GOP senators who built entire careers on Trump worship are now quietly distancing themselves—proving their loyalty was never conviction, just calculation. These same politicians defended two impeachments and enabled his worst moves when it benefited them. Now they’re discovering principles only when their own political survival is on the line. Source: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/craven-self-preservation-puts-senate-gop-at-odds-with-trump
Republicans spent years attacking Obama’s spending and lecturing about fiscal responsibility—now they’re trying to force Americans to bankroll a billion-dollar Trump ballroom while wages stagnate and inflation crushes working families. The same party screaming about government waste wants to build Trump a golden palace while cutting healthcare, education, and food assistance. Socialism for billionaires, austerity…
Republicans who spent years ramming through illegal gerrymanders in Ohio, North Carolina, and Texas suddenly discovered the sanctity of proper procedure—only when Democrats won a fair referendum. The Virginia Supreme Court’s 4-3 decision kills a 10-1 Democratic map while letting the GOP’s 6-5 advantage stand. This is justice for the powerful: rules are a weapon…
Republicans spent decades swearing they’re colorblind and that racism is history—until the Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act, and Tennessee GOP immediately dismantled the state’s only majority-Black district in Memphis, where MLK was killed. They couldn’t even wait weeks to reveal their true intentions, proving every claim about racial neutrality was a lie. They…
Tennessee’s GOP-controlled legislature demolished the state’s sole majority-Black district the instant the Supreme Court gave them legal cover, splitting Memphis to bury Democratic representation. The speed reveals this wasn’t governance—it was a premeditated dismantling of Black political power, coordinated the moment constitutional protections evaporated. Same Republicans who preach ‘colorblind’ policy just proved they’re colorblind to…
Republicans spent decades attacking race-conscious redistricting as unconstitutional overreach — then the Supreme Court handed them permission to do exactly that. Now GOP lawmakers across the South are surgically redrawing maps to erase Black electoral power, openly admitting their goal is to eliminate districts where Black voters can choose their own representatives. So much for…
Senate Republicans are anonymously telling reporters they’ve lost confidence in Defense Secretary Hegseth and want him gone—the same backstabbing they spent years condemning Democrats for during Trump’s first term. They admitted he wouldn’t survive another confirmation vote, meaning they knowingly confirmed someone they now consider unfit. These are the same senators who spent years shrieking…