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source: CNN / December 28, 2025
After the off-cycle elections of Nov 2025, in which Trumper candidates lost decisively, we’re now into 2026 and the upcoming midterms. Because of the continuing bad numbers for Trump and the party that signed on with his nonsense & chaos – really bad – Dems are looking for a knockout punch in November.
Trump will try to cancel, invalidate or somehow derail that upcoming vote. Bet your farm on that. His entire life has been one of making business mistakes and / or violations of law, and then skipping out of responsibility for it. Remember how he couldn’t accept losing the 2020 election to Biden?
Problem ; majorities are now strongly opposed to the carnage Trump & a rubberstamping GOP are causing. IMO they have no intention of having their vote nullified.
So it’s possible there could be fallout – millions in the streets, etc. Let’s hope it all unfolds with more of a whimper than that.
Media Inc, major outlets of which are almost all owned by larger corporations – with profit interests that the GOP answers to – is not going to lead with these stats below. They are reported but you have to watch for them & dig for them. And then you can compile an accurate reading of what is likely approaching.
If it’s negative for the GOP, Media Inc is now at a juncture of tilt and bias in which they are not going to do that for you. You have to connect dots on your own ;
12/16/25
Six polls that show Donald Trump is in deep economic trouble
Challenger, Gray & Christmas reports that U.S. employers have laid off over 1.1 million workers year-to-date through November, a 54% increase year-over-year (down article)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/goldman-sachs-makes-unemployment-prediction/ar-AA1Sp6BG
12/28/25
Companies are outlining plans for 2026. Hiring isn’t one of them
Bankruptcies soar as companies grapple with inflation, tariffs
– paywalled if you don’t subscribe to WaPo (do not send $ to GOP apologist Jeff Bezos…). But you’ll see the top of the article for a moment.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/12/27/corporate-bankruptcies-economy/
As mentioned it’s a few dots, but it’s not hard to connect them. GOP’s win elections with smoke & mirrors and simpleton economic theory (cut taxes on wealth), that a poorly informed electorate falls for time and again. Then they get in office and prove their incompetence at the job. Then, Dems get supercharged for another Blue Wave, as independents wake up and move away from Republicans.
(see graphic above from Dec 28th on CNN. In politics jingo, a “freefall”. If Republicans don’t get that voter back, they’re not winning in November).