the chambers, and the policies that connect the federal machine to the local level… all shifted on Tuesday. The machine still holds the White House. The rest of the map moved.

“This is an extinction-level event for Republicans.”

— Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida, on the midterm results

DEVELOPING

The Youngest Member of the New Legislature Is 25 Years Old — and She Calls the System by Its Name

Melat Kiros won her race and will become the first Gen Z member of the legislature. She is 25 years old. She ran as a Democratic Socialist. Democracy Now devoted a full segment to her on Thursday.

She campaigned on ending corruption, establishing universal health care, and opposing the military relationship with the ally the United Nations just accused of genocide. She did not soften the language. She did not hedge. She named the system and asked voters to change it. They did.

The machine spent $4.2 billion on this election. A 25-year-old who calls the system by its name won a seat inside it. She joins two other democratic socialists who won on the same night. The machine spent the most money in history. The people who named the machine out loud walked in anyway.

The machine is a generation older than the people who are now walking into the building. The youngest member of the legislature was born after the machine was already running. She grew up watching it. And now she has a vote inside it.

 Connecting the Dots 

▸ The Bigger Picture

Four stories three days after the vote. The second-highest official in the country blamed the losses on the conflict. A governor called it an extinction-level event. The wave flipped 12 state chambers and handed one party control of most governorships for the first time in 16 years. And the youngest member of the new legislature is 25 years old, ran as a democratic socialist, and calls the system by its name.

The press is analyzing the results. The pundits are explaining what went wrong. The donors are recalculating. But the real story is simpler than any of them are making it.

The machine’s own people are saying what the voters already said. The conflict is the reason. The cost is the reason. And the response was not subtle. It was a wave that went from the national legislature to the statehouses to the governorships to the ballot measures. The machine built its power from the top down. The voters dismantled it from the bottom up. Twelve state chambers. A majority of governors. Two democratic socialists. A Gen Z congresswoman. The first Muslim senator. The first Black woman governor. The machine is still in the White House. But everything below it shifted. And the 25-year-old who just walked into the building grew up watching the machine run. She is not impressed. She has a vote now.

The machine’s own number two says the conflict is the reason. The governor says it is extinction. And a 25-year-old who named the machine out loud just got a seat inside it. That’s the Seventh Floor.

They rely on the shadows.
It’s time to turn on the lights.