AMERICA HANDS CONGRESS TO THE DEMOCRATS

Democrats took both chambers Tuesday. CNN called the Senate at 11:35 p.m. ET after projecting at least 51 seats, and MS NOW and CNN had already called the House earlier in the night. The AP still had not called the House majority while other networks were putting it on screen, because somebody in that building insists on counting all the votes first. Democrats needed a net four in the Senate against a 53-47 Republican majority nobody thought was in danger in January. They got Texas, Kansas, Ohio, Iowa, North Carolina, South Carolina and Maine.(Alaska and Michigan not called at the time of writing) Sherrod Brown came back and beat incumbent Jon Husted. Roy Cooper beat Michael Whatley. Josh Turek beat Ashley Hinson. In Kansas, a pastor named Adam Hamilton beat incumbent Roger Marshall to give the state its first Democratic senator since 1932, a 94-year drought broken by a man whose actual job is forgiving people. Troy Jackson finished off Susan Collins, who conceded. Then Texas. Trump endorsed Ken Paxton over sitting Senator John Cornyn, Paxton knocked Cornyn out in the primary, and then Paxton lost the whole seat to James Talarico, a 37-year-old state rep and the first Democrat to win a Texas Senate race since 1988. Paxton conceded around 10:20 p.m., called it a difficult night for Republicans, and said he would pray for Talarico. Counting is not finished. Florida's Senate seat was still leaning Republican overnight, so the final numbers will move.

Why you should give a shit: Trump spends his last two years with a Congress that subpoenas him instead of applauding him, and the guy setting the House agenda is Hakeem Jeffries, who is going to enjoy that considerably more than Trump will.