Democrats scored victories in California (with voter approval of redistricting to counter Trump’s efforts in Texas and elsewhere), New Jersey (a boring centrist beat a Trump acolyte), and Virginia (where another less boring centrist beat a somewhat nutty Trumpista for the governorship, but, more importantly, Democrats swept almost all the state races). In NYC, of course, an actual economic populist, Zohran Mamdani, won the race for mayor, although the race to the bottom I wrote about last June is already starting. Hopefully he can pull off some of his proposed reforms to make life more viable for the vast majority of New Yorkers.

The fact that the fascist Steve Bannon is alarmed by the Mamdani victory is a hopeful sign, at least if other Democrats start running again as the working class party, instead of the party of the prudent wing of the ruling class (and the identity politics bourgeoisie).