If the Democrats win the presidency and both houses of Congress, I think on day one, they should make Puerto Rico and D.C. a state, and they should expand the Supreme Court to 13. F*** it. Eat our dust.
James Carville (once-moderate Democrat)
The political class has given up on the art of persuasion (unless it’s lying through their teeth to get elected) in favor of sure-fire election outcomes through non-democratic tactics, such as the gerrymander. The desired results are non-competitive districts, states and regions; like New England, which has no Republican representatives in the House – as in ZERO! Look at the map above to see the balkanization progress report as of January 2026 (it’s not just Democrats, by the way).
Look at the map above, New Hampshire and Iowa in particular. In 2024, Trump won 47.9% of the popular vote in New Hampshire, which has no Republican representation in Congress. And Harris won 42.5% of the popular vote in Iowa, which (you guessed it) has no Democrat representation in Congress. Is this what “democracy” looks like; over 40% of a state’s population having no voice in Congress? Not good, when “no voice” invites anger and fear in citizens, who then feel weakened and controlled by the other side. And that’s how January 6 and three assassination attempts on Trump are born.
You’ve heard of the “Fight, Flight or Freeze” response but maybe not Dr. John Leach, the go-to psychologist on how humans process life-threatening stress; 10% of us “fight” or ‘hit” in response to fear. And according to a West Point psychology professor, Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, 2% of mankind are “natural” aggressors, who respond to perceived threats instinctively and without hesitation. That’s what fired the shots at Steve Scalise, Charlie Kirk and Donald Trump. Which is why voters should oust every fear-mongering politician. Because, until their rhetoric costs them their cushy job, they won’t shut up.
Today’s Virginia is a case study in the attack on democratic principles by Democrats. Such was the case in the Dixiecrat Era, when the “Byrd Machine” controlled the former Confederate state. That ended in the 60s with the end of segregation and the 1970 election of Republican governor Linwood Holton. Since then, Virginia has been a reliably “purple” state. Or so I (a son of the Old Dominion) thought…because deep-state partisans have poured into the urban counties of northern Virginia and turned the state blue. How’d it happen?
Since 1965, the federal government has added 400,000 non-military employees, and attracted “indirect labor” (e.g. lobbyists and NGOs) into greater Washington, D.C. This has added 1.9 million residents to Virginia’s five northern counties; 80% of whom are Democrats (source: 2025 exit polls). It’s not hyperbole to claim these five counties have re-invented Virginia politics into something native-born Virginians don’t recognize, especially with Democrat Governor Spanberger pulling the strings.
Ole Abigail campaigned as a moderate, talking up her service as a CIA case officer and promising financial relief for all Virginians; thereby winning independent voters by 23 points. Once in office, Spanberger ditched “affordability” and made redistricting her top legislative priority; thereby leaving independent voters shaking their heads (she’s now 24 points under water with Independents). Sadly, that tension – between Virginia’s “purple” electoral map and Spanberger’s policy goals – is a recurring theme with today’s Democrats.
Remember the metamessage of the Biden 2020 campaign; I promise to unite the country and return bipartisanship to Washington. Because that moderate candidate became a progressive president on Inauguration Day. And that tanked his approval rating; from 63% in March 2021 to 36% in July 2022 (source: AP-NORC). That 27-point drop was precipitated by Biden’s collapse with independent voters; their approval dropping from 61% in January 2021 to 27% in November 2023 (source: Gallup).
Independent voters were attracted to “unifying” Biden and repulsed by “divisive” Biden, especially after he referred to Trump 2020 voters as “MAGA Republicans” who “threaten the very foundations of our republic.” Many of those voters were Independents, who supported Trump in 2016 (and would flip to Trump in 2024). Referring to America First’s underlying philosophy as “semi-fascism” was meant to make the GOP toxic to independent voters, but it was a dope slap…
…because Biden and Harris embraced the “20%” of 80-20 issues. Ahem…75% of Independents oppose open borders (source: RCP February-2025 average). Only 26% of Independents support DEI (source: Pew Research May 2024). And today, 84% of Independents support Photo ID election laws (source: Pew Research) and proof of US citizenship to vote (source: Gallup). So…it’s not hard to understand how Harris’s far-out transgender position cost her votes.
Back to Virginia, where its “fox in the henhouse” governor (Spanberger) exemplifies the Democrat Party’s response to 80-20 issues costing them elections. A super-majority of Americans support common-sense election integrity laws, but don’t expect a Clinton-like pivot on the issue. Because Democrats – in statehouses, governor’s mansions, and Congress – feel threatened by two macro-trends that favor the GOP: (1) millennials aging out of liberalism, and (2) mass migration from blue states to red states.
The DNC knows Biden-2020’s 25-point victory margin with millennials shrank to a 4-point margin for Harris-2024. Ouch, and since 2005, blue states have lost a net total of over 10 million residents to red states (source: USCB). No joke, and the big red-state pulls (low taxes, right-to-work laws, and parental rights) are anathema to core Democrat constituents, meaning the party has NO new policy or position coming to its rescue. In reality, it’s a death spiral that election shenanigans can only delay, but don’t tell that to Abigail Spanberger.
She’s already signed one bill that enters Virginia into the NPVIC (National Popular Vote Interstate Compact), which awards all 13 of its electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote, regardless of who wins the most votes within Virginia itself. It narrowly passed the Senate (21-19) along party lines. Republicans rightly opposed the bill because it is another dumb idea from California Democrats, who think their state’s 17.5 million popular votes will turn America blue forever. Hmm…a Republican just handily won the popular vote, and voters are moving to Dixie at an alarming rate.
And after screaming “count every vote” in 2000 and “defend our democracy” in 2024, Democrats – in spite of 48.5% of Virginians voting against the gerrymander amendment – have now schemed a new congressional map that shifts the state’s U.S. House split from 6–5 Democrat to 10-1. Not so fast, because a circuit-court judge ruled the amendment void ab initio (invalid from the start) last Friday. Judge Hurley cited several reasons, but the silver bullet was “flagrantly misleading” ballot wording (a “constitutional standards” issue).
Maybe Hurley’s ruling will remind conservatives to realize sometimes a judge is the only thing standing between you and an arse-kicking. When Virginia’s mad-liberal AG Jay Jones vows to “fight” Republicans, remember he’s the Democrat who texted in 2022 that he’d put “two bullets to the head” of Republican Todd Gilbert and “go to their funerals (Republicans) to piss on their graves” (source: National Review). This is not the Democrat Party of Dr. King and Bill Clinton.
After reading James Carville’s (quote up top) and Jay Jones’ words, decent Americans should not take their “life, liberty and pursuit of happiness” for granted. Something has changed for the worse inside the Democrat Party and with our nation’s politics. A word from Captain Obvious: he’s called a “threat” an awful lot, but President Trump seems to be the only politician in the shooters’ gunsights. So…isn’t it time for Republicans in the House and Senate to link what Democrats say to what’s been going down – – and pass some laws to SAVE America?