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Top Dem Operative Jumps Ship, Backs Republican: 'Lunatics Run the Asylum'
Former House Judiciary counsel backs Michigan Republican, says 'lunatics' now run the Democratic Party.
August 8, 2026
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Darline Graham Fights to Keep Brother's Senate Seat—SC Voters Want More Than a Name
Darline Graham rode her brother's name into the Senate. South Carolina Republicans want someone who earned the job.
August 8, 2026
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Senate Skips Town Without SAVE Act — But War Funding and CR Got Done
Both parties passed war funding and a CR, then left election integrity on the table until September
August 8, 2026
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Hogg to Schumer: Purge Moderates From the Democrat 'Big Tent'
Progressives are done sharing space with anyone who won't fall in line — and the establishment spin machine can't bury it.
August 8, 2026
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Illinois Speaker Welch's Sham Probe Protected Harasser, Now Self-Polices
Welch ran a two-person 'investigation,' funneled $1.4M to a harasser, and launched a Democrat-only reform group that's already collapsing.
August 8, 2026
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Michigan Democrats Demand Unity After Bitter Primary
El-Sayed beat the establishment's pick. Now party bosses demand you fall in line.
August 8, 2026
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Senate Uniparty Passes Blank-Check CR, Blocks Border Funds
90-6 vote sends blank-check spending extension to House with Democrat wins on border blocks and grant rule freeze
August 8, 2026
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Cantor-Slayer Brat Confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to Australia
The professor who primaryed Eric Cantor heads to Canberra, putting a populist in charge of a critical Pacific alliance.
August 8, 2026
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Trump Moves to Oust Fed Gov Cook Over Mortgage Fraud
The White House gave Lisa Cook 21 days to answer fraud allegations, but the establishment press is already circling the wagons around 'Fed independence.'
August 8, 2026
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Prosecutor Fired Over Old Anti-Trump Blog Sues DOJ
Will Rosenzweig was axed three hours after a pundit flagged his years-old blog—now he's suing to get his job back.
August 7, 2026
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Activist Court Halts White House Ballroom, Demands Congress Approve
2-1 panel rules Trump can't build without congressional say-so; dissenting judge warns of dangerous judicial overreach on executive authority.
August 7, 2026
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Press Sneers as Trump Meets Scotts Miracle-Gro on White House Lawn
The press calls it lawn obsession. Working Americans call it a president who cares about what matters to them.
August 7, 2026
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Murkowski, Collins Move to Block Blanche — Trump AG Pick Hangs by a Thread
Two GOP senators side with Democrats against Trump's AG nominee, giving the uniparty the votes to protect the Justice Department from an outsider who might actually reform it.
August 7, 2026
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Tennessee GOP Rejects $13M Self-Funder, Picks Blackburn for Governor
Tennessee voters rejected a $13M self-funder, handing Marsha Blackburn the GOP governor nomination and proving money can't buy grassroots grit.
August 7, 2026
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Green Energy PAC Spent $2M to Oust Ogles in Tennessee Upset
Green energy cash bankrolled Hatcher's upset over Trump-endorsed Ogles in redrawn Tennessee district
August 7, 2026
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Trump Says 'Too Early' for 2028 Endorsement — Press Spins Vance Snub
Reporters manufacture a Trump-Vance rift while the administration actually governs on birthright citizenship.
August 7, 2026
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Crypto 'Ethics' Bill Could Hand Trump Tax Windfall on $1.4B Holdings
Bipartisan divestiture provision quietly includes capital gains deferral — and nobody's saying who wrote it.
August 7, 2026
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Press Twists JD Vance's Fraud Crackdown Into Anti-Trump Hit
JD Vance demanded jail for taxpayer fraudsters, so the corporate press immediately spun it into a case for locking up Trump.
August 6, 2026
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Miller Opens Custody Files; GOP Leverages Unverified Abuse Claims for Ballot Purge
Investigators found no abuse evidence — but one unexplained fracture gives the establishment its opening before the Aug. 12 ballot deadline.
August 6, 2026
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Hemp Loophole for Wiles' Son-in-Law Snarls Government Funding Bill
White House pushes hemp loophole enriching chief of staff's family as government funding stalls
August 6, 2026
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FBI Files: 633K Maricopa Voter Records Stolen — Not a Single Charge Filed
Hacker confessed and destroyed evidence. Walked free. CISA stayed silent. Public told to stop asking.
August 6, 2026
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GOP Bets on Map Tricks and Tax Credits to Save House Majority
Republicans game redistricting, court-freed cash, and paid-leave credits to hold power—but still can't answer why their own voters should show up.
August 6, 2026
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GOP Bosses Push Max Miller to Quit Over Unverified Abuse Claims
Ohio party bosses have until Monday to replace Miller on the ballot — and cut voters out entirely.
August 6, 2026
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GOP Risks Losing House and Senate After Squandering Majority
Republicans could lose both chambers in November, having delivered nothing for the working Americans who handed them the majority.
August 6, 2026
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