Emboldened by his ouster of Massie, Trump endorses a horribly flawed Paxton. 
The Israel Lobby Takes Out Massie
I hold This View
I believe John Cornyn would have won reelection easily.
At a bare minimum, republicans are going to have to defend the seat with heavy spending.
Trump Popularity
Trump’s Revenge Campaign Sparks Backlash From GOP Senators
The Wall Street Journal reports Trump’s Revenge Campaign Sparks Backlash From GOP Senators
President Trump’s retribution campaign is fracturing support for his priorities in the Senate, where anger is mounting among Republicans over his latest moves to punish GOP critics and reward allies headed into what is expected to be a difficult midterm election for their party.
The growing frustration with Trump could endanger Republicans’ legislative agenda, which relies on their ability to stick together on party-line votes, from immigration-enforcement funding to a gas-tax holiday to tens of billions of dollars for the U.S. war in Iran. It could also weigh on their chances for holding on to their majorities in the House and Senate.
“I think it goes back to the old, ‘Be careful what you wish for,’ ” quipped Sen. Thom Tillis (R., N.C.), who is retiring after Trump made clear he wanted him gone. On votes, he said, “I think there will be fewer political calculations going into people’s decision-making process.”
Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina is gone. He voted with Trump 90 percent of the time. That was not good enough.
That seat is now highly likely to go to Democrats. It’s my base case.
Trump does not like Maine Senator Sue Collins either. Wish granted. I expect that seat to go to a flaming liberal instead.
Iowa Senator Joni Ernst is not running for reelection due to battles with Trump. So consider her gone. I am not at all convinced a Republican will win that seat.
Trump is responsible for the loss of two Senate seats in Georgia, one in Arizona, and another in Pennsylvania.
It’s all because his top priority is 100% loyalty to Trump. He would rather risk losing a seat than put in office someone who does not kiss his ass on everything.
Spotlight Paxton
Paxton Facts
Early Numbers
Paxton Plea Deal
Ken Paxton gave a plea deal to lawyer Adam Hoffman, his friend, for raping a boy (his son’s friend) over three years starting in third grade.
Instead of a felony and sex offender registration, Hoffman gets only 30 days in prison and no registration
My Base Case
I repeat my base case. Nearly every competitive race will break heavily toward Democrats.
I expect Democrats will win the Senate, They may even win Texas and Iowa.
Trump’s endorsement of Paxton just turned Texas into a tossup.
Paxtons behavior is bad but so is Cornyns. Neither are good. Cornyn voted YEA for the CARES act and the BBB. All you need to do is look up peoples voting records. And if Talarico wins, we’ll soon find out if he votes YEA for any deficit spending bills.
Idiocy
Comparing pedophile protection to Cares is nuts.
I mustve been unclear. I dont support Paxton at all. He’s terrible. I just meant we are going from bad to worse. The debt and deficit spending was already badly damaging the country, then adding apathy for abuse takes us to new lows.
you guys are still crying about massie? lol, maybe he should have cared more about the people in his district than appearing with podcasters.
Besides, anytime any incumbent loses, an angel gets its wings.
Why is Billy Kristol upset!? He’s getting the Iran war he’s always wanted.
I wouldn’t be so sure about Texas. I grew up there. Paxton has never lost a race which leads me to believe that the electorate isn’t that bothered by creeps, crooks or pedophile protectors.
I would add that for those who vote for Trump, and they are definitely a majority in Texas, rape is a strength. It is like a badge of honor. They all know Trump raped. He is a felon and MAGA love him for that. Trump knows this very well and that’s why he endorsed Paxton.
Taco continues to increase his reputation as the biggest criminal to ever grace the halls of the white house. What amazes me is that so many of his lemmings must be as crooked as he is or how else could they justify condoning his criminal behavior?
Makes me wonder about Kentucky and why they would vote out a man who tried to expose the Epstein files makes we wonder if the stories of the mountain folk are more true than I wanted to believe. protecting pedos one really has to look at why they would oust a man who wanted to expose the pedos and protecting or supporting a pedo is the same as being one in my mind
please. massie said 6 months ago he knew the names. he’s not standing on principle. he’s a wanker who thought he could wave that in front of rubes and get them to vote for him while he ‘withheld’ the names.
What a POS that guy is.
So in your opinion, what politicians are better than Massie, who voted against deficit spending and war every time?
Trump is a Magic 8-Ball filled with bull sh1t.
Trump / project 25 is what the republican party is about. Not so much the average voter but those who shape the party. Donets true believers grifters Trump is just bluntly over the top and out in the open. Thats why they have to rely on culture wars/ conservative media/ no guard rails social media Ai Etc. oh dont forget unlimited money as free speech. they even put pressure on car makers to keep am on the radios so they could get the message out there.
The dems should move to the middle to solve immigration/ budget etc Not allow republicans to make it about the culture wars.
We have allowed the political machine to make it one side vs the other. Instead of i represent all the people of my district with a left or right lean.
When i hear a dem or rep is not voting along party lines. Well that is the way it should work.
Every voter dem or rep who think they are in a heavily gerrymandered district should register with the other party. Enough people do that and it will wrestle control out of the far left and right. Put us back to the center.
Is your thinking assuming that Dems will do what is good for the nation, and not what is good for the political class? Sorry, had trouble typing that out. And I vote more blue than purple.
I dont think the dems are the political class any more the repub are surely the pedo class though
“the center” what does that even MEAN? Means nothing. America needs CHANGE.
How much of this stuff is enough? What has happened to our citizens to allow such behavior to stand? Massie was a voice of reason in a dungeon of corruption. Poof, and he is gone. Maybe its mass psychosis at this point.
It clearly is, or we would get nowhere near where we are now, let alone where we are certainly headed in the next several years.
Old people vote in primaries – younger voters tend not to.
Magas tend to be on the older end of things.
Younger folk are not so Maga.
then why didn’t he release the 20 names he said he had from the epstein files? you guys are so weak.
Assuming the Blue Wave in November* happens and the Dems are able to secure a trifecta in 2028*, they will have a choice of two paths.
Path 1: They could move to the middle and be the party that cements itself for future elections by actually governing for the American people. It’s worth noting that this is exactly the situation that Reps found themselves in after the 2024 elections and they’ve only managed to crap on themselves.
Path 2: They conduct their own revenge tour and overturn everything since 2024. The modus operandi has been to issue tranches of executive orders starting on the first day of the new administration in January. Trump1 did that after Obama, Biden did that after Trump1, and Trump2 did it after Biden (each time issuing more EOs).
To be sure, there are many things that should be overturned from the current administration, such as full compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act and many others. The thing that has hurt the Dems is that they have no positions other than to be against Trump – they have defined themselves by their opponent rather than their own goals and objectives. Path 1 is the start of a long journey back toward restoring a functional government, reducing division, and rebuilding confidence in one of America’s most important institutions. A rabid focus on Path 2 continues to pave the way toward the destruction of our once-great country. If Dems sweep in November, the period from January 2027 to November 2028 will play into the 2028 election and show us the most likely post-2028 path. I like to think that being rid of Trump will make it easier to pursue Path 1 with the Dems able to take advantage of the hollowed-out carcass of the Republican party. But we are talking about Congresscritters here…
* Assuming we have the midterms in November and we still have a government in 2028.
People want change, not lukewarm centrist nonsense. In America centrist just means “corporate whores.” The US needs serious change. This is not going to come from middle of the road bullshit. It makes me feel sick to hear people who muddle their way into this current disaster lecture about “centrist” this and that. NO THANKS!
As far as revenge goes, absolutely crimes and corruption should be investigated and prosecuted. Trump should be jailed. Kegsbreath should be jailed. It’s hard to keep track of who needs to get tried and jailed. But it needs to be done, absolutely. The rule of law must be restored.
The example must be made for deterrence.
When I hear centrist, I feel creeped out. It means “look forward”, forgive all the past sins, overlook them.
Look where it got us. We ignored the Iraq warmongers, those who greenlighted torture. Then it escalated from there. We ignored the financial crisis masterminds. Now, we want to ignore Jan 6, all the bribery and open thefts happening today. Of course, overlook all pedophilia and debauchery.
What no one talks about is severely punishing the pepetrators, throwing the book at them, especially who did this in positions of power.
That is the ONLY thing that will stop this going forward. We don’t need centrists for the next two admins. Maybe after that we can talk about reconciliation etc. I want justice meted out to people who have been in power and have so visibly abused it egregiously. Plenty of examples in the current admin and affiliated people.
And no, don’t bring both sides arguments to this. What is happening now is really out of any sort of norm that happened in the past. Jan 6 had no precedent in recent (last 50+ years) history. Current pillage of public money and rampant and open corruption has no comparison. So no, both sides are not the same.
I had never heard about Hoffman until today, someone like that would be imprisoned for life in a civilized society
That’s what you get for playing pat-a-cake with Republicans. I don’t have any sympathy whatsoever for any of these Republicans getting wedged out with slightly worse Republicans.
Besides Israel controlling US elections do Americans understand they will have to pay for all the damage Iran has done & will do to Israel?
That’ll be especially grating since Israel has lots of money for Universal Healthcare but there’s no money for same in the US.
Paxton sounds like a Texan copy of Trump
Exactly. That’s why he might win. If decent people and young people don’t come out and vote in Nov, the republic is cooked. It might be cooked even if they come out to vote.
What happened to Massie is bad enough, but that MAGA means that the American taxpayer is going to be mugged by its own government in plain daylight never occurred to me. Even the worst banana republics have checks and balances that prevent grifting and corruption at this scale.
The US are a banana republic. Do not let its being the richest banana republic fool you.
The US has turned into Venezuela.
No. Venezuela has nicer beaches and more attractive females.
More mosquitos and a more hyperbelligerent foreign policy, though. So it sort of balances out.
Paxton kills the GOP because the party won’t spend on him since he is Trump’s choice and Trump has basically usurped party fundraising for years and has a big war chest.
Of course Trump _hates_ to spend money that he thinks is ‘his’ (even if it sits in a PAC) and so will be very cheap in funding this.
So TX is a real shot for Dems.
If you would have been at the 2022 Texas GOP convention, you would have seen what Texans think about Cornyn. He was booed relentlessly for 15 minutes when he took the stage to speak. I was embarrassed for him. He is a relic of the swamp.
Trump IS the Swamp
I don’t doubt MAGA Morons would do that to Cornyn
In fact, that a requirement
Talarico is not accepting money from AIPAC. That alone is reason to vote for him.
That is likely why he will lose. We have lost control of this country.
Oil climbing back up, 10 year climbing, long bond getting me to long bong. Neither democrats or repub clowns are going to fix this nor what’s coming later down the line. We are 3.5 years away from 2030 when boomer Armageddon hits and all ~80m are on medicare and most on social security. $40 trillion in debt will be a fond memory.
Countdown clock to exit strategy should start now if you don’t already have one.
“It’s Trump turtles all the way down, inflation all the way up!”
Do worry, Trump will find a way to make things even worse.™
I think it’s unlikely Talarico can defeat either Republican. Spend an hour in a fumblementalist Texas church.
Thank you, no.
Of ‘unlikely’ is actually _good_ for a TX race. Paxton is a particularly poor candidate for a number of reasons and has few friends since he screws everyone over.
It will come down to the Hispanic voters, the same Hispanic voters that went for Trump in 2024.
The Scripture is firmly against corruption. If the Scripture is misrepresented in any church, God is fully aware.
Dem’s win house and possibly the Senate the question then becomes will they enforce the law and go after the Republican criminals? The answer is of course they won’t. They’ll just say let the past go and move to the future.
That’s why MISH is completely wrong about people like Graham Platner, they are the only hope America has left. Yes Platner is a liberal but using the derogatory “flaming liberal” shows where MISH is. Have you EVER listened to one of his speeches or town halls?
Trump must go by early 2027 at the latest or America is gone and armed rebellion will be the only thing left to actual patriots.
Unless Democrats control 60 seats in the Senate, there is nothing they can do.
I am starting to wonder if there isn’t a path to conviction in the Senate (impeachment in the House is a given). In 2028, 19 Republican senators will be up for re-election. Seems unlikely they would vote to convict. But there will be 14 Republicans not up for re-election until 2030, and another unknown number of Republicans not up until 2032 (16?). Could enough of these Republican senators not up in 2028 be convinced that the best interests of the Republican party (note I say the party, not the country) would be served by replacing Trump with Vance going into 2028? Still seems very unlikely, but it seems less unlikely now than it did a few weeks ago.
We can dream.
What is next, the pedophile protection fund?
38% of Americans still approve of this POS?
The citizens deserve the people they elect!
About 30% of the electorate is basically a cult.
and racists.
I scanned the blog headlines from 2024 when Biden was the only candidate Democrats were given, no mention of sad day. Then, when Harris was named as a replacement, a bigger travesty as voters had no opportunity to choose, not even a write-in….no mention of a sad day. When democracy was ACTUALLY thwarted. When annointing and installation ACTUALLY occurred.
This was not what happened in KY and not what will happen next week in Texas. Sad would be when Americans didn’t vote and we had a party willing to install candidates. That has happened. Way way back in 2024.
Now, I support Thomas Massie and disagree with Trump’s rage and pettiness in opposition of him as Congressman; however, Trump did not and cannot, despite all the name calling of king or dictator, vote for or against Massie as that power falls direction to the citizens of Kentucky. The same citizens that have 2 Republican senators and 5 Republican/1 Democrat House members…and also, interestingly, 1 Democrat governor. They chose, not Trump.
Trump has lost numerous cases where he endorsed folks and this blog author has danced numerous times when it backfired. It makes the blog interesting and informative.
But, this blog, like the NBC story I read, uses language such as this lead NBC sentence “President Donald Trump and his political operation unseated Rep. Thomas Massie.” It’s all bunkus. Stop insulting voters, they get to and did decide, not some “operation”. “Depolorable pieces of garbage” (or in MP45v02’s lingo, “MAGA morons”) actually voting is the only way candidates get across the finish line in America. It’s all intentional word choice to imply us knuckle-draggers gots us no choice but to just to pull da lever, that King Trump is in charge. To refute the notion, is he in charge or you and your vote? When the answer comes back an emphatic no, stop implying otherwise in aggregate.
As for Texas, Cornyn has had many votes I disagreed with and I agree Paxton is a flawed candidate (everyone is)….but the Texas primary isn’t until May 26th so how’s about we let the citizens vote, like they did in Kentucky. In an open primary state, the more flawed candidate could easily win as a matter of strategy or, assuming no party-crossers, the GOP could still opt for the incumbent Corny.
My sole point: No one mentioned was appointed, annointed, installed, ordained and to imply otherwise is nonsense. What is sad is the sudden hit pieces, the externally funded operations to sway voter opinions, steer discussions, change focus, depoloy CIA-like propeganda campaigns. Huge amounts of money to influence outcomes and potentially exploit open primaries. And reactionary language that matches Trump’s bombast in intensity and frequency. Sigh.
Jeepers, than why did AIPAC and the Israel lobby spend >$15 MILLION boosting Ed Gallrein and attacking Rep. Thomas Massie?
Massie does not support Israel.
Interestingly the right complains about the “main stream media” controlling narratives, mind controlling citizens and gearing them to vote in one direction or other, telling them what to think and who to vote for, distorting elections, etc.
But when it comes to TrumpCo doing the exact same thing (with the help of AIPAC), it’s “the people of Kentucky” voted.
See the irony Bill?
I am not so sure you have the same opinion when George Soros spends money to influence elections.
Manufacturing consent. It’s a thing. $20 million worth of lies and misrepresentations were made against Massie – including that he favored funding trans “medical care” for minors. A lie can go around the world before the truth can get its pants on.
What is really sad is that only 25% of registered Republicans actually voted. WTF is wrong with Americans. Could it be that the overwhelming majority have no faith in their government or in the representatives that the “people” send?
Paxton is a flawed candidate
Hiring his mistress to work in his office is the work of a genius!
All of this from a guy too dumb to spell “propaganda” tells you all you need to know about Bill’s voting history.
“Ken Paxton gave a plea deal to lawyer Adam Hoffman, his friend, for raping a boy (his son’s friend) over three years starting in third grade.
Instead of a felony and sex offender registration, Hoffman gets only 30 days in prison and no registration”
I did not know this and it’s fucking DISGUSTING!!!!!! Wow…..just wow. SMH….
Republicans sure seem to be pedo protectors at best if not out right fans of the playground themselves.
A Republican bloodbath at the polls is coming this fall. It’s not because Democrats are any better either. It’s because the Republicans are so vile, voters will turn Democrat corporatists for salvation.
Truely a sad state of affairs.
“A Republican bloodbath at the polls is coming this fall. It’s not because Democrats are any better either. It’s because the Republicans are so vile, voters will turn Democrat corporatists for salvation.”
Of course. Then Team D will demonstrate that they are utterly unworthy of the public trust, so the dumb scrotes will turn to…Team R, who will again revert to form.
Wash, rinse, repeat.
Bait and switch, over and over again. And the masses never get wise to it, at least not to the point where they do anything about it.
If somebody’s hitting you on the head with a hammer, you’ll do anything to get it to stop. I’ve voted democrat before, but generally not. For the first time in my life, I’ll vote straight democrat – although I might skip a race or two. Since I live in Minneapolis, my vote will be blue on black, tears on a river, but Trump and his cabal of thieves need to be punished. He’ll obviously be impeached, but this time he might be removed. You’re right that we can’t vote our way out of this mess, though.
In this case, Team R and Team D are taking turns hitting us on the head with a hammer – but they only can do so with our consent.
Charlie Brown and Lucy van Pelt’s football skit is a metaphor of Usonian elections and votes.
Our political system is based on two parties, for better or worse.
Everyone Thinks Trump Won Last Night. They’re Wrong
https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/everyone-thinks-trump-won-last-night
Wasn’t it Caligula who threatened to install his horse as a consul? Isn’t our democracy a wonder to behold? A pompous dictator can do anything.
This version of US is certainly that..but it wasn’t designed to like that.
The US Constitution was put in place by a group of people who knew human nature and knew how to build a system which was supposed to place curbs on the excesses of that nature
The Constitution needed to be amended immediately with the Bill of Rights because it designed the US that we have now that each and every amendment in the Bill has been watered down and neutered.
Trump loves flawed people in his admin
those flaws provide lots of convenient handles to control them by
the flawed people are so eager to please Trump
and didn’t Trump say he liked to be surrounded by stupid people so he’s the smartest one in the room
I’m really not sure that the Democrats will win. They will very likely get a majority of the votes under any measure except the one that Trump accepts. They are actively setting up to purge millions of voters and I will bet my house that none of those voters will be MAGA.
Always request a provisional ballot if there’s any question.
In my 50 years of watching US Politics from here in the UK. I never thought I would see a bunch of Senators who would value their own personal well being over the service to the US Constitution and Nation.
Every single founding father must be spinning like crazy in their respective graves.
It is not so much the corruption of US politicians as it is the corruption of right-wing voters in the US. These voters make up a majority of the Republican Party, so no politician can win without their approval. The Republicans were the party of the business-owning class. Trump dropped that power base for the poor, religious class who have “faith” that anything Trump does must be right. If Trump is a pedophile, then pedophilia is good.
The entire electorate here in the US has been so propagadanzied that their brains have turned to mush. They don’t know up from down and will gladly vote against their own interests so a billionaire can accumulate more wealth while they continue to struggle. It’s both agonizingly frustrating and amazing to behold.
We have two choices here in the US….Technocratic-feudalists on the right and corporatists on the left. Neither gives two shits about the average voter. In fact, they have nothing but contempt for the average American.
I certainly looks like that from this side of the pond Woodsie Guy
excellent comment
Correct, the kleptocratic plutocrat oligarchs on the right and the kleptocratic plutocrat timocracy on the left, all card carrying members of the Epstein club.
I would be shocked to find a senator who valued anything other than his own hide and his own fortune.
Same with members of parliament, BTW.
Learn well The Iron Law Of Oligarchy. All systems eventually become oligarchies. This is because unlike normies, sociopaths are the very people who will do whatever it takes to gain power.
That’s because you’re far away. Were you here every day, you wouldn’t have such a notion in this century.
“I never thought I would see a bunch of Senators who would value their own personal well being over the service to the US Constitution and Nation….” Then you are very naive. The goal of almost all politicians is to get elected, then re-elected. I don’t think most of them are all that concerned about the constitution or the nation.
Mish, you should do a story about Israel’s national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, and his mocking of the activists Israel seized illegally in international waters. It shows the cruel sadistic nature of the Israeli people and the evil in their hearts.
Multiple countries have expressed outrage over his actions, including the UK, France, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Poland, Canada, and even the US (shockingly!).
Israel is a pariah in the world.
The video of him doing this is disgusting. Israel is a sick monster.
Basically, they hope to scapegoat Ben-Gvir, then once he is gone, they can declare the problem solved and the genocide can resume.
The irony is that Massie is a true conservative, not a RINO. Massie is also not owned by Israel. Sad day indeed, but this is what happens when the average person is an absolute moron. Hedge accordingly. Inflation is going to explode, focus on preparing yourself and your family for that.
No, Massie and Rand are the true RINOs, because the GOP is not a conservative party, but the Epstein party. To be a RINO has tuned into a badge of honor.
Feb 10, 2026 – Dow 50,200
May 20, 2026 – Dow 50,200
Three months to nowhere….because “I decided to take a little detour” 😂
OK, I understand the extreme Trump hate but it’s not enough. For the good of my nation, I really want to see Democrats repair the country. If I hope for that, maybe I’m just a fool.
You’re right, you’re a fool. Conservatives may often be stupid, but leftists are plain evil. They are also often willfully ignorant. They are the reason democracy won’t last.
There has been a lot more evil displayed by the Republicans in the last 2 years than I have seen my entire life from both parties prior to Trump.
Your attempt to put everything on the Democrats is an admission of your bias
So why not give some examples of federal policies that democrats have introduced that are evil and willfully ignorant.
I am absolutely sickened by the obsession with “clientalism”. The political parties bend policies and ‘truth’ towards maintaining their ‘clients’ – as with reparations, or Obama’s sticking Somalis in one nice place for voting as a block. Republicans do this too, with MAGA. It’s real progress be damned
There have been specified refugee groups resettled in designated areas long before Obama.
Somali since the 1990s, Hmong well before that, etc..
Somali refugees can’t vote until they become American citizens.
no, what we’re seeing now from the Republican party is the reasom democracy won’t last. they are literally changing voting maps to pick their voters and render votes of millions useless, they pretended and are still pretending that the 2020 lection was stolen and now want to pay money to Jan 6 rioters that literally wanted to stop the presidency from turning over accoring to the vote.
so while Dems have a LOT of issues, in terms of “democracy” they are by far the lesser evil
I’m a lefty and I am not evil.You are wrong.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRndMiVIB-w
Pedo admirer.
Both are evil. Power attracts sociopaths the way catnips attracts cats, the way cocaine attracts addicts.
If you think that putting on a MAGA hat means you are simply a halfwit instead of a full-blown sociopath, then your naivete is truly touching.
I noticed the name of Lloyd Bentsen mentioned in the clip of the CNN pollster guy. I don’t see any Lloyd Bentsens out there, unfortunately.
All very well but almost 40% of Americans still approve of Trump.
It is not Trump that is the problem, he is just a reflection of American society.
America has saved itself in the past (Civil War, the New Deal, post-Vietnam era etc.). The problem this time is that technology is in the hands of bad actors and it is not clear whether the individual has much influence on the direction of society anymore.
So, IMHO it is the control of the news networks, social media and the FCC that is way more important than anything else. It is bizarre for libertarians, to mock EU attempts to control social media whilst at the same time those companies are completely under the control of a few white men.
Cornhole is RINO pos
Paxton ALL THE WAY!!!
We know who protects pedophiles, you.
LOL! It’s either sarcasm or another example of how stupid the average American voter is!
Republicans are getting exactly what they deserve
Eventually selling your soul has consequences
It wont be long before the orange asshole finishes self-destructing and people like Massie figure out a way to take advantage. It just takes much longer than it should, with unfortunately, alot of damage along the way
This makes the assumption that dumb people are capable of learning from their mistakes.
If you say so [shrug].
Nicely laid out the facts for a powerful response!
Hilarious that Republicans are “outraged” at Cornyn not being endorsed by Trump!
He did everything Trump asked, licked his boots at every occasion, yet was tossed aside when Trump had the opportunity to endorse a fellow pedophile even more simpatico with Trump. They didn’t like Massie being primaried, but they thought they were safe because they were good little toadies. Think about that, Republicans can do EVERYTHING Trump wants and still be tossed aside on a whim.
Not an ounce of sympathy from me for Cornyn or any other Republican who supported Trump. The Massie primary loss is a horrible thing, but in the end these Republican primary losses will mean an even greater loss for Republicans in the midterms.
That is correct. Independent and swing voters would vote for Massie, now they will vote democratic.It simply amazes me that the banking class has kept this divide and conquer game going so long, but with people being a dumb as they are maybe I shouldnt be surprised at all.
MISH you are so damn right … the same damn thing that happened in Hungary … money talks … all corrupt systems eventually fail it just takes a hell of a lot of time …
I’m loving it! I hope Trump keeps this up and primaries every single competitive republican out of existence. Which is exactly what they deserve for refusing to impeach the pedo in chief out of office despite him openly stealing billions in front of God and everyone. Who knows who we’d vote for if not THE party of Christian moral values!
Tells you everything you need to know about “Christian moral values”.
As a former long-time Texan GOP activist, I am so glad to be rid of Cornyn-even happier than I will be when Ted Cruz is taken out. The problem for the GOP is that pedo Trump endorsed pedo-protecting and over all accused criminal and creep Paxton. Looks like Marxist creep Talarico will win in the general election. Sad times for Texas, but after Trump and his zio-billionaire goons took out Thomas Massie, and the worthless Republican House and Senate did nothing to support the nation’s most valuable Congressman- I believe the the GOP deserves a thrashing in the mid-terms. The Republican Party is dead in my humble opinion. They blindly and cowardly followed pedo Donald “Jim Jones” Trump and drank his cool aid. They deserve a long and painful death.
Tell me, who’d you vote for in 2024?
instead of lashing out using language attributable to a 12 year old edge lord why don’t you spend some time self reflecting on what actions you did as a former Republican activist that got your party and this country in the situation we are in.
Activity supporting pat Buchanan twice and Ron Paul both times he ran hardly contributed to the current Republican problems. I’m not about to jump off a ledge. From following popular podcasters yesterday, like Sabrina Salvato, the Young Turks, Jewish Libertarian Dave Smith, Dave Bremer and Candace Owens last night, as well as statements from people like Ro Khana, I feel reasonably comfortable that Thomas Massie or someone like him (perhaps Tucker Carlson) will make a very strong run for POTUS in 2028- either as a Republican or Independent.
I imagine Tucker will run.
I was a very early supporter and contributor to RFK Jr. I went to a private donor dinner for him in Dallas the day after he announced. I actually voted for Tulsi in the democratic primary -first time ever to vote Democrat. Went to the Rescue the republic rally in DC where Tulsi, RFK Jr, Colonel macGregor, Brett Weinstein, Matt Taibbi, Jimmy Dore, Russel Brand and and about 10 other prominent Independent and former Democrats who were MAHA supporters all spoke and agreed to form an alliance with MAGA to defeat Harris/Walz. I reluctantly voted for Trump.xYes I was snookered and share blame for the Trump disaster. I plead guilty to that. Fortunately all 4 of my kids voted for Jill Stein- The republican party is dead- all that is left is a coalition of Zionist billionaires, high tech former democrat moguls and millions of really stupid Christian Zionists.
Good that you got wise. Too many humans just keep doubling down.
Best thing I ever did for my own integrity was to become independent. Because I no longer felt duty bound to defend the indefensible because my team my tribe.
Methinks that my hunch about Texas turning blue for the first time in 30 years is turning out to be right. I won’t celebrate it, but I won’t lament it either.
Can unsuccessful candidates run as independents? After all, what matters most are the ideas a candidate defends, not their party.
In some states they can. But you are wrong about the ideas a candidate defends. American voters have been trained over decades to be “values voters”. People vote for the party that represents their values, not the individual, who by default must represent their values, because the opposing party represents the exact opposite.