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I wrote about @EvanMcMullin's

artappraiser — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 16:46:53 +0000

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I wrote about @EvanMcMullin's laudable and very-strategic attempt to build a cross-partisan coalition and win a Senate seat in very-Republican but Trump-skeptical Utah. https://t.co/epfKRaXYI5
— Perry Bacon Jr. (@perrybaconjr) February 18, 2022

He took it down - I put it

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 16 Feb 2022 10:10:57 +0000

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He took it down - I put it back up
(just kidding)

Ex-RNC Chair Blasts The

artappraiser — Wed, 16 Feb 2022 10:08:39 +0000

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Ex-RNC Chair Blasts The Cheney/Kinzinger Censure In Scathing Letter To McDaniel https://t.co/bkpovSqu72 via @TPM
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 14, 2022

Marshall also has

Remarkably anodyne way of describing these things https://t.co/VrSjpnvTcs pic.twitter.com/XCkJdNHz8e
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 15, 2022

the biggest forces driving Thiel’s political beliefs are racism and hostility to liberal democracy. and that’s according to Thiel. others are less generous. https://t.co/tn8gIo4hHD
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 15, 2022

Then, amazing, but I just noted now that this is what our illustrious patron, Michael Wolraich, had to predict on the topic of the GOP torn by Trump way back in July on Twitter. One reader asked for a Thread Reader for the entire thread in Sept., so here that is:

Hi! the unroll you asked for: Prediction: The GOP will collapse within 3 years. Despite… https://t.co/dRBdyPfUzV See you soon.
— Thread Reader App (@threadreaderapp) September 25, 2021

(It behooves to keep in mind, tho, that Wolraich also predicted on this very website that no way Biden could win, so there's that. To his credit, he has never taken that down!)

I should add that this has been trending on Twitter:

Donald Trump Jr. posts a screenshot on Instagram of what he says is former president Trump’s first post on upcoming social media platform Truth Social

Hadn't noticed this before -

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 02:14:01 +0000

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Hadn't noticed this before - 168 is a lot of dissenters

How the G.O.P.’s Censure

artappraiser — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 00:23:13 +0000

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How the G.O.P.’s Censure Fight Exposes the Party’s Deeper Divide (approx. 24 of 168 RNC members voted against censure)

Upcoming primaries will test whether embracing Donald Trump’s election falsehoods is a litmus test for Republican voters.

By Reid J. Epstein and Shane Goldmacher @ NYTimes.com, Feb. 10, 2022, Updated 4:52 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON — More than a year after the 2020 election, Donald J. Trump’s false claims of election fraud remain a destabilizing force for the Republican Party, dividing an activist base galvanized by a lie from elites in Washington who are hoping to hold the party together long enough to win back power in Congress in the upcoming midterm elections.

The tension flared this week as Republicans were forced to either explain or denounce a party resolution characterizing the deadly events of Jan. 6 as “legitimate political discourse.” But the episode was a only a preview of the battles ahead, with a series of upcoming primary contests pitting candidates loyal to Mr. Trump against those who, to varying degrees, resist his distortions about the election.

Those races, in Alaska, Georgia, North Carolina, Wyoming and elsewhere, promise to amplify calls for election audits, claims of fraud and a recasting of events surrounding the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. That debate will test the extent to which embracing Mr. Trump’s falsehoods about the 2020 election — and attempts to downplay the violence that followed — has become a new litmus test for Republican voters.

“It still is a burning ember of passion for the base,” said Matt Batzel, the national executive director of American Majority, an organization that trains conservative grass-roots activists. “If those in Washington try to move on, there is going to be even a greater disconnect and greater frustration with their leadership, resulting in more tension and arguments within the party.”

That prospect is alarming for some Republicans who worry about the long-term consequences of embedding Mr. Trump’s false claims into the foundation of the party. Far more Republicans, however, expressed concern this week about the near-term consequences: With President Biden’s approval ratings falling well below half of voters, many Republicans fear that debate will be a distraction ahead of a 2022 midterm election in which they are otherwise well positioned to take back power.

“The more we talk about Jan. 6, the less we talk about how Biden hasn’t been successful,” said Steven Frias, a Republican committeeman from Rhode Island.

Mr. Frias was among the estimated two dozen of 168 Republican National Committee members who voted last week against the party’s resolution to censure Representatives Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, the two Republicans working with congressional Democrats to investigate the Jan. 6 riot [....]

see for yourself that if the

artappraiser — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 23:28:02 +0000

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see for yourself that if the left Dems push for banning Congresspersons being in the markets, RNC oppo research plans to do the "both sides do it but they do it worse" thing; they've already started:

“Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo's husband exercised up to $150,000 in stock options in a China-backed artificial intelligence firm at the heart of Beijing's ‘penetration of Silicon Valley.’”https://t.co/YwVY1IbzRg
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) February 10, 2022

I don't see any winners in such a battle, it can go on forever with the research, investments are often complex and you can spin things myriad different ways.

Always much more direct anyways to just figure out what lobbyists they listen to, as opposed to what the are personally invested in. All kinds of lobbyists actually help write congressional bills, and its not just ones working for profit entities, some work for non-profits,too and the latter often have more clear and direct agendas which a majority of constituents may or may not agree with.

oh just a reminder about what

artappraiser — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 22:29:32 +0000

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oh just a reminder about what Dan Crenshaw said when he thought he was just talking to his homies; just ran across it looking for something else:

“We have grifters in our midst.”@DanCrenshawTX trashes Freedom Caucus members like @MTGreenee, @DrPaulGosar, @LaurenBoebert, and @Jim_Jordan. pic.twitter.com/5Lvh5xCPZk
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) December 7, 2021

GOP Governors just say no to

artappraiser — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 16:21:58 +0000

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GOP Governors just say no to more Trump-type nut cases:

The @GOPGovs making a “this is our house” statement in GA

“For the first time in its history, the Republican Governors Association is financing a TV ad during a party primary to support an incumbent facing a GOP challenger.”https://t.co/DwY01pXzSQ
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) February 9, 2022

They can run but they can't

artappraiser — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 02:53:58 +0000

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They can run but they can't hide:

That’s a pretty fast pace for him. Can’t outrun history! https://t.co/yghCCh7AUa
— Adam Kinzinger (@AdamKinzinger) February 9, 2022

Surprise, surprise, surprise

artappraiser — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 19:47:31 +0000

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Surprise, surprise, surprise - Mitt far from alone anymore!

Just asked McConnell about the RNC resolution. He pushes back against RNC move. “That's not the job of the RNC,” McConnell says, criticizing the censure of Kinzinger and Cheney. Says the committee shouldn’t be singling out members with different views.
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 8, 2022

McConnell: “Well let me give you my view on what happened January 6th. We all were here…. It was a violent insurrection for the purpose of trying to prevent the peaceful transfer of power after a legitimately certified election from one administration to the next.”
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 8, 2022

“With regard to the suggestion that the RNC should be in the business of picking and choosing Republicans who ought to be supported, traditionally the view of the national party committee is we support all members of our party regardless of their positions on some issues” he said
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 8, 2022

Asked him if he has confidence in RNC chair. “I do, but the issue is whether or not the RNC should be sort of singling out members of our party who may have different views from the majority. That’s not the job of the RNC.”
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 8, 2022