Democrat James Talarico is projected to win a Senate seat in Texas, defeating Republican Ken Paxton and delivering his party their first big Lone Star state win in decades, according to a projection by Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ).

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      Let’s thank Zelensky and Ukraine for taking out a bunch of internet troll infrastructure as well! They were part of winning this election.

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      This is the victim mentality that makes me say this… muricans can’t take responsibility, so they are not even close to healing.

      Not everyone criticizing a fascist regime is a russian bot.

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        Look, this is them making an effort. Let’s pat them on the back. They did well. There is still a lot of work to do, but today, let’s just celebrate progress.

        LORD KNOWS how much shit we give them, always, and always will, but let’s be happy for our brothers and sisters that democracy prevailed one more election.

        A threat to democracy anywhere is a threat to democracy everywhere. Likewise, a victory for democracy anywhere is a victory for democracy everywhere. Tonight, democracy won.

        Wooo! USA! USA! USA!

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          Yeah, it is a small victory, and I’m glad. I am basically just quoting Mamdani from last night - now is not the time to rest.

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            And he is absolutely GOD damned right. Strike while the iron is hot, this is exactly the time to go bustin caps in asses. But tonight… We celebrate and be merry. We have all gone through a lot over the past decade. We earned this.

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        It’s most important to remember that us Americans very well might have been okay with the corruption and fascism if the admin just weren’t fucking stupid about it.

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          The fact that you guys reelected the most blatantly corrupt president you’ve ever had isn’t forgotten by the rest of the world.

          It will take a lot of work over a very long time for the USA to remove the stink of Trumpism.

          Electing a few better politicians is step one. Let’s see how effective they are able (or how willing) they will be to improve things.

           

          And then let’s see what the American people do in the next 2-3 elections.

          We were cautiously optimistic when the Americans elected Biden, and we all know what happened 4 years later.