Monday, November 9, 2026

The Highwayman's Midterm 2026 Report Is In...("Reckoning")

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Well, the ink is barely dry on the Democrats' midterm triumphs, and we've already seen Stephen Miller promoted to Trump's chief consigliere (in place of Susan Wiles, who's been shunted over to the political side -- oh, wait, wasn't she always there? Hmm...), ICE agents swarming the Wolverine State, and progressives finding renewed reasons to fume, as the legacy media and their operatives gear up to grease Schumer's and Jeffries's coronation as Senate Majority Leader, and House Speaker. 

In our view, allowing the Tepid Twins to continue flubbing their respective assignments seems tantamount to suggesting that Pete Best should have gotten another year behind the Fab Four drum riser! But we'll cover that soon enough, most likely. Meanwhile, the Highwayman shot us another inspired 'toon, on the Election Day state of play, which seems like a fitting cap to the whole thing. 

Yer Humble Narrator ended up crafting the header at the top, because the Highwayman accidentally cut off the credit, amid all the picture taking excitement. We couldn't let this little oversight go unaddressed, so we duly whipped up the appropriate graphic reinforcement, on the spot.

After all, we believe in giving credit where credit is due. Now, all we can do is hope that corporate Democratic leadership gives the voters theirs, too -- because they were the ones, just as the dominoes fell, from Georgia, to Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, and Texas, who stood up and shouted:

"Enough Is Enough!"


Not to put a fine point on the whole business, but -- last time we checked -- people voted for change, not the Austeritycrats, in whatever guise they care to inhabit. But if we're going to take on this challenge, it only seems logical that a new Congress might benefit from new leadership. Right?

It's going to be the mother of all heavy lifts, but once we finally get it done, the only nagging question will be, "What took us so long?" See you in the funny papers. --The Reckoner


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