November 9, 2026

Of Lame Duckery and Thuggery

November 9, 2026 Buck Banks

The 2026 midterms were a complete Trumpism and MAGA repudiation,
It was a wholesale rout, as anti-Trump sentiment swept the nation.
So Trump doubles down with Stephen Miller —
That cold, dead-eyed immigrant killer,
So hang on! We’ve got two more years of chaos, dementia and retribution.

Raskin Ties Authoritarianism to Affordability

November 9, 2026 Buck Banks

“Take, for example, the French Revolution. Remember when Marie Antoinette said, ‘Let them eat cake’? Now, is that a problem of accountability and tyranny, a corrupt government? Or is it a problem of affordability and standard of living? It’s both! Authoritarianism and tyranny are extremely expensive for the people. And it’s the exact same thing when you go down the line with Donald Trump. So, are we going to go after the corruption? Yeah, you’re damn right. And are we going to go after affordability and making people’s lives easier? Yeah, you’re damn right. We’re going to do both of them.”

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by CBS News.

El-Sayed: Red Meat Is a MAGA ‘Addiction’

November 9, 2026 Buck Banks

“Here’s the problem with the red meat: It becomes an addiction. Once you go there and you put that out there, then you’re forced to defend it. So what do they do? They double down. They triple down again.”

— Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed (D), quoted by the Washington Post, on Republicans relying on anti-Muslim attacks in the Michigan U.S. Senate race.

Miller: Donald Trump ‘Saved’ America

November 9, 2026 Buck Banks

“If it wasn’t for President Trump the United States of America would not exist right now. This man saved America. He saved our military from collapse. He saved our economy from destruction. He saved our border from annihilation. He saved our country from threats at home and abroad which would have been the end of the American dream for ever.”

Day: November 9, 2026

Of Lame Duckery and Thuggery

Raskin Ties Authoritarianism to Affordability

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by CBS News.

El-Sayed: Red Meat Is a MAGA ‘Addiction’

“Here’s the problem with the red meat: It becomes an addiction. Once you go there and you put that out there, then you’re forced to defend it. So what do they do? They double down. They triple down again.”

— Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed (D), quoted by the Washington Post, on Republicans relying on anti-Muslim attacks in the Michigan U.S. Senate race.

Miller: Donald Trump ‘Saved’ America

— Stephen Miller, quoted by The Guardian, pledging “total devotion” to President Trump.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by CBS News.

“Here’s the problem with the red meat: It becomes an addiction. Once you go there and you put that out there, then you’re forced to defend it. So what do they do? They double down. They triple down again.”

— Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed (D), quoted by the Washington Post, on Republicans relying on anti-Muslim attacks in the Michigan U.S. Senate race.

— Stephen Miller, quoted by The Guardian, pledging “total devotion” to President Trump.

Numerati

3,824

$1.4 billion

-35 points

31%

63% to 38%

KFF Poll: “With the 2026 midterm campaigns in full swing and early voting about to begin, there is a wide enthusiasm gap between partisan voters, with Democratic voters 25 percentage points more likely than Republican voters to say they are ‘more motivated’ than usual to vote (63% vs. 38%).”