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Republican insiders fear Trump’s midterm cake is already 'fully baked"
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (270+ words) On Wednesday, as the Republican midterm convention ramped up in Dallas with hopes of rallying the party’s base around President Donald Trump, new reporting revealed that GOP insiders worry that the “midterm results are already baked in the cake.”...
'Dire': Election forecaster runs numbers on 'fiasco Trump foisted on GOP"
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (144+ words) Veteran election forecaster Charlie Cook said that he's never seen anything like what President Donald Trump has done to the Republican Party....
Republicans face wipeout in 'self-inflicted disaster': top conservatives
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (248+ words) Top conservative pundits warn that Trump’s scandals, an unpopular war, and tanking turnout could cost the GOP safe red states like Iowa and South Carolina....
'Blue-collar rage' threatens to cost Trump the midterms
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (524+ words) Inside the mass layoffs tanking Trump’s support with union voters...
‘Political malpractice on an epic scale’: Insiders panic over Trump's midterm plan
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (19+ words) Vulnerable lawmakers fear turning the upcoming elections into a personal referendum will alienate swing voters and cost them Congress....
DC insiders warn of worst-case scenario for alienating John Fetterman
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (152+ words) Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., March 19, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Sen. John Fetterman is facing new scrutiny over his job performance and tendency to break with fellow Democrats, prompting the D.C. insiders at Pod Save America to warn…...
Stop screaming at your TV: The genius move Dems use to beat media bias
1+ week, 2+ day ago (53+ words) Liberals have a bad habit of putting the views and values of Republicans at the center of their attention. We do it without thinking about it, because it's normal. And it's normal, because I think we tacitly accept the argument…...
Dem upends the 'groveling' GOP's 'gotcha' playbook with 'perfect retort"
1+ week, 5+ day ago (405+ words) Dem upends the 'groveling' GOP's 'gotcha' playbook with 'perfect retort' Alternet Dem upends the 'groveling' GOP's 'gotcha' playbook with 'perfect retort' President Donald Trump sits ringside at UFC 327 in Miami, Florida. Kevin Lamarque/REUTERS Republican efforts to best Democrats in…...
Trump biographer says army of MAGA 'buffoons' will be a midterm disaster
1+ week, 6+ day ago (49+ words) President Donald Trump is building another army of MAGA "buffoon" candidates for the coming midterms, but according to his one-time biographer, his absence from the ballot is setting up the perfect conditions for a GOP disaster in November.Michael Wolff…...
Republicans must 'pitch a perfect game' as Trump threatens GOP House
1+ week, 6+ day ago (700+ words) WASHINGTON — With less than 70 days until midterm elections, Democrats remain favored to regain the majority in the U.S. House.President Donald Trump’s anemic approval ratings amid the war in Iran, concerns over the economy and a coalitional shift within the…...