By BaxterWe cats started our Tuesday catching up with the weekend news out of Louisiana, where voters resoundingly rejected four constitutional amendments championed by their right-wing Governor, Jeff Landry (winner of the 2025 Most Punchable Face Contest). Amendment 2's tax overhaul was particularly toxic — even rural and evangelical voters went against that one, because they feared it could lead to levies on churches. It was all pretty embarrassing for Landry, who was hoping to slide the changes in under the radar, and who predictably blamed woke leftist Soros Democrats. (Nothing's ever their fault.)
On the heels of that yummy news nugget came the revolt in the House of Representatives, where nine Republicans teamed up with Democrats against a proxy-voting rule change. Preacher of the House Mike "Mike" Johnson was so peeved he sent the members home for the rest of the week — sparking ridicule from Democrats, and a cat fight between House leadership and Anna Paulina Luna (who is a nutcase, but who managed to be right on this issue on behalf of her fellow new-mom colleagues). A Johnson hissy-fit! How ignominious.
Our first thought was: Please, don't let these be the only humiliations that Republicans suffer today.
Somebody must have been listening, because then, results rolled in from the special elections in FL-01 and FL-6, plus the race for Wisconsin Supreme Court. The GOP may have held the two Florida districts, but their vastly reduced (i.e., halved) margins of "victory" must have alarm bells ringing in Trump World. (Our candidate in FL-01, Gay Valimont, even flipped ruby-red Escambia County blue. Unheard of.)
Equally if not more important was Wisconsin, where voters gave Elon Musk a magnificent smackdown and kept a liberal majority on their Supreme Court. It's going to make a huge difference for fair maps, and maybe even add a couple of Democratic seats in this heavily Republican-gerrymandered state. And you'll never guess why Musk was so intent on rigging the Court for himself: In 2024, he applied to the Wisconsin DOT to open four Tesla dealerships there. The DOT denied it, because there's a state law that bars carmakers from selling directly to consumers. Naturally, Musk filed a lawsuit to challenge the decision — and it's due to come up before the state Supreme Court. It gets pretty interesting when you peel back the onion, yes?
(A thoroughly miffed Musk later tried to claim the Court race didn't matter as much as a voter ID law, which passed. But nobody's fooled. Wisconsin already has a voter ID law on the books. Lame!)
All in all, yesterday was the best day we Democrats — and the country — have had in a long time. And that doesn't even count Cory Booker. We cats salute him and the voters, and we PURR.
