My Midterm Year Memes

I started the year with this image: Ten months later, things appear to be poised on possibly not going completely wrong at all. I’ve been reflecting the ups and downs in my memes and occasionally collecting them here. I posted the first installment, Happy 2026, in early April, and the second judiciary-only installment, Trump Lost 30 Court Cases in 30 Days, in July. Here’s the rest of April-October, which includes the lead-up to two elections: the Virginia referendum on redistricting (which passed until it didn’t) and now the November midterms. Good luck, everybody. Thank you once again, Richmond Times-Dispatch, for featuring my guest commentary this morning. The title is a Trump quote and a reference to 1929 Italy when state-controlled newspapers printed commandments for fascists, including: “Mussolini is always right.” Trump is always right. Thank you, Lexington. Our early voting turn-out on the referendum is (just ever so slightly) stronger than last year’s election — which…