All right. Well, speaking of the fallout from the elections, conservative columnist Kimberly Stell has a new piece for the Wall Street Journal headlined time to reset the GOP clock. And she writes in part this.The Trump team is moving at a furious pace. And doesn't the country's overloaded brain know it. On any given day, voters are pummeled with 50 non-cohesive headlines about Medicaid fraud, National Guard deployments, college compacts, indictments of Trump adversaries, sovereign wealth funds, DEI, Venezu ...

Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik, an ally of President Trump, announced a run for New York governor. A video launching her campaign focused on affordability and safety in the state, blaming Gov. Kathy Hochul for high grocery bills and expensive rent. https://t.co/smIy1PUX1l ...

Political Landscape - Republicans are in denial following an across-the-board drubbing in the election [1][2] - Democrats are feeling confident and analyzing exit polls to find advantages [1] - The focus is shifting towards "affordability" as a key issue [2][3] Economic Focus - Concerns exist regarding rising prices, particularly grocery prices [2] - The President is expected to address the cost of living as the year progresses [2] - Trump started talking about affordability [3] Misinformation & Reality - Trump claims a 25% lower Thanksgiving dinner cost in 2025 compared to 2024 under Biden, citing Walmart [4] - Walmart's 2025 holiday meal contains only 15 items, while the 2024 meal included 29 items [5] - This year's meal replaced name brands with cheaper Walmart generics [6]

on what issues and where would you like to see Democrats largely pick it up. >> Well, you know, I think that often times for for Democrats, you know, we have found that that every issue requires so much analysis that it just means paralysis. Uh, you know, and and I say this as someone who, you know, I don't come from a family that's used to making policies. I I come from a family that's used to suffering the consequences of them where, you know, I was I was raised by an immigrant single mom because my dad d ...

and Democratic Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware. >> Senator, um I think Tuesday showed a lot of things, but one of the takeaways I had is that voters um are exhausted by the chaos in politics and they do prefer um candidates and and issues that are just clear and speaking directly to what is affecting them in their lives. Prices, flights, SNAP, affordability. So, uh let's just put the reduction map, the FAA reduction flight map up on the screen for folks. um everywhere from Anchorage. I mean, I want ...

Trump seemed to stumble upon a brand new concept to him—“affordability”—and insisted Democrats made it up. For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day click here: https://www.msnbc.com/ » Subscribe to MSNBC: https://www.youtube.com/msnbc » Subscribe to MSNBC on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@msnbc » Subscribe to MSNBC on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/msnbc Download our new MSNBC app for the latest breaking news and daily headlines at a glance: https://www.msnbc.com/info ...

There were a lot of factors that led to the Democratic blowout last night. They won because of candidates who focused relentlessly on the issues that mattered to the people they were running to represent. Affordability and the cost of housing and energy and the burden of the government shutdown on communities across the country.They won because of a rising anger and outrage at the abuses of Donald Trump and his administration that we have seen at no kings rallies across the country, driving millions to turn ...

Mortgage rates in the US climbed after four weeks of declines, a reversal that will further strain affordability for buyers https://t.co/fi0Mt6vGfO ...

a preschool. ICE agents raiding a preschool and grabbing a teacher, abducting a teacher in in that preschool, grabbing her and taking her out. I wonder how that plays in Peoria.Not good. I wonder how that plays with young voters who fled the Republican party as quickly as possible. a few days ago and this is after Republicans thought they were making good progress with young voters.We've got John Devulpe here and John this week's elections really highlight how Jin Z remains one of the most progressive gener ...

So, the Wall Street Journal editorial board argues in a new piece, Trump really was on the ballot. And it reads in part, quote, "President Trump on Wednesday blamed Tuesday's Republican election defeats on the government shutdown and the fact that he wasn't on the ballot. " If he really believes this, the GOP is heading for bigger problems in 2026. Mr.. Trump was on the ballot, not literally, but nonetheless, as the main motivating force behind a dominating Democratic turnout. The electorate gave Mr.. Trump ...