TL;DR
Democrats rode a wave through the House, the Senate and a few governors’ mansions. A week later, the President is protecting the shape of the Oval Office, Mike Johnson owes us a lawn business, and New Orleans City Hall is still finding bills it didn’t know it had.
Key Points
- The midterm wave: Democrats took the House and the Senate and picked up governorships, a month after the President promised to “win big.”
- Speaker Mike Johnson said in October he’d go home to Shreveport and start a lawn business if God moved him. The wave came. Now we wait on God.
- The President’s first post-election priority: declaring the Oval Office a national monument so no future president can make it square.
- Newell Normand described Senator-elect Julia Letlow as an empty vessel who wouldn’t answer questions.
- Melania got booed at Tiger Stadium, but the real question is why Gov. Landry keeps pairing dark shoes with light suits.
- A year in, Mayor Moreno’s CAO Joe Giarrusso says the city is still finding unbudgeted programs, while residents pay higher property taxes and sanitation fees.
- Councilmember Eugene Green promised November “deliverables” from his meeting with Gov. Landry. It’s November.
Marbles are falling from the President’s head, falling and tumbling onto the floor. Where they roll-off to from there, who knows. Maybe the bottom of the reflecting pool he can’t stop talking about.
Presently, there are no plans to recover the President’s lost marbles. There are concerns, however, over how many more he has left in his head, and how this deterioration will affect his future decision making.
Stay tuned. This is a developing story.
An empty vessel who wouldn’t answer questions about anything — that’s basically how Newell Normand described U.S. Senator-elect Julia Letlow on his radio show last week.
If asked if that’s how she’d describe herself, Senator-elect Letlow would most likely deflect to her love and appreciation for the greatest president in the world, Donald J. Trump, or she’d just decline to answer.
“Heaven forbid if we lose this majority, [but] if God moves on our hearts and says we should, you know, go back to my hometown of Shreveport and start a lawn business, I’ll do that with equal fervor.” — Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, October 26th, a week before the wave.
Then came the wave. And hark! Heaven hailed the forbidden. Now, we’re just waiting on God. You heard the man. Come January, let’s see it: Former Speaker of the House Johnson, straw hat and overalls, fervently riding a John Deere. Do it, Lord; do it.
“We’re going to win, and we’re going to win big. And we’re going to shove it up their ass, ok.” — that’s the President, a month before the midterms, displaying the aforementioned loss of marbles.
What actually happened was the President got it shoved up his ass. Democrats took the House, the Senate, and picked up Governorships.
The President surveyed the damage and decided the most important matter worth addressing was declaring the Oval Office a national monument. He said he was doing it so no future president could change its shape from oval to square. Yes, the man actually said that, in public, at a press conference, while the mics were hot, and the cameras were rolling.
Marbles are falling from the President’s head, falling and tumbling onto the floor.
Scene: Baton Rouge, Tiger Stadium. It’s Saturday, a lovely Fall afternoon. Melania is in town announcing a scholarship fund. Gov. Landry greets her. But questions abound.
The most pressing one isn’t why stadium officials blared music to drown out the crowd booing her, or whether LSU wasted another $100 million on a coach. The most pressing question is: Why does Gov. Landry insist on wearing dark colored shoes with light colored suits? To greet the First Lady nonetheless.
It’s just country. It that shows that this man is never going to president. After the wave, the only thing more archaic than his sense of style is his politics.
“I’d hate to say that oh we figured it all out, [but] things are still popping up.” — that’s Joe Giarrusso, mayor Moreno’s CAO, on talk radio explaining how a year later his office is still finding city programs that aren’t properly budgeted. A year later. And they still don’t know what the city is paying for. To be clear, this was being passed off as competence.
Meanwhile, to balance the budget, property taxes have gone up; sanitation fees have been increased; programs have been cut; employees have been furloughed. But don’t worry. Everything will be fine once the mayor’s office gets a handle on the mess Teedy left them. Who knows, maybe they’ll finally figure it out by the end of mayor Moreno’s term.
“I got some deliverables that I’m going to talk to you about in November because it involves officials involving other agencies, the state port of New Orleans, for example.” — that’s Councilmember Eugene Green explaining what he received after meeting with Gov. Landry behind mayor Moreno’s back.
It’s the second week of November, Councilmember Green. And here we are, waiting.
Meanwhile, the President is set to speak. Can somebody take a deep dive to the bottom of the reflecting pool?
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Sources
- Mike Johnson says he’ll start a lawn business (Yahoo News, Oct. 26, 2026).
- Trump uses crude remark while predicting Ohio GOP ticket wins (Newsweek).
- Joe Giarrusso on WWL radio (Audacy/WWL).
- New Orleans council member says he got commitment from governor to assist district (FOX 8, Sept. 26, 2026).
About the Author
Kenneth Cooper writes a running column for Black Source Media on whatever in politics, New Orleans and the world at large deserves a second look and a raised eyebrow.
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