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20 reports in 11 states

  • 1 Hot air
  • 2 Wish list
  • 3 Your wallet
  • 4 Firings and flips
  • 5 Subpoenas

Damage reports

Our headline, their exact words, and a link to the source.

Cat 4

Tennessee

Firings and flips

Tennessee flipped by 280 votes. She calls it poetic.

“There's a little shock, and there's almost a beauty in that. It's beautiful, it's poetic, for the district”

Victoria Broderick, Incoming Democrat, Tennessee 4th

Broderick, a local activist and tech support worker, leads Scott DesJarlais by just 280 votes in a district Trump carried by 24 points in 2024.

Elaine Luria
Cat 1

Virginia

Hot air

Impeachment is not on the to-do list

“Impeaching Trump is 'not our priority,'”

Elaine Luria, Congresswoman-elect, Virginia

The NBC headline of the Meet the Press NOW clip; Luria sat on the January 6 committee, per NBC.

Kamala Harris
Cat 1

California

Hot air

Harris tells her own party: be ruthless

“The American people have elected Democrats across the country in federal, state, and local races who must be ruthless in using every lever of power to deliver economic relief for working families and hold this administration accountable for their deep-seated corruption”

Kamala Harris, Former vice president

Her post-midterms message about Democrats elected in federal, state and local races, in Fox News coverage.

Wes Moore
Cat 1

Maryland

Hot air

The number of Black governors doubled in one cycle

“I'm only the third African American ever elected governor in the 250-year history of this country, and, now, in one cycle, we have at least doubled that number.”

Wes Moore, Governor of Maryland

Reflecting to CBS News on Tuesday after four new Black governors were elected in the midterms.

All 20 reports

The damage scale

Every report gets a category. Higher is worse.

  1. 1

    Hot air

    Speeches, boasts and victory laps.

    9 so far

  2. 2

    Wish list

    Agendas, plans and to-do lists.

    2 so far

  3. 3

    Your wallet

    Taxes and spending.

    2 so far

  4. 4

    Firings and flips

    Pink slips, and red states going blue.

    3 so far

  5. 5

    Subpoenas

    Investigations and courtrooms.

    4 so far

Built to be shared

Every report becomes a card for X and Facebook, with the source printed on it.

Share card: Blumenthal has the subpoenas. The tentacles should worry.
Cat 5, Connecticut
Share card: Ramirez gives the administration a calendar update
Cat 5, Illinois
Share card: Schumer finally found a use for razor wire
Cat 5, New York

The fine print

Is any of this made up?
No. Every report links its source, and every quote is word for word.
They haven’t even started?
The new Congress is sworn in January 3. We started early.
Why is it all their fault?
Everything here is something they said, did or promised.
Found a mistake?
Tell us. Corrections go at the top of the report.