<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0hFBXn_1Gwp5RRs00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0hFBXn_1Gwp5RRs00" width="300" height="388" ><figcaption>Tom Magazzu - Editor</figcaption></figure>Sizing up the national bloodbath that was the 2026 mid-term election, it is amazing that Alabama Republicans won every statewide constitutional office and kept supermajorities in both chambers of the Legislature.Many races were much closer than expected, including the Governor's race with Doug Jones garnering a very respectable 47% of the vote.In-state Republicans are relieved, but all may not rosy. Business and government opportunities that exploded across the valley over the last 42 months may not have clear sailing with a neutered President standing before what is now a highly adversarial majority in the House and Senate.Those bodies have no reason to rubberstamp any previous decisions benefitting a dark red state, especially when money is tight, Alabama residents already benefit from federal dollars to a much greater degree than what they pay to the federal government, and Governor-elect Tuberville was openly critical of many ideasand programs that the majority party will soon oversee. The expected slam dunk for the $2.4 billion public-private Hadrian "Factory 4" facility in Barton that was expected to employ up to 1,000 people building Virginia‑class and Columbia‑class submarines may not be quite what was initially proposed, since the new focus will be much more on 'diplomacy' and much less on war. The U.S. Space Command in Huntsville has been a political football bouncing between Colorado and Huntsville for a few years. You can bet Colorado is already lobbying for a return.Redstone Arsenal is a huge, established military operation. Huntsville may be the ideal location for both, but these new political bodies may look very hard at how aggressively they fund agencies located in the red bastions of America. Between disgruntled Republicans who sat this one out and exit polling which showed many MAGA supporters were fed up and wanted to send Trump a message, the blue wave was all but assured, no matter how much money was spent to salvage the last part of Trump's second term.The Democratic onslaught was a combination of protest votes against Trump by his own party, the Iran war, a modest Republican turnout, and some lazy Republican candidates who thought that the injection of GOP money would deliver victories without their having to campaign. The Democrats' pre-election message of “affordability” sounded all encompassing, like a magic elixir for the nation's ills. Even though they have no record of making anything more affordable and have no plans to accomplish that in the near term, the idea resonated well and they didn't need much else. That all makes sense after hearing California's 42nd Congressional District incumbent, Robert Garcia, express his party's agenda on X before election night was over, with his post, “Lawyer up.” Worse yet, Senator Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., had announced prior to the election that she intends to target and prosecute members of the Trump administration as a way of sending a “deterrence message” to future young Republican staffers that involvement with or working for any Democrat opponents could lead to investigation, prosecution, and jail time.When a sitting Senator makes a threatening partisan public statement like that, it should send chills through every American, regardless of political affiliation. When free speech and association become a right for those only with largely accepted views, it is not free speech at all.It's no wonder that simple and supportable opinions can invite intimidation, retaliation and in the case of Charlie Kirk only 14 months ago, cold blooded murder. It sounds like that is how Ms. Slotkin would like to position those who have differing viewpoints from her.Standard liberal points like Medicare for all, taxing the “rich," resuming DEI hiring practices, and ending our reliance on fossil fuels are small potatoes.They don't propose viable solutions; they just want to be in control.Feeding the sheep some additional "bait and switch" strategies in 2028 can hopefully, widen the Democratic Socialists of America's presence in government and secure the executive branch. That will open the door to adding D.C. and Puerto Rico as two new states (with strong Democrat representation), expanding the Supreme Court to 13, bringing the nation’s largest corporations under public ownership, and eliminating the Electoral College.Democrats plan to make sure that stunning losses like those in 2016 and 2024 never happen again. They will again control the media, limit conversation on social media, decide what all will be considered hate speech, and threaten opposing viewpoints.The House and Senate takeover was abrupt and solid. However, of greater significance might just be the change at the Governor's mansions in the traditionally Republican states of Texas, Georgia, Iowa, and Ohio.Long time Texas Governor, Greg Abbott would probably have weathered the national storm had it not been for the state's derelict and lazy Republican Senatorial nominee, Ken Paxton, who had been impeached in 2023 by his own party in the Texas House of Representatives; only to later be acquitted by the Senate. Paxton only won his primary because of Donald Trump's hatred for incumbent John Cornyn. Paxton was smoked in his Senate race last week by James Talarico, a hard leftist whose personal interpretation of Christianity holds God as being non-binary according to his own statements on the Texas House floor in 2021.Paxton's baggage and the fact that he is generally disliked and a poor campaigner dragged the ticket.Unfortunately, Abbott lost the Governor's race to a far left state representative Gina Hinojosa, a pro-choice Catholic who wants to welcome south-of-the-border migrants of all stripes, turning Texas into a massive welfare drop and a sanctuary state for illegals.We don't even need to talk about the debacle in Michigan. Democrats also gained hundreds of seats in local state houses, flipping many blue, which will change the way a lot of people live and do business. For some it will be favorable, but as usual, for the more productive in our society, it will not. Lastly, of course Trump's ego was still front and center on election day. He asked everyone to vote as if he were on the ballot. Many voters responded as he requested.</div></body>

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Sizing up the national bloodbath that was the 2026 mid-term election, it is amazing that Alabama Republicans won every statewide constitutional office and kept supermajorities in both chambers of the Legislature. Many races were much closer than expected, including the Governor's race with Doug Jones garnering a very respectable 47%...

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