The party opposite Trump’s won enough federal seats to:
Control what legislation is voted on
Hold investigations
Subpoena individuals
Block appointees
They did not win enough seats to:
Remove anyone from office
Pass bills that Trump’s party doesn’t want
Pass bills that Trump doesn’t want
The effect of that is:
Everything Trump has done in the last couple years and will do in the next 2 years will be looked into
There will be no or very few new laws
The makeup of SCOTUS remains the same unless someone dies
There will be no or very few backfills or replacements of executive or judicial positions
Trump will continue to rule via executive decree
SCOTUS will continent to support him
Trump will continue to withhold financial support to the majority of the states
On a state level a number of states that were part of Trump’s part strongholds have flipped therefore:
More states can oppose or collaborate in opposition to Trump’s policies
More states can sign pro voter legislation
That means:
No more razor wire in the Rio Grande
No more Texas specify immigration action
States can establish independent districting boards to ensure more fair elections in the future
States can join interstate popular voting compacts which can usurp the limitations of the electoral college system
States can adopt fairer voting measures like ranked choice, less restrictive voter registration measures, and more voting locations
States can investigate and prosecute crimes committed in their state (such as tax crimes or ice actions) (Elon Musk lives in a blue state now)
All told, everything at the federal level is blocked, but there will be more “news” about proposals that don’t go anywhere or investigations that turn up vile crimes that can’t carry any charge. States have an opportunity to make future elections look like this one, and there will be more action to hold federal individuals to account so there will be more “news” of [state] finds [billionaire, politician, ice agent] committed [fraud, murder].
The party opposite Trump’s won enough federal seats to:
They did not win enough seats to:
The effect of that is:
On a state level a number of states that were part of Trump’s part strongholds have flipped therefore:
That means:
All told, everything at the federal level is blocked, but there will be more “news” about proposals that don’t go anywhere or investigations that turn up vile crimes that can’t carry any charge. States have an opportunity to make future elections look like this one, and there will be more action to hold federal individuals to account so there will be more “news” of [state] finds [billionaire, politician, ice agent] committed [fraud, murder].