The problem is, that’s not guaranteed a win.

Has convinced a lot of the electorate the worst thing one can be is a Democrat.

Not a rapist.
Not a child molester.
Not an adulterer.
Not a war criminal.
Not corrupt.
A Democrat.

And the only reason some of these pea-brain cult members are finally waking up is because the felon’s nonsense is affecting them. Even some of them are starting to see the false idol as the con artist the rest of us saw so many years ago.

to redistrict. And in some cases, it's also probably past the point where it will make a difference. In Texas, of the five districts that they supposedly redrew, it appears Democrats may have a majority in two or three of them.

The problem is, too many times, we win battles and they win wars. We might in 2026, will we in 2028?

Here's hopin !!!

That doesn't usually happen. He is successful at what he does. How?

Unless it was misinformation.

... intends.

As far as I'm concerned, Job 1 is to help each other stay connected to hope because hope is a pre-requiste for action. Hope is the life's blood of resistance.

We can have a clear-eyed view of what we are up against, while recognizing the WINS and the fact that an unprecedented number of citizens have been moved -- many for the first time in their lives -- to take action in this face of the lunacy.

If you need a boost, perhaps you'll find it in the Daily Elm: We're NOT Doomed

For me, Hopium Chronicles has been an essential resource. A center of hope and action: Interviews with inspiring candidates, State Democratic Party chairs, activists, election protection experts, including a series with Marc Elias. It is not about mindless optimism, but hope inspired by being engaged and hearing about the great people out there accomplishing some pretty amazing things.

If you can connect locally, that is the most effective way to kick off a virtuous cycle of hope and action as you experience, first hand, working with good people to accomplish some pretty great things in your own community.

Find your own "go to" quotes, songs, or poems.

FWIW, Here are mine:

Quotes:
https://www.greatergoodusa.com/quotes/

Joy as Defiance
https://youtube.com/shorts/Eibfo6IkBhE

Imagine If This Moment Was Not About The Ascent of Authoritarians, But About A New Birth Of Global Freedom...
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221186840

The GOP has nothing to run on, only things to run from. That's why they're doing this. Keep telling them they're going to lose because they are losers and the public hates them. The truth will come home to roost.

When they go low, kick them in the nuts.

Demographics change over time, but dispositions can change in months. Representatives are especially vulnerable since their terms are only two years, people may be more willing to vote for someone else or sit out the election.

It hasn't. In fact support for the felon among young men and latinos has pretty much collapsed. That may, or may not translate to sitting out the election or voting D. Time will tell, but districts they presumed would have strong support for Republicans from latinos aren't looking so good for them. Sure, they may still win, but when such underlying assumptions fall apart, the whole gerrymandering project can turn out quite different from those original projections.

We must END partisan gerrymandering -- and will if we win in big enough numbers -- but even in the face of the existing framework, predictions of certain electoral doom for Dems are simply not realistic.

And frankly, even if they were realistic, they must be discounted. The surest way to make loses reality is to spread doom and gloom about how powerful they are and how rigged it all is. The truth is we are pretty f-ing powerful and the felon's regime is a rotting corpse hanging around the neck of every Republican.

Will they spend a fortune spreading damnable lies? Of course they will! But as long as we don't surrender the field with defeatist bullshit, we are capable of powerful messaging ourselves. And our job is easier because it's true and popular.

We are also capable of digging deep and contributing to State Democratic Parties to build infrastructure and election protection apparatus NOW that benefits all D candidates -- especially in long ignored so called "red" states.