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One Democratic House Victory in Nebraska Could Hand Republicans the Presidency — Here’s How
Democrats are targeting a key House pickup in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District, but the outcome could increase the chances of a Republican winning the presidency in 2028.
RINO Congressman Don Bacon is not seeking reelection in November, creating an open race and a major opportunity for Democrats to pick up a tightly contested House seat.
The Democratic frontrunner, state Sen. John Cavanaugh, would be required to give up his seat in Nebraska’s unicameral legislature if elected to Congress.
His replacement would be appointed by the state’s Republican governor, Jim Pillen.
Republicans are currently one seat short of a filibuster-proof supermajority in the legislature.
Should they gain that additional seat, they would have the votes needed to advance legislation without Democratic support.
That could include changes to Nebraska’s congressional maps, potentially making the 2nd District more favorable to Republicans, as well as efforts to eliminate the state’s split Electoral College system.
Nebraska is one of two states that allocates electoral votes by congressional district.
The 2nd District has recently provided Democrats with a single electoral vote, including in the 2024 presidential election, when Kamala Harris carried the district.
In a closely contested national election, that single electoral vote could prove significant.
Without the split system, Nebraska would award all of its electoral votes to the statewide winner.
Democrats believe they can offset any loss by winning additional legislative seats in upcoming elections.
“We’re prepared that we might lose [Cavanaugh’s] seat. So that means we have to pick up a few more this cycle,” Nebraska Democratic Party chair Jane Kleeb told Politico.
In recent years, Democrats have successfully blocked efforts to redraw district boundaries and change how the state allocates its electoral votes.
If Republicans secure a supermajority, those constraints would be removed, allowing them to revisit those proposals ahead of the 2028 election cycle.
Meanwhile, the retirement of Don Bacon is no great loss to the Republican Party.
Last November, Bacon admitted he also resigned from Congress in protest of President Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine.
He denounced the proposal as the “Witkoff Ukrainian surrender plan,” referring to Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, who helped craft it.
However, he said that he intended to honor his “commitment to our constituents to fulfill my term.”
BREAKING: DON BACON, Nebraska Republican, will not seek releection.
JOE BIDEN and KAMALA HARRIS both won the Omaha based seat.
This will become a prime pickup opportunity for Democrats in 2026.
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) June 27, 2025
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Democrat Suzanna Karatassos, who is running for the Georgia House of Representatives, has floated an idea to ‘punish’ MAGA.
Karatassos shared a video suggesting banning internet access for those who voted for Donald Trump.
“When this is all over, and Trump’s gone and Democrats are back in charge, and we’re rebuilding everything,” she said in the now-deleted TikTok video posted in January.
“The punishment for MAGA for voting for Trump three times needs to be that they remove their internet access for four years.”
“That they cannot post videos or comments on social media for four straight years, so that none of us are subjected to their lies and misinformation while we are rebuilding the chaos that they caused the whole world and America gets to be without their B.S. online for 4 straight years.”
“Can we all agree to this?”
Watch:
Meet Suzanna Karatassos (D). She’s running for Georgia State House.
She says if Democrats win then anyone who voted for Trump should lose internet access for four years.
She’s a radical retard.
You must get out and vote!! pic.twitter.com/PsZW3BuuWY
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 7, 2026
As is typical when Democrats say the quiet part out loud and don’t have the self-awareness to realize how authoritarian they sound, Karatassos claims her video was a “joke” because it is hilarious to parrot the language used by dictators to silence the opposition.
@suzanna_for_georgia♬ original sound – Suzanna for Georgia
Social media users slammed Karatassos with one noting, “The party that screams ‘No Kings’ and ‘Free Speech’ wants to SILENCE yours.”
They’re not even trying to hide it! Here’s Suzanna Karatassos, a Democrat candidate for the GA State House.
She says that when Democrats take back control, anyone who voted for President Trump will lose internet privileges for 4 years.
Let that sink in. The party that… pic.twitter.com/1yuQcHGr8n
— Blue Lives Matter (@bluelivesmtr) April 7, 2026
Another points out that Karatassos is running in the same district where Laken Riley was brutally murdered by an illegal and she wants to silence those still in mourning.
Democrat running for Georgia House District 120.
— The Undercurrent (@NotTheirScript) February 3, 2026
“They scream about ‘democracy’ and ‘free speech’ when it suits them, but the second they think they can get away with it, they want to shut down half the country for daring to vote against their socialist agenda.”
“No trial, no crime, just pure political revenge against patriots who support Trump and want America First.”
A wild viral clip shows Suzanna Karatassos, a Democrat running for Georgia House District 120, pushing a straight-up authoritarian idea.
She says once Trump is out and Democrats grab power… pic.twitter.com/UFpSjdk6IP
— Old School Eddie (@Old_SchoolEddie) February 9, 2026
From Karatassos’ campaign website, “I am a wife and mother in Georgia, almost all of my family lives here. I want to see Georgia thrive and for all our citizens to be able to lead a life of prosperity with dignity.”
“What is happening in our country at a federal level is unprecedented and I realized I can’t do anything about that, but I
can help protect our State from it.”
“Helping to flip the Georgia Legislature Blue is what I can offer.”
That and, of course, silencing those who disagree with her.
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Politics
SHIELD OF THE AMERICAS: Ecuador’s Noboa Says US Troops Are Welcome To Help Fight Drug Cartels (VIDEO)
Ecuador’s president, Daniel Noboa
The Western Hemisphere is getting more secure by the day.
The new anti-Cartel alliance put forward by US President Donald J. Trump is starting to change the landscape in Latin America, once forgotten by feeble Joe Biden, and left to be infiltrated by Russia, China, and Iran.
But now, action against these criminal drug networks is ongoing, stronger than ever.
As a clear example, we have Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa saying he would welcome US troops to help confront the ‘security crisis’ in his nation.
JUST IN: Ecuadorian President says he would welcome U.S. troops to combat the country’s drug gangs.
— Polymarket (@Polymarket) April 8, 2026
Bloomberg reported:
“The US has already helped Ecuador target criminal gangs with its advanced tracking and intelligence technology, Noboa said in an interview. He would be in favor of even more involvement from the administration of President Donald Trump, who he said shares his concern with combating drug trafficking.
‘It’s not an invasion, it’s not a — not an intruder coming into our country’, Noboa said Tuesday, speaking at his home overlooking the Guayas River in the gang-ridden port city of Guayaquil. ‘It’s actually international collaboration against crime’.”
American commandos in recent days joined Ecuadorian troops in a joint mission aimed at dismantling a suspected criminal hub operated by an alleged narco-terrorist organization along the country’s coast. https://t.co/5PeMEZzUwU
— CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) April 1, 2026
Noboa predicted a US troop deployment happening as early as this year.
“With US help, he said that his government had succeeded in slashing the homicide rate in the violent region near the Colombian border. Government data shows a near 35% year-over-year decline in violent crime in those hot spots during the first quarter of this year.”
Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa said he would welcome US troops to help confront the “security crisis” in his nation, provided they follow the lead of local armed forces.
“It’s not an invasion, it’s not an intruder coming to our country,” Noboa tells Bloomberg’s Annmarie… pic.twitter.com/J7wrNuxnwK
— Bloomberg (@business) April 8, 2026
“Noboa is one of Trump’s closest allies in Latin America, who has deepened security ties with Washington and taken a similarly confrontational approach both to drug cartels and to trade and diplomacy. In March, Ecuador carried out military actions using US intelligence to target groups they labeled terrorist.”
Read more:
WATCH: Ecuador Launches Anti-Drug Operations With US Logistical Support – Colombia’s Petro Says Ecuadorean Air Force Is Striking Cartel and Guerilla Camps Across the Border
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