In a Substack essay, Robert B. Hubbell urges Democrats to stay calm and ignore pundits after their November 3, 2026 midterm 'Blue Tsunami,' arguing Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries must earn the unfilled Speaker and Majority Leader posts and citing Trump's call to imprison Democrats and Todd Blanche's threats to investigate them as signs of panic. He also explains how the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact works and could take effect for 2028 if states with 48 more electoral votes join.