A Private Call Reveals Democrats’ Desperation Over Tossing of Map

A conversation involving House members from Virginia and the top House Democrat reflected the fury and desperation that has gripped the party after Friday’s ruling in the state.

May 10, 2026

By Reid J. Epstein

Democrats are struggling to respond to a major redistricting setback in Virginia, with some partyleaders discussing an audacious and possibly far-fetched idea for trying to restore a congressional map voidedby the court but showing little indication they have a clear plan.

During a private discussion on Saturday thatincluded Democratic House members from Virginiaand Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the minority leader,the lawmakers vented anger at their defeat at the Virginia Supreme Court, spokeabout a collective determination to flip two or three Republican-held seats under the existing mapanddiscussed a bank-shot proposal to redraw the congressional lines anyway, according to three people who participated in the call and two others who were briefed on it.

They did not land on a specific course forward, and Mr.Jeffries and the other members of Congress agreed to consult with their lawyers about the most prudent way to proceed, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe a private talk.

(https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/us/politics/democrats-virginia-plans-gerrymandering.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hVA.hC_z.bWSXpnmtwsOe&smid=url-share

They are fucking nuts, VA is the last state to violate their own constitution; and they process things on various divisions. It’s not one constitution it’s complicated. Dems can’t cheat so their are beat down the bastions, but that will never work.

HARD LEFT TURN: After Postponing Elections and Refusing to Resign, Britain’s PM is Now Nationalizing Industry and Trying to Overturn the Brexit Vote.

5/11/26

JUST NOW HARD LEFT TURN: After Postponing Elections and Refusing to Resign,Britain’s PM is Now Nationalizing Industry and Trying to Overturn the Brexit Vote. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a speech addressing Labour’s electoral losses and outlining plans for a stronger relationship with the EU and domestic reforms.

PULSE POINTS

❓WHAT HAPPENED: British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer delivered a 20-minute-long speech in London attempting to salvage his premiership against the backdrop of mega losesto Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party this past week. Sir Keir addressesthe elect oral losses across England, Scotland, and Wales, vowing to take responsibility for the results, whileattacking Farage as “dangerous” and setting Britain back on a course to rejoining the European Union(EU). (Holy shit Farage was leading Brexit,Starmer’s so desperate he lies about everything he and the City of London )

📺DETAIL: Starmer outlined plans to strengthen the UK’s relationship with the EU, proposing a youth exchange program and highlighting the importance of a “reset” in European relations. Domestically,he pledged to nationalize British Steel and block what he described as “far-right agitators” from entering the UK for an upcoming march led by Tommy Robinson.

💬KEY QUOTE: “’I want to remind you what Nigel Farage said about Brexit. He said it would make us richer. Wrong. It made us poorer. He said it would reduce migration. Wrong. Migration went through the roof. He said it would make us more secure. Wrong again. He just fled the scene and now he will talk about almost anything other the consequences of what they delivered. He is not just a grifter, he’s a chancer.”

🎯 IMPACT: Starmer’s speech is a critical moment in shoring up his leadership amid growing internal party criticism and public doubts.

His focus on European ties and domestic reforms highlights astrategic shift to rebuild support and address national challenges, thoughtacking to the far-left is likely more a ploy to recapture drifting Labour Party votersmore captivated by Zack Polanski’s far-left Green movement than actually speaking to middle Britain.

(The City of London, the overlords of Starmer and the world, are desperate, it sounds crazy and they are. The Bankers have ruled Britain for centuries, they never believed they could lose!)

https://thenationalpulse.com/2026/05/11/hard-left-turn-after-postponing-elections-and-refusing-to-resign-britains-pm-is-now-nationalizing-industry-and-trying-to-overturn-the-brexit-vote/

Keir Starmer's desperate plan B unveiled - and it's awful news for Rachel Reeves

Story by Giles Sheldrick • 5h .1/2

Sir Keir Starmer's desperate post-local election dinosaur dig at Downing Streetunearthed two fascinating fossilised creatures.

AfterLabour was crushed in its worst-ever electoral defeat, the beleaguered prime minister sat alone and had a brainwave.

But his appointment of former PM Gordon Brown and party grandee Harriet Harman - two relics from a past age - simply smacks of desperation.

Starmer is a dead man walking - the vultures have been circling for a while- but one person should be especially panicked byMr Brown's arrival as his international finance envoy.

The strange gimmick, which bears striking similarities to Rishi Sunak's appointment of David Cameron months before the Tories'General Election defeat, which set this sorry circus off and running, was about the only card he had left to play.

With no political authority to conduct a reshuffle,he appointed a ghost to run the rule over the nation's finances.

And what he seesmight turn him even greyer.

Mr Brown - who became prime ministerin a coronation after Tony Blair left Downing Street -was an unpopular and deeply frustrated leader.

But he was respected as Chancellor, a job he held for 10 years.

During his time at the Treasury,his favourite word was prudence and the careful stewardship of the public finances. It is a word that doesn't exist in the lexicon of Rachel Reeves, who has taxed the economy to oblivion.

Mr Brown's role might be part-time and unpaid, but the implication of his appointment is clear.

If anyone comes close to being asuniversally unpopular as Starmer, it is Ms Reeves, who has made such a hash of running the economy that it is now on life support.

In his new role, Mr Brown reports directly to the Prime Minister, thus bypassing the Treasury.

It is clear this is a move borne out of desperation, and whenStarmer goes, as he surely will, he'll take his catastrophic Chancellor with him.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/politics/government/keir-starmer-s-desperate-plan-b-unveiled-and-it-s-awful-news-for-rachel-reeves/ar-AA22SA6R

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2/2. Hilarious Read!

The appointment of Mr Brown willeffectively allow him to elicit economic policy that bypasses the so-called Treasury orthodoxy of stability, fiscal rules, and building credibility with markets, in which Ms Reeves is unshakeable in her belief.

Starmer, like the rest of the country, sees her as an unmitigated disaster, so she has been effectively undermined by a 75-year-old who has been out of the game for more than a decade.kek

Mr Brown is happy to ignore the fiscal rules that Reeves so rigidly obeys, especially on defence spending, and is knownto be in favour of joining forces with Europe to keep procurement costs down. Music to Starmer's ears as he inches Britain ever closer to the "reset" he dreams of.

The ongoing Middle East conflict is causing huge economic jitters, compounding a deepening cost-of-living crisis andexposing Britain's military impotence.

Mr Brown's hasty appointment, hours after Starmer oversaw Labour's electoral armageddon, is as much a judgment on Ms Reeves as it is the Prime Minister's rank incompetence.

Downing Street insists Mr Brown will be tasked with developing new international finance partnerships that can support defence and security-related investment, including measures that underpin the UK's relationship with Europe.

As part of the role, he will engage with international leaders and finance institutions as well as private finance partnersto establish multilateral finance mechanisms.

In other words, Ms Reeves is out of her depth.

The view of Mr Brown has softened over the years, buthis light-touch regulation of the City and high public spendingin the years leading up to the financial crash of 2008 have been blamed for exposing the UK to the global crisis.

And between 1999 and 2002,he flogged approximately 395 tonnes of gold reserves- more than half of the total holding -at a 20-year price low, costing the UK billions in potential value.

Still, that's Labour for you. They will always play fast and loose with other people's money, regardless of who is in charge.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/politics/government/keir-starmer-s-desperate-plan-b-unveiled-and-it-s-awful-news-for-rachel-reeves/ar-AA22SA6R

Gulf states are 'VERY CONCERNED' as Iran rejects US peace proposal

12 minutes ago

8:41

https://youtu.be/zg82ay5adps

Trump fires back at Iran's response to US proposal: 'TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE'

Fox News' Alex Hogan reports the latest on the U.S. proposal to Iran and how President Donald Trump is reacting to the regime's response. NATO Ambassador Matthew Whitaker also joined 'Fox & Friends First' to discuss next steps, the latest on the conflict and more.

8.27

https://youtu.be/Zrq5cTBeGqg

Motion to recuse Pirro, Blanche ‘REEKS OF DESPERATION,’ attorney says

6:14

(How does the assassin get high paid attorneys to defend them. They want Pirro etc dismissed, because his attorneys know he be convicted and sent to federal prison)

https://youtu.be/_x9MStTaYYw

These assholes should shut to fuck up, nobody cares because they all lie intentionally

Top WHO official warns of 'high-risk' contacts on hantavirus cruise ship(where’s the proof if that)

8:41

Maria Van Kerkhove, who leads the WHO's epidemic & pandemic management, details repatriation flights for passengers disembarking from a hantavirus-hit cruise ship docked in Tenerife, Spain. (The who will get samples of the virus and grow it in lamp and the Who will distribute it for another pandemic)

https://youtu.be/kbVudgW8Fnk

BOMBSHELL report: California spent BILLIONS on migrant healthcare

(I hope the Fed has an army of investigators in CA to show billions is just a drop in the bucket)

7:46

https://youtu.be/BB_W_Jk_6jA

John Yoo – Supreme Court said no more racism in voting maps.

9:32 PM · May 9, 2026

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(It’s always been reverse racism by dems against whites)

https://x.com/CitizenFreePres/status/2053287091383988433?s=20

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Iran calls response to US proposal ‘generous,’ says its forces are ready to act

Summary

• Iran called its latest proposal to the United States “reasonable and generous,” on Monday after Washington rejected it as unacceptable.

• Iran’s internet blackout entered its 73rd day on Monday, surpassing 1,728 hours, internet monitor NetBlocks said.

• South Korea plans to respond to an attack on the HMM Namu cargo ship, the presidential Blue House said on Monday, adding that Seoul was unaware at this point what role, if any, Iran had in the incident.

• Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman •=said on Monday that Tehran had not yet “settled score” with those who acted against the country==, responding to a question about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s comments that the war was not over.

• Iran’s state broadcaster reported that Tehran’s response to the latest US proposal includes demands for compensation over war damage and recognition of the Islamic Republic’s sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz.

• US President Donald Trump said Iran’s response to Washington’s latest proposal was “totally unacceptable,” in a brief but sharply worded social media post

(Just blow up the entire government in Iran!)

https://www.iranintl.com/en/liveblog/202605087268