“Some Other Names for the 2026 Midterm Election Results”

“Blue Wave?” “Blue Tsunami?” We can do better than that!

 

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The Beginning of the End. In a Good Way.

 

A Sobering Moment for Teetotaler Donald Trump

 

Sad Man in a Glorified Blast Crater Day

 

The Day Donald Wept on the Toilet

 

Fina-fucking-lly!

 

The Democratic Demolition Derby

 

An Overdue Reckoning

 

The End of the Façade

 

Twice in a Century Tuesday

 

Wait, Republicans Don’t Give a Shit About Us Wednesday!

 

Wait, Trump Still Has the Veto Wednesday…

 

Fuck It, He Still Lost Wednesday

 

The Great Awakening

 

The Feeling of That First Cup of Coffee in the Morning, But Rendered in the Form of Election Results Day

 

The Boost We All Needed

 

The Swift Kick in the Ass We All Needed

 

The Swift Knee in the Balls to Everyone Who Enabled This Finally Got

 

The Moment Where Just Over Half the Nation Kneed Themselves in the Balls

 

American Comeback

 

American Freedom

 

American Justice

 

American Retribution

 

The Day the Arc of History Started to Bend the Right Way Day

 

Mitch McConnell Spinning in His Grave, The Election

 

Lindsey Graham Would Have Lost Too Day

 

Holy Shit! Mississippi is in Contention?! Day

 

The Day People Went to Their Doctors Feeling Crushing Hope

 

The Day People Switched to “Depressants” to Stabilize Their Moods

 

Civil Rights to the Rescue Day

 

A Belated Thank You to Susan B. Anthony Day

 

A Long Overdue Apology from White People Day

 

The Day We Embraced Change Candidates

 

The Day We Found the Happy Medium Between the Old Guard and the New

 

The Day People Finally Fucking Voted!

 

The Day People Finally Fucking Woke Up!

 

The Day We Cared About Something That Mattered!

 

The Day We Did This, But Then Pivoted Back to Talking About You Can See Everything Again

 

The Day I Decided That Was Totally Fair

 

The Day I Recommended Seeing an Unsettling Three-Hour-Long Documentary as a Reward to Ourselves for the Results of the Midterms

 

The Day of Creative Memes

 

A Repudiation of Unrestrained Dark Money in Politics

 

A Repudiation of Tech Oligarchs

 

A Repudiation of Elon Musk

 

A Repudiation of Mark Zuckerberg

 

A Repudiation of Peter Thiel

 

A Repudiation of Stephen Miller

 

The End of a Two-Year Bout of Constipation Day

 

The Shared Relief of Emptying One’s Bowels After a Decade Day

 

Doomscrolling Temporarily Replaced by Hopescrolling Day

 

The Moment Trump Finally Shut the Fuck Up for a Few Hours, Then Went Right Back to Talking About the Ballroom

 

Let’s Keep the Momentum Going Day

 

We Don’t Need Another World War to Resolve This Horrendous Chapter in Our History Day

 

We Don’t Need a Cold War, Either Day

 

Or a Vietnam War Day

 

Wait, We Might Have That Pretty Soon in Iran Day

 

Fuck That Noise, Let’s End the War in Iran Day

 

Let’s Start by Impeaching Pete Hegseth Day

 

From There, Let’s Work Our Way Up Through the Rest of the Cabinet Day

 

Let’s Spare Trump a Third Impeachment and Let Him Watch as His Movement Goes Down in Flames in 2028, Sound Like a Plan? Day

 

The Thing We Should Have Done in 2024 Day

 

And 2022

 

And 2020

 

And 2018

 

And 2016

 

And 2015

 

Hell, in 1776!

 

Democracy in Action, Bitch! Day

 

The Downfall of Donald Day

 

A Better Day

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