The two massive protests on June 14 and October 18 represented a significant benchmark in US political culture. The most recent one mobilized 7 million people in all 50 states, and the movement emerged as a cohesive, sustained national resistance against the policies and authoritarian actions of the 2nd Trump Administration. The non-partisan resistance of “We the People” against a dictatorial regime marked the institutionalization of a highly organized resistance capable of exerting sustained pressure on a sustained basis.
The phrase was not just a slogan, it represented a philosophical basis in the Constitution that framed a resistance to “kings, dictators, and tyrants.” Its scope was large enough to include unions and former Republican President George W. Bush. The movements focused clearly on perceived threats to our democracy.
With less than 15 months before the 2026 elections, it is still hard to come up with odds on any election or party. Generally speaking, the party in office loses House seats in the mid-term. The popularity of the President also has an effect, but that can change over time. Considering the sources+ cited by Gemini, the Democrats stand a chance of recovering the House with the Republicans losing about a dozen seats. Although the Republicans have more Senate seats up for re-election than the Democrats, they still are projected to retain control of the Senate. The Democrats have picked up a few House seats in the Special Elections.
The Republicans have been after the Corporation for Public Broadcasting ever since it was formed in 1967. The Administration wants to control every form of communication so all that is left is a propaganda fire hose from the White House. They even extorted $16 million from CBS. If anyone other than the President had done that, they would have been charged with racketeering.
The first volley was an attack on the Voice of America, which was formed to broadcasts news behind the Iron Curtain. It was successful for many years of penetrating the wall around the Soviet Union. It served the purpose of the US State Department, but it was an independent agency that he could not control. So he crushed it.