Democrats blitzed the GOP last week and have taken control of the House and Senate. People are making a lot of this, but it’s not the first time a party has lost a lot of seats. The GOP’s loss of roughly 46 seats is almost modest compared with losses under other presidents such as Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who lost 79 seats; Barack Obama, 69; Harry Truman, 68; and Bill Clinton, 54. This puts Trump into the top 10 but not by much.

Now that the Democrat Party is in power, what can we expect them to move on? Here’s my list.

• Attempt to impeach Trump
• Eliminate the electoral college
• Remove the filibuster
• Seek to make the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico states
• Abolish ICE
• Push more strongly for Medicare for all
• Restrictions allowing men in women’s sports will be eliminated
• Restore and expand tax credits for wind and solar power and other renewable energy that were cut/reduced by the Trump administration
• Ban offshore oil drilling
• Offer easy citizenship to illegal immigrants
• Expand legal entry for immigrants
• Abortions increase as states relax restrictions
• Implement policies to combat climate change and promote sustainable practices
• Push for public ownership of major industries
• Reverse cuts to the Affordable Care act
• Increase the minimum wage
• Reinstate DEI initiatives
• Push for legislation that makes it easier for cities to implement Sharia Law
• Anti-semitic hate crimes will increase
• Wokism will increase
• The Democratic Party will continue using race as a political tool to build coalition support and energize non-white voters.
• Rhetoric that frames America as inherently, structurally racist will increase
• Islamaphobia will increase
• AOC and Kamala Harris will battle for the Democratic party nomination for president
• Democrat opposition to the Iran war will make it easier for Trump to pull out
• Support for Israel will be eliminated or drastically reduced
• The United States will continue to move closer to socialism
• AI will be closely scrutinized but left largely uncontrolled and data centers will continue to be built
• There will be shortages of food
• Nothing will happen to Ilhan Omar

© Jeff Lossau – November 10, 2026