All these people think they're the World's Smartest Gnat who'll totally defeat the pesky bug zapper. And they bow to him because they want the allegiance of his terrible, terrible cultists, who ALWAYS vote. American's Pilonidal Cyst is a gibbering fool, but he's the gibbering fool that hates the same minorities the unreconstructed hate. So we'll continue to see people destroy their careers for him.
Massie and Cassidy have joined with Dems to shoot down some of trump's pet projects, which is clearly a consequence that trump didn't think of. That's the problem with being hell-bent upon revenge - you may get your revenge, but at a very high cost. And sure, it would have been better if they had worked with Dems before losing their primaries, but better late than never. At least Massie worked with Dems regarding the trump-Epstein Files, which is what got him targeted by trump. Another consequence of trump's wrath - spending money on primaries that he and his supporters normally wouldn't have. Finally, the trump endorsed candidates may excite the magas in the primaries, but could cost them the seats in the general election.
It's too bad that our national media is too shallow and too intent upon currying trump's favor to see beyond the "he still has power in the Republican Party!" hype. And for all their pandering, he still hates them.
The MAGA base may be shrinking, but they still hold an enormous amount of power relative to their numbers. They are likely to continue to do so as long as fealty to the whims of Trump are the only condition for membership, MAGA voters are the ones that show up for primaries, and MAGA politicians and appointees are fine with breaking the law to achieve their political outcomes (which is what MAGA is all about, really). I don't think we've seen the worst of it yet. This will be an interesting summer, November will be harrowing, and the last two years of this "presidency" is going to be devastating to *everyone* unless you are a Trump crony. As Bette Davis once famously observed, fasten your seatbelts, it's gonna be a bumpy ride.
I can see Trump having increasing control over a shrinking GOP (decent Republicans are increasingly likely to no longer be Republicans) but I’m wondering if Democrats are able to capitalize on this. Their vote share hasn’t noticeably increased since 2016, somehow it looks like a lot of disgusted people just sit it all out.
It’d help of course if Democrats just tore the shit out of Republicans—I’d love to see Talarico get so nasty on Paxton that he crushes that gross sweaty bastard. But somehow I see the guy not wanting to taint his nice guy image. In which case he’d better define himself for the electorate before Paxton defines him (they’re already making up “vegan” shit).
All these people think they're the World's Smartest Gnat who'll totally defeat the pesky bug zapper. And they bow to him because they want the allegiance of his terrible, terrible cultists, who ALWAYS vote. American's Pilonidal Cyst is a gibbering fool, but he's the gibbering fool that hates the same minorities the unreconstructed hate. So we'll continue to see people destroy their careers for him.
Massie and Cassidy have joined with Dems to shoot down some of trump's pet projects, which is clearly a consequence that trump didn't think of. That's the problem with being hell-bent upon revenge - you may get your revenge, but at a very high cost. And sure, it would have been better if they had worked with Dems before losing their primaries, but better late than never. At least Massie worked with Dems regarding the trump-Epstein Files, which is what got him targeted by trump. Another consequence of trump's wrath - spending money on primaries that he and his supporters normally wouldn't have. Finally, the trump endorsed candidates may excite the magas in the primaries, but could cost them the seats in the general election.
It's too bad that our national media is too shallow and too intent upon currying trump's favor to see beyond the "he still has power in the Republican Party!" hype. And for all their pandering, he still hates them.
"𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸."
~ Pete Buttigieg; September 20, 2025
The MAGA base may be shrinking, but they still hold an enormous amount of power relative to their numbers. They are likely to continue to do so as long as fealty to the whims of Trump are the only condition for membership, MAGA voters are the ones that show up for primaries, and MAGA politicians and appointees are fine with breaking the law to achieve their political outcomes (which is what MAGA is all about, really). I don't think we've seen the worst of it yet. This will be an interesting summer, November will be harrowing, and the last two years of this "presidency" is going to be devastating to *everyone* unless you are a Trump crony. As Bette Davis once famously observed, fasten your seatbelts, it's gonna be a bumpy ride.
I can see Trump having increasing control over a shrinking GOP (decent Republicans are increasingly likely to no longer be Republicans) but I’m wondering if Democrats are able to capitalize on this. Their vote share hasn’t noticeably increased since 2016, somehow it looks like a lot of disgusted people just sit it all out.
It’d help of course if Democrats just tore the shit out of Republicans—I’d love to see Talarico get so nasty on Paxton that he crushes that gross sweaty bastard. But somehow I see the guy not wanting to taint his nice guy image. In which case he’d better define himself for the electorate before Paxton defines him (they’re already making up “vegan” shit).
Well, voters would've needed to choose Jasmine Crockett for that, alas.
It's going to be an interesting November.
Interesting times really, really exhaust me!