Today, I'll just borrow from traditional sources.  From the  New York Times : Russia’s Victory Day, celebrating the Soviet triumph over Nazi Germany, is May 9. Western officials   worry Vladimir Putin may exploit it to intensify attacks .   (May 9 is this coming Monday.) Trying to tame inflation, the Fed approved its   biggest interest rate increase since 2000 . Tucker, Thiel, Trump: How J.D. Vance   won Ohio’s Republican Senate primary . About Vance's victory, many think, aha, Trump is still very influential, and will make a huge difference in the upcoming November mid-term elections.   Nope, what will happen is that a small percentage of Republicans will be so negatively effected by this Trump-effect that they will skip voting, and a small percentage of Independents will vote for the Democratic opponent.   This differential will in several elections only favor the Democrat.   I suspect Democrats will end up after the 2022 general election with greater than their  current majo