Beau of The Fifth Column

Okay, so we need a strategic overview of the lay of the land.

As it stands, Republicans have both the House and the Senate.

If Democrats can win a majority in either of those, they can derail a lot of Trump's further advances.

If they can get both, they can derail pretty much everything and maybe even unwind it a bit.

Let's start with the House of Representatives.

Republicans have a 218 to 214 majority.

There are three empty seats.

Assuming those seats go the way they're expected, Democrats only need to pick up a few seats to flip control.

There are about three dozen seats that are seen as in play.

These are seats that aren't safe.

It includes seats that lean to one party or the other, but aren't safe.

And it includes the true toss-ups.

When you look even closer at those that are true toss-ups, Democrats are holding four toss-up seats.

Republicans are holding more than a dozen.

That means Democrats have many more opportunities to pick up seats.

With the current political trends, it seems probably, even likely, they pick up the handful of seats they need to take the majority.

But a lot can happen in nine months.

Well, howdy there, Internet people, it's Belle again.

So today, we're going to talk about senators, strikes, and your questions.

Senator Ruben Gallego was on a podcast, and he mentioned what he believed the appropriate response from citizens should be if Trump tries to interfere with the elections.