Posts of Clash Report

James Talarico: There is something broken in America. Our economic system is broken, our political system is broken. Even our relationships with each other feel broken. And I think that our campaign in Texas is pioneering a new kind of politics that can bridge those divides, can repair the ties that bind us together.

BREAKING: Trump is considering replacing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth following Republicans’ heavy midterm election losses. Trump has asked advisers whether Hegseth should remain in office but has made no decision. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is being floated as a possible replacement. Source: CBS News READ MORE

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius: I would first like to congratulate the Democrats on their truly remarkable electoral victory, securing a majority in the House of Representatives. That outcome seemed fairly clear to many beforehand. But to also have such a clear situation in the Senate, this will shift the balance of power within the United States. At the same time, our primary point of contact remains the Donald Trump administration. The government is elected to serve until the end of 2028.

German Foreign Minister Wadephul: I say for myself and for the German government: We stand by the State of Israel, its security and its existence. You must not overlook the fact that it is the state ideology of Iran to destroy Israel as a state and to kill Jews. And Israel is defending itself against that.

Hackers Raise Temperatures At French Blood Stores France’s national blood service said alarms allowed technicians to intervene before products were compromised as hackers raised temperature and defrosting thresholds at three cold stores. READ MORE

Chuck Schumer: We are going to work hard to drive costs down, with the president or without him, period.

Chuck Schumer on Iran: We're going to end the Iran war. We have some Republicans already who've joined us in ending the war. The Founding Fathers had the power of the purse as one of the ways of deterring a president who does war without the consent of the American people. READ MORE

Chuck Schumer: Whenever Trump defies the will of the American people or the law, we will launch investigations, take him to court, and entangle him in legislative razor wire. The days of Trump's supplicant Senate are over.

Chuck Schumer on Iran: This war must end. It must end.

UAE Weighs Third Oil Pipeline to Bypass Strait of Hormuz ADNOC is considering a third crude export pipeline to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, running from the UAE’s western coast to Fujairah, as the country seeks to reduce its reliance on the waterway. READ MORE

🛢️ Brent crude fell below $100 a barrel following the U.S. midterm elections.

JD Vance has identified dissatisfaction with Washington’s relationship with Israel as one of the reasons voters who backed Trump in 2024 switched to Democrats in the 2026 elections. Vance cited polling showing that former Trump supporters wanted four changes to return to the Republican Party: an end to the war, greater focus on inflation and the cost of living, an America First approach, and a change in the U.S. relationship with Israel. “Our voters showed up. And the above four reasons are why many of them voted for Democrats,” Vance said.

EU Urges Ukraine to Accelerate Rule-of-Law Reforms in Accession Roadmap A Commission roadmap calls for urgent rule-of-law reforms before Ukraine can provisionally close its negotiating chapters in 2027, but offers no membership date. READ MORE

JD Vance finally speaks about the election results: The reason we lost is the war.

Reza Pahlavi: Iran was on a path where it could have become the South Korea of the Middle East. Instead, it became the North Korea of the Middle East. Why? Because a regime founded on an Islamist and Marxist ideology seized power.

Reza Pahlavi on Iran: Whenever the regime celebrates election results in the U.S. or elsewhere, that should be a red flag and cause for concern. This is not America's fight. It is not Europe's fight. It is the Iranian people's fight for freedom. But we cannot win alone.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis: Four years ago, we were in the peak woke era. It alienated a lot of people. Now the issues are different. The Republicans were really fighting yesterday's battles.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis: They were spending hundreds of millions of dollars across the country on transgender ads. But that was not the issue motivating voters. It was kind of like an attempt to scare Republicans to vote.

Reza Pahlavi: As for the U.S. elections, all I can say is that this is democracy. This is the very nature of democracy. It is exactly what we want to have in Iran one day, when Iranian citizens will have the right to vote in elections, something they do not have today. Whether you are on the left or the right, you must defend the rights of the Iranian people.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis: Take these Flock cameras. It’s happened very quickly. Law enforcement uses normal cameras; that’s not anything new. This is one where they’re taking data. They’re harvesting data about who’s going through, and they’re giving it to private companies. They can create dossiers. They can sell the data. They can do all that. Is that something we want to have?

Reza Pahlavi on Iran: It is a revolutionary jihadist regime that has occupied Iran and turned it into the headquarters of global terrorism. You cannot have peace and stability in the Middle East as long as this regime remains in power. This regime must go, not only for the benefit of the Iranian people, but also for the benefit of Europeans.

Reza Pahlavi: I am here today with a simple message for Europe: The Islamic Republic is weaker than ever. It will be overthrown. The question is when, how quickly, and whether Europe will stand with the Iranian people or continue appeasing this regime.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis: Look, if we were all sitting here even a month ago and someone offered you odds on Texas… Some would have said the Senate seat was going to go, because you saw that. But if you’d said, "I will bet you that the Texas governor, lieutenant governor, AG, land commissioner, Railroad Commission, whatever they have, and the Supreme Court will all go Democrat," not one of you would have taken that bet.

Governor Ron DeSantis on whether he’ll run for the President: We’ll talk about anything I’m doing on the other side of this. I’ve still got more work to do. We’ll work till the lights are out and cross that bridge when we get to it.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis: I think if gas was two dollars a gallon, if inflation was lower, and if some of these other issues were shaking out a little bit better, you would have seen at least different trends.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis: People are looking at mortgage rates over seven percent, gas at four dollars a gallon, and grocery prices going up. So I think it was more about kitchen-table, bread-and-butter issues.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis: How do you have no investment acumen, and then all of a sudden you get elected to Congress and you’re outperforming Warren Buffett? How does that work?

Kremlin: The agenda for a possible meeting between Putin, Trump and Xi Jinping is still being coordinated.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis: They voted against releasing the Epstein files. And I’m like, that’s a bad vote. We ran as Republicans saying we need to do that, and then you actually have people in Congress voting against releasing them.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis: Hopefully nothing happens, but you never know with life, right? So if there were to be a vacancy, I think the chance of confirming somebody over the next two years is zero. I think the chance of putting people into serious cabinet roles is also zero.