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🔥 Democratic Socialists (DSA members & endorsed candidates) historic night in the 2026 midterms!
The DSA-aligned House bloc quadrupled from 2 to 8:
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Incumbents reelected:
• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14)
• Rashida Tlaib (MI-12)
New members:
• Claire Valdez (NY-07)
• Darializa Avila Chevalier (NY-13)
• Melat Kiros (CO-01)
• Donavan McKinney (MI-13)
• Chris Rabb (PA-03)
• Angela Gonzales-Torres (CA-34)
They also grew the number of DSA mayors to 6.
MAYORS
• Nithya Raman — Los Angeles (defeated incumbent Karen Bass)
• Janeese Lewis George — Washington, D.C.
• David Morales — Providence, RI
• Yousef Rabhi — Ann Arbor, MI
They join Zohran Mamdani (NYC, elected 2025) and Katie Wilson (Seattle). After these results, the mayors of NYC, LA, and D.C. are all DSA members or closely aligned democratic socialists.
Most of the House wins came in deep-blue districts after primary challenges to more establishment Democrats. Candidates generally ran on housing affordability, universal healthcare/childcare, and opposition to U.S. aid to Israel over Gaza.
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Nothing says ‘principled Republican’ like endorsing Kamala Harris in a deep-red state and then crowing when the party he claims to belong to gets wrecked. Bold.
Tulsa Mayor’s Office Pitches Pilot That Pre-Names Kaiser-Tied Intermediary—While $30 Million Annual Ask Looms
Tulsa is already being steered toward a $30 million annual taxpayer ask for childcare and after-school programs. The Yes for Tulsa Kids Coalition has publicly called for $30 million per year in new local funding. The effort is led in part by the Opportunity Project, a component fund of the Tulsa Community Foundation run by Executive Director Lauren Sivak, who moved to Tulsa in 2022 through Tulsa Remote with her wife. TCF was founded with George Kaiser’s involvement; the George Kaiser Family Foundation is a supporting organization of TCF. GKFF’s site lists Opp Project for afterschool and summer programs and City Year as a key TPS partner. Both groups helped convene the coalition. CAP Tulsa and Tulsa Educare have also received major ongoing support from GKFF.
Krystal Reyes of Mayor Nichols’ office presented a draft pilot proposal to the city council’s UED committee last week. The document names the Yes for Tulsa Kids Coalition and the Opportunity Project as lead partners for the larger after-school pilot. It would use Vision 2016 surplus funds and serve only select high-absenteeism schools in TPS and Union—not every child. Opp Project is pre-named as the intermediary controlling partner selection, money, and data. Phil Lakin, CEO of the Tulsa Community Foundation and a sitting councilor, recused himself from that discussion.
The City Council that must still approve or advance any of this includes Lakin and Laura Bellis, who arrived through Teach for America—a program GKFF helped bring to Tulsa and has supported—and who runs the Take Control Initiative, a program GKFF itself launched.
No final $30 million plan exists yet, but the groups best positioned to absorb the public money are the ones already built and sustained by the Kaiser/TCF network—and already being positioned as the city’s partner.
UPDATE: DSA National co-chairs Megan Romer and Ashik Siddique hosted a post-election call Nov. 5 that quickly reached its Zoom limit of 1,000 attendees...Over 100 DSA-endorsed candidates won offices in 37 states on November 3, a tremendous boost to organizing efforts at all levels of government.
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Tulsa Councilor: Centennial Money Is About Hiding That Tulsa Is a “Racist Ass City,” Not Real Change
In a May 2021 TulsaPeople interview, Tulsa Councilor Vanessa Hall-Harper said big corporate donations to Greenwood Rising and other centennial projects were mainly about image control:
“I think it’s their attempt to say, ‘Hey, we don’t want Tulsa to look like the racist ass city that it is. So we’re going to pull these monies together, and we’re going to decide what we’re going to do with them, and in doing so we’re going to ensure that real power, influence and resources are not changing hands.’”
She called much of the effort symbolic. The community never asked for Greenwood Rising; the original plan to expand the Greenwood Cultural Center was dropped when its board refused the Centennial Commission’s demands funding was contingent on the center changing its structure and board. When the board refused, the money went to the new Greenwood Rising project instead. Renaming the commission from “Riot” to “Massacre” took two years of activist pressure—something she said the powers-that-be clearly didn’t want to do. Hall-Harper argued Tulsa’s power structure has long decided for the Black community instead of with it, pointing to unkept promises, gentrification over Black entrepreneurship, racial disparities, and Oklahoma’s repeal of affirmative action.
She distinguished true reparations (money, land, and resources for riot and slavery descendants) from ordinary “good policy.” She also criticized weak police oversight due to FOP influence and state preemption.
Hall-Harper spent the interview torching Tulsa as a racist city that refuses to hand over power to them—who goes home to a sergeant in the very police department she claims is too powerful and unaccountable to police itself.
#HallHarperUnfiltered
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🚨 Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan spent nearly 30 minutes complaining about Turning Point after more than 20 sponsors reportedly dropped them. Their solution? Beg viewers for money and tell them to buy Welch’s book. 🤡
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Maine’s Secretary of State just got busted for election fraud.
Authorities found a box of 250 ballots in her office that she or her staff had personally submitted — then pulled from the official count.
Fraud at every level. In every state. This time it’s Maine.
#ElectionFraud #Maine #ElectionIntegrity
🔥 White House Threat: Man Races Car Onto Sidewalk, Brawls Secret Service and National Guard as Second Suspect Vaults Barricade!
This morning (Monday, Nov. 9, 2026), the U.S. Secret Service arrested two people in separate incidents near the White House / Lafayette Square Park in Washington, D.C.
According to a Secret Service statement:
Just before 10:00 a.m., Secret Service Police and National Guard responded to the north side of Lafayette Park at 16th Street and H Street NW, where a vehicle crashed onto the sidewalk. The driver was combative with law enforcement but was quickly arrested.
Around the same time, a second person jumped a barricade near the northwest corner of Lafayette Park and was also quickly arrested.
Reports and video describe a silver/silver sedan that crashed into a sign or barrier, with the engine smoking, followed by a physical struggle as officers subdued the driver (who was heard yelling something like “Oh my God”). The two events are being treated as separate; no connection or motives have been confirmed publicly, and identities have not been widely released by officials.
This is a developing story. Note that a separate, earlier incident (Nov. 5–6) involved the Secret Service arresting one armed man (Ronny Yordrix Guanipa Chrinos) near the White House who allegedly claimed voices told him to kill President Trump—distinct from today’s dual arrests.
Video credit: Martin Austermuhle Washington Sun
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BREAKING: 16 brands have now ended their partnerships with the “I’ve had it” podcast after the hosts laughed at and mocked Charlie’s ass*ssination
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🚨 BREAKING: Erika Kirk drops this statement after Dave Chappelle celebrates the assassination of Charlie Kirk
"To see leftist podcasters, comedians, and commentators laugh about political assassination as though it’s entertainment and the destruction of a human life is a punchline, is beyond disgusting." 💔
"You do not have to agree with someone’s politics to recognize the value of their life. This should not be so hard. Political violence must never be something this country tolerates, excuses, or celebrates."
EVERY WORD IS TRUE 🙏🏻
Chappelle is just the latest. Jennifer Welch joked about "doing it again" to Charlie's grave!
We are living amongst depraved people who want the right dead.
We have to make a comeback and not EVER let them gain control of our country.
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Charlie defended Dave Chappelle when he was attacked
Dave then celebrates Charlie’s ass*ssination
Vile
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BREAKING: The internet wins again! Multiple Bellevue neighbors confirm Sean Smith is the unhinged man who berated a Christian family and bombarded them with curse words on Halloween.
Smith blew his gasket and went mental after claiming his child received a Bible tract in his trick or treat bag. So today, I wanted to give Smith a chance to explain his side of the story. Here's what happened. 🧵👇
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Dozens of undelivered ballots were found among mail discarded in a park dumpster. bit.ly/48i7XZO
ALT Two green dumpsters are placed side by side in an outdoor setting with a paved surface. In the background, there are trees with autumn foliage and a white barrier gate. A sign with various regulations is posted near the gate.
Tulsa Councilor Vanessa Hall-Harper barely survived reelection—winning by just 216 votes—while openly refusing to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance at city council meetings for months. The local media either missed it or stayed silent.
After the Biden DOJ’s January 10, 2025 report on the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot concluded the crimes were too old for federal action, she stopped standing. “When there is truly justice for all, received by all, then that may be something that I will revisit,” she said. “But for now, I’m just not going to do it.”
Councilors Laura Bellis and Jackie Dutton later joined her in 2026.
Hall-Harper has also spoken of her dislike of “Amerikkka” and “Okkklahoma,” deliberately using the triple-K spelling as a hate symbol, while framing her politics as a fight against rich white men and the power structures she says uphold white supremacy in Tulsa.
(Source for the Pledge decision: Georgia Review article.)
Tulsa Councilors Snub Booker T. Washington Color Guard, Then Pose for the Photo!
For months, three liberal Tulsa City Councilors — Laura Bellis, Jackie Dutton, and Vanessa Hall-Harper — have deliberately refused to even be in the council chambers during the Pledge of Allegiance.
They stay outside so they do not have to stand or participate. On October 21, the Booker T. Washington High School JROTC Color Guard presented the colors and led the Pledge. These three councilors were not with the other councilors. They remained outside while the Color Guard from one of Tulsa’s historic schools stood at attention and honored the flag and the country. They did it masterfully!
Only after the ceremony ended did Bellis, Dutton, and Hall-Harper stroll in, drop their papers, and then had the nerve to step forward and pose for a photo with the same Color Guard they had just snubbed by refusing to be present.
It was calculated disrespect toward the United States, toward the flag, and toward the Booker T. Washington students who showed up to do the job these elected officials refused to do. It was the height of contempt.
(Credit to Tulsa Too for posting pictures that brought this to light.)
Here's a link to Tulsa Too who posted other times Bellis, Dutton, and Hall Harper refused to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. I've done more digging will have more on this in an upcoming post.
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Podcasters Jennifer Welch and Angie Sullivan can't stop laughing at the thought of digging up Charlie Kirk's corpse and "doing it" again to him.
After laughing for 30 seconds straight, the women falsely claimed that Tyler Robinson was a 'MAGA person.'
They will celebrate your death, laugh uncontrollably, and still be fully convinced they're the "good guys."
