At the Atlantic, Russell Burman details this reasoning in his new article “Maybe Democrats Didn’t Do So Badly After All ”: Now a clearer picture of the election has emerged, complicating the debate over whether Democrats need to reinvent themselves—and whether voters really abandoned them at all.

In Massachusetts, Democratic Gov. Maura Healey has taken a somewhat less confrontational attitude toward President-elect Donald Trump.

Representative Pramila Jayapal said that Democrats "forced" Trump and Musk "to back down from the 11th hour demand to pass a suspension of the debt ceiling."

Uwashinze ibigo Amazon na Blue Origin ari mu bihangange vyashoye umutahe mw'ikoranabuhanga bamaze kuja i Mar-a-Lago.

Elon Musk says comments of “President Musk” is part of a media conspiracy to “drive a wedge between” him and Donald Trump, but he hasn’t outright rejected his new moniker. Comments about Musk’s political influence rolled in after he went on a posting spree Wednesday to threaten GOP lawmakers with retribution if they didn’t reject a stopgap budget he felt had too wide of a scope.

Critics have highlighted what they see as the tech mogul's huge influence over Congress and the president-elect.

Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) on Thursday suggested Elon Musk is the one directing the Trump administration, not President-elect Trump, pointing to the tech entrepreneur’s leading position in opposing the government funding stopgap measure.

This holiday season could come with the legislative equivalent of getting coal in your stocking – a government shutdown. Already, a bill aimed at avoiding this fate was rejected by lawmakers.