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Republicans are facing a hard uphill battle in their fight to retain the House and Senate majority, but critics on social media say the party appears to be toiling up the wrong hill entirely. Conservative X account Republicans against Trump appeared to roll its eyes as they reposted Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan to get Republicans re-elected this midterm—plaster them with President Donald Trump’s face. “The president’s gonna look right in the camera and say, ‘I am on the ballot.’ Because even though his name isn’t, right, his administration, his legacy, the America-first agenda is,” said Johnson, speaking at a rally for Rep. Monica De La Cruz, (R-Texas) “We gotta get people to turn out.” Hold the majority. Hold the majority,” said Johnson, quoting former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, while acknowledging “this is one of our toughest elections.” Critics rattled Johnson’s post in responses. “Great idea, Mike,” said one progressive account . “Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.” “Hey – thi...

Dyed in the wool conservative Nick Catoggio tells the Dispatch that President Donald Trump has managed to succeed where many other U.S presidents have failed — in pushing Russia into a hot war with the rest of NATO, that is. “Strange as it may sound, in many ways this is an opportune moment for Putin to confront the West,” wrote Catoggio, citing Trump’s CIA chief fretting that Russian leader Vladimir Putin is mulling the prosect, and considering it soon. But why would Russia try it now? Because even more so than usual, “an overextended White House is compelled by circumstance to think twice before involving America in any new wars,” Catoggio answered. “Logistically, the U.S. is in no position at the moment to wage a two-front war of its own,” Catoggio reports, citing a Wall Steet Journal report claiming Precision Strike Missile and Army Tactical Missile Systems are crucial to repel a Russian land invasion. “Thanks to Trump’s folly in Iran, we’re a little short on both ,” Catoggio ra...

Lisa Cook is a member of the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors who has been repeatedly targeted by President Donald Trump. He has tried to fire her and been repeatedly denied the ability to do so, but nevertheless has persisted in that agenda — even as his meddling in the Federal Reserve has created worse economic conditions for ordinary Americans. Now The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board , despite its conservative-leaning views, is blasting Trump for his ongoing war against Cook. "Are we really doing this again?" The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board wrote on Thursday. "President Trump last year tried to summarily fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, accusing her of lying on a mortgage filing. That removal lost in June at the Supreme Court, which held in Trump v. Cook that she is 'entitled to notice and some opportunity to respond.' Well, now she has had both, after an exchange of letters this month." They added, "The White House wro...

President Donald Trump’s revenge scheme against various individuals he has publicly deemed political enemies is officially defunct -- at least according to several sources, in no small part because of his failure to successfully prosecute a man he wrongly accused of vandalizing the Reflecting Pool. Indeed, that trend is even extending to cases that would normally be considered airtight. The Daily Mail's Charlie Spiering reported on Thursday that the citizens of Washington DC are treating Trump’s Justice Department like an organization which deliberately targets innocent people rather than a good faith actor, and they are responding accordingly. When they targeted Olympic canoeist David Hearn by incorrectly saying he vandalized the Reflecting Pool, for example, the case was seemingly rejected for that reason. “The bigger problem now is that [USAG Jeanine Pirro's] office has struggled to land seemingly airtight cases, with Washington's jury pool deeply skeptical of the adm...

Incumbent Sen. Darline Graham — the Republican Senate candidate in South Carolina whose visible political inexperience was literally center-stage during a primary debate in which she admitted to knowing nothing about America-Taiwan relations — is now a potentially weak nominee in a traditionally GOP state. Yet while Graham may lose in an upset to Democrat Dr. Annie Andrews, a conservative commentator said she is an ideal representative of President Donald Trump’s Republican Party . "I saw a hot take somewhere last week speculating that Graham’s cringy Taiwan debate gaffe was actually a contrived four-dimensional-chess move to show Republican primary voters how relatable, authentic, and outsider-y she is," wrote The Dispatch's Nick Catoggio on Wednesday. "I’m skeptical of that, but after watching Sean Hannity defend her by noting that most Americans can’t find Taiwan on a map either, I wouldn’t discount it completely. (One is reminded of the famous Roman Hruska quo...

Veteran Democratic strategist and long-time President Donald Trump gadfly James Carville refused to join the crowd calling the victories of Trump-endorsed candidates in South Carolina and Oklahoma a “win for Trump’ considering how close the call came in the wee hours. “In the Republican primaries in South Carolina and Oklahoma, they played it as a big Trump win, and I don’t understand it,” said Carville, griping on his Wednesday Politics War Room podcast. “I was so taken aback. Who am I to be the arbiter or whatever, but man, when you get 50.5 in a Republican primary in SC and the guy that got 49.5 attacks you and the crowd breaks out wildly cheering, or in Oklahoma, and they barely won, I just don’t see it.” Sen. Darline Graham (R-SC) won her South Carolina Senate primary campaign against Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) on Tuesday, officially winning a full term in the seat once held by her brother, the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). During the campaign Trump endorsed her during her camp...