Take Heart! (Part 2) February 5, 2026February 5, 2026 We have a great chance of winning both the House and Senate. And flipping governorships and state legislative chambers. A famous Democratic strategist at a closed-press thing I attended last week saw a path to 56 senators. His on-stage counterpart, a famous journalist long associated with a Republican-leaning publication, saw 54. Needless to say, even 51 would change everything. It will take an enormous effort . . . that — take heart! — is underway. You’ve seen the Texas state senate seat we won last week by 14 points in a district Trump won by 17. Results in low-turn-out special elections exaggerate the results we can expect in November, but we don’t need anywhere close to a 31-point swing to produce a big blue wave . . . and we have remarkable people stepping up to ride that wave. A small sampling: > Democrat David Jolly, whose speech I highlighted last week (7 minutes), will be the next governor of Florida. > Democrat Alexander Vindman (2 minutes) will flip the Senate seat currently occupied by Marco Rubio’s appointed replacement whom neither you nor 95% of Floridians can name. I couldn’t either until I looked it up. > Democrat Rob Sand will be the next governor of Iowa. He’s already been elected statewide and saved the state a ton of money; become a little famous (The Winning Ticket: Uncovering America’s Biggest Lottery Scam); and rocked this episode of the wildly popular MeatEater podcast (2 hours) describing something that makes me cringe (I “lean vegetarian”) but that measured 209 inches from antler to wherever hunters measure these things. > The hugely personable Scott Colom, district attorney, will be the next senator from the potentially great state of Mississippi. > The radiant Mary Peltola is going to be the next senator from the great state of Alaska! > Roy Cooper will win in North Carolina! > Either Janet Mills or Graham Platner has a real chance to beat Susan Collins in Maine! > Either James Talarico or the equally amazing Jasmine Crockett could be the next junior senator from Texas. Both have blown me away up close; the reason I hope Talarico wins the nomination is that his message — there’s nothing “Christian” about Christian nationalism — would be heard nationwide, which could help guide thousands of voters back onto the path of kindness and decency. > I’ve told you about the son of two Baptist ministers Chris Jones, with his two advanced degrees in physics and rocketry from MIT, who will flip an Arkansas seat blue . . . and my pal retired Space Force Colonel Bree Framm who will be winning a seat in Virginia . . . and my firefighter/JFK air traffic controller/Black Hawk helicopter pal Chris Gallant, who can flip a seat on Long Island. There are dozens more. With much of the country roused to help sweep them to victory! Join today’s 3pm weekly Indivisible call! Block out March 28 to join next entirely peaceful NO KINGS protest! (I never protested before either, but the three I’ve attended have been fun! So c’mon. Grab a friend or two and have at it!) BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE! Supreme Court lets California use congressional map that favors Dems. Take heart! They may not always bend the knee to Trump. New York Times Added 1.4 Million Digital Subscribers in 2025. Take heart! More and more people are paying attention. Conservatives are stepping up. Take heart! Liz Cheney was the first and bravest, but there are more and more. “Resisting tyranny used to mean something in this country,” says this one (2 minutes you will want to share). The Epstein files just won’t go away. More than 38,000 references to Trump in more than 5,300 separate files. Watch him say they prove he’s innocent . . . just as he had the largest inauguration crowd in history . . . won 2020 by a landslide (“everybody knows” it) . . . just as the 30,000 lies and misstatements in his first term weren’t lies and misstatements . . . and E. Jean Carroll was “not his type” so he couldn’t have raped her as the jury found he did) . . . it’s just one hoax after another. No president in history has been so badly treated. And anyone who disagrees is either a deranged lunatic (“low IQ,” to boot, if not white) and/or a paid radical domestic terrorist. Just look at Alex Pretti. Congressmen Ted Lieu begs to differ. Watch him call Trump out for those 38,000 Epstein file references (2 minutes). Take heart! The fever is breaking! The wave is building! Spread those clips and, if you can, help fund the infrastructure that will boost all our Democratic candidates — now, when few do and we need it most. You can rent lots of buses in the last weeks of a campaign; but you have to start now if you want to build the bridges they’ll need to ride over.