Republicans were banking on a big win this week.

Instead, they got a wake-up call: Democrats are back—and voters are taking notice.

In a critical Wisconsin Supreme Court race and in two blood-red House districts in Florida, Democrats surged at the ballot box. We won the Wisconsin race by double digits—despite Elon Musk trying to buy the election. And in Florida, the Republican special-election winners underperformed Trump by more than 15 points.

GOP operatives are already sounding the alarm—and they should. These weren’t fluke results. They were the result of voters flat-out rejecting MAGA extremism.

And if these margins hold in November 2026?

Democrats could flip 50 seats in the House. That’s how big this shift was.

And if that wasn’t enough to rattle the right, Sen. Cory Booker just took a blowtorch to Trump and Elon Musk on the Senate floor—in the longest speech in Senate history, a 25-hour barn-burner that shredded their toxic influence over American politics.

He called out Trump’s authoritarian agenda, Musk’s “free speech” hypocrisy, and the billionaire-funded disinformation machine that props them up.

No sugarcoating. No pulling punches. Just a Democrat going on offense—and winning the argument.

It’s a good day to be a progressive. 💪

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