Call it what you like: the “blue wave,” the “bluenami,” or the “bluclear apocalypse.” Whatever term you use, the Democrats swept the electoral map on Tuesday, and will be entering Congress in 2027 with control of both houses. Overnight, the tone of political life in the United States has shifted. It’s now clear that Donald Trump, the MAGA right, and Christian nationalism do not, in fact, have a popular mandate. Instead, Americans clearly want economic populism, electing a slew of left-wing candidates like Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, Minnesota’s Peggy Flanagan, and Maine’s Troy Jackson. Even the “moderates” sound like Bernie Sanders in 2016, with Texas’ James Talarico saying that “We already have class warfare in this country. It’s the billionaires waging war against the rest of us.” A new era is about to begin.

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