<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Blue Wave Damage</title><link>https://bluewavedamage.com/</link><description>The storm tracker for the new majority.</description><item><title>Himes says his office has had exactly zero of them</title><link>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/himes-zero/</link><guid>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/himes-zero/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 13:46:43 -0500</pubDate><description>“I haven&#x27;t gotten one.” Jim Himes, House member, Connecticut. Source: Axios</description></item><item><title>Tennessee flipped by 280 votes. She calls it poetic.</title><link>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/broderick-280/</link><guid>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/broderick-280/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 19:43:45 -0500</pubDate><description>“There&#x27;s a little shock, and there&#x27;s almost a beauty in that. It&#x27;s beautiful, it&#x27;s poetic, for the district” Victoria Broderick, Incoming Democrat, Tennessee 4th. Source: Axios</description></item><item><title>The new governor of Iowa walked the runway for Prada</title><link>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/sand-runway/</link><guid>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/sand-runway/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 17:05:00 -0500</pubDate><description>“Yes, I knew that.” Rob Sand, Iowa Governor-elect. Source: CBS News</description></item><item><title>Impeachment is not on the to-do list</title><link>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/luria-not-our-priority/</link><guid>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/luria-not-our-priority/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 16:38:30 -0500</pubDate><description>“Impeaching Trump is &#x27;not our priority,&#x27;” Elaine Luria, Congresswoman-elect, Virginia. Source: NBC News</description></item><item><title>Schumer&#x27;s court test is one adjective</title><link>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/schumer-right-winger/</link><guid>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/schumer-right-winger/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 15:02:20 -0500</pubDate><description>“The bottom line is we’re not going to allow a right-winger on the court” Chuck Schumer, Senate Democratic leader. Source: AP News</description></item><item><title>California death row gets a life sentence</title><link>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/newsom-death-row-life/</link><guid>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/newsom-death-row-life/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 14:50:00 -0500</pubDate><description>“But as Governor, I have concluded the state cannot morally kill them” Gavin Newsom, Governor of California. Source: CBS News</description></item><item><title>She hasn&#x27;t taken office. She&#x27;s already kick-starting the transition.</title><link>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/raman-transition/</link><guid>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/raman-transition/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 14:32:09 -0500</pubDate><description>“today&#x27;s work was about kick-starting that transition” Nithya Raman, Los Angeles mayor-elect. Source: Los Angeles Times</description></item><item><title>Blumenthal has the subpoenas. The tentacles should worry.</title><link>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/blumenthal-tentacles/</link><guid>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/blumenthal-tentacles/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 07:51:15 -0500</pubDate><description>“The tentacles of corruption reach deep in this administration, and they have added costs to everyday Americans” Richard Blumenthal, Incoming chairman, Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Source: Los Angeles Times (AP wire)</description></item><item><title>Harris tells her own party: be ruthless</title><link>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/harris-ruthless/</link><guid>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/harris-ruthless/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 06:10:32 -0500</pubDate><description>“The American people have elected Democrats across the country in federal, state, and local races who must be ruthless in using every lever of power to deliver economic relief for working families and hold this administration accountable for their deep-seated corruption” Kamala Harris, Former vice president. Source: Fox News</description></item><item><title>Ramirez gives the administration a calendar update</title><link>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/ramirez-clear-schedule/</link><guid>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/ramirez-clear-schedule/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 06:09:00 -0500</pubDate><description>“Clear your schedule.” Delia Ramirez, US Representative. Source: Central Oregon Daily News (Reuters wire)</description></item><item><title>New York’s mayor wants you to feel it in your wallet</title><link>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/mamdani-wallet/</link><guid>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/mamdani-wallet/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 17:35:59 -0500</pubDate><description>“We have to use that power to deliver change that Americans can feel in their wallets.” Zohran Mamdani, Mayor of New York City. Source: amNewYork</description></item><item><title>Pritzker’s to-do list for Congress has 200 items</title><link>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/pritzker-200/</link><guid>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/pritzker-200/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 17:28:10 -0500</pubDate><description>“This is not a list of abstract goals or lofty demands, it is a practical roadmap for governing.” JB Pritzker, Governor of Illinois. Source: CBS Chicago</description></item><item><title>The number of Black governors doubled in one cycle</title><link>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/moore-doubled/</link><guid>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/moore-doubled/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 13:38:00 -0500</pubDate><description>“I&#x27;m only the third African American ever elected governor in the 250-year history of this country, and, now, in one cycle, we have at least doubled that number.” Wes Moore, Governor of Maryland. Source: CBS News</description></item><item><title>The wave has been upgraded to a tsunami</title><link>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/jeffries-tsunami/</link><guid>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/jeffries-tsunami/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 12:44:00 -0500</pubDate><description>“It wasn’t simply a blue wave. It was an American tsunami.” Hakeem Jeffries, House Democratic leader. Source: CBS News</description></item><item><title>Schumer finally found a use for razor wire</title><link>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/schumer-razor-wire/</link><guid>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/schumer-razor-wire/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 11:37:00 -0500</pubDate><description>“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.” Chuck Schumer, Senate Democratic leader. Source: CBS News</description></item><item><title>Race not called. He called it anyway.</title><link>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/colom-called-it/</link><guid>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/colom-called-it/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 11:19:00 -0500</pubDate><description>“We are going to win this.” Scott Colom, Mississippi Senate candidate. Source: CBS News</description></item><item><title>Texas sent a Democrat to the Senate. Yes, Texas.</title><link>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/talarico-texas/</link><guid>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/talarico-texas/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 09:49:00 -0500</pubDate><description>“Texas is not for sale.” James Talarico, Texas senator-elect. Source: CBS News</description></item><item><title>The new Oversight agenda is two words long</title><link>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/garcia-lawyer-up/</link><guid>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/garcia-lawyer-up/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 02:57:00 -0500</pubDate><description>“Lawyer up.” Robert Garcia, Top Democrat on House Oversight. Source: CBS News</description></item><item><title>She hasn’t taken office. She’s already firing people.</title><link>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/hinojosa-day-one/</link><guid>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/hinojosa-day-one/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 02:55:35 -0500</pubDate><description>“On day one, I will fire Mike Morath.” Gina Hinojosa, Texas governor-elect. Source: her campaign</description></item><item><title>Hinojosa&#x27;s day-one list: one firing, one scam to end</title><link>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/hinojosa-voucher-scam/</link><guid>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/hinojosa-voucher-scam/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 02:55:35 -0500</pubDate><description>“on day one, I will fire Mike Morath, and we will work tirelessly to repair the damage of the Texas vouchers scam” Gina Hinojosa, Texas governor-elect. Source: her campaign</description></item><item><title>The victory speech came with a roast</title><link>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/el-sayed-roast/</link><guid>https://bluewavedamage.com/r/el-sayed-roast/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 01:46:00 -0500</pubDate><description>“So you know what that means: Wolverine one, Buckeye zero!” Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan senator-elect. Source: CBS News</description></item></channel></rss>
