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Trump stares down youth revolt as 'tired' Gen Z voters abandon him in droves: reportA key voting bloc that helped propel President Donald Trump to the White House in 2024 is abandoning him in droves, The New York Times reported Friday, just 18 days before the midterms. “Trump’s becoming an old, crazy man,” said Michael Johnson, 26, speaking with the Times. “He doesn’t care anymore.” Johnson not only voted for Trump in 2024, but claimed…
'Expect the worst': Dems name wild card some fear will let Trump trample midtermsWASHINGTON — Recent Supreme Court victories have renewed many Democratic officials’ faith in the nation’s Trump-stacked justices ahead of this year’s midterm elections — but justices are still feared as Trump's wild card. “I do trust the courts,” seven-term Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL) told Raw Story as she entered the Capitol this fall. “You know, we’re…
‘Something is up’: Ex-GOP operative alarmed as shady Trump deal points to Ukraine blackoutFormer Republican strategist Tim Miller says several recent developments, taken together, suggest closer coordination among President Trump, Elon Musk and Vladimir Putin heading into the midterms. He stressed he isn’t alleging a plot or speculating beyond what he sees — but that the timing of everything is suspicious. On a podcast for The Bulwark ,…
Karl Rove tears apart Trump’s ‘troubling’ week as ‘things went south’ for GOPA veteran Republican strategist who built two winning presidential campaigns warned the GOP is stumbling into the final stretch before the midterms . Karl Rove , a former senior adviser and deputy chief of staff to President George W. Bush, wrote in a Wednesday op-ed for The Wall Street Journal that President Donald Trump's messaging over the past week…
Trump voters scold president to start ‘taking care of the people in your country’: NYTSome voters who sent President Donald Trump back to the White House have a pointed message for him ahead of the midterms . Grocery shoppers who backed Trump in 2024 told The New York Times for a Wednesday report that rising prices have left several of them frustrated, with a retired nurse in Maine telling the president, "you should be taking care of the…
'Who's laughing now?' Analyst sees GOP 'bottom' falling out as MAGA seats up for grabsRepublicans accustomed to safe seats are suddenly campaigning hard, and Democrats are chasing House districts that weren’t on their radar when the cycle began, Axios reported on Wednesday. Members like Reps. John McGuire (R-VA) and Lauren Boebert (R-CO) weren’t seen as at risk at the start of President Donald Trump’s second term. Candidates in these…
Another Republican senator quietly deletes Trump from campaign amid grueling midterm boutSouth Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds seems to have stripped mentions of President Donald Trump from his campaign's website, The Washington Sun reported , adding him to a list of Republicans quietly putting space between themselves and the president. A saved copy of the page shows that the text under the site's banner used to say Trump had endorsed Rounds. That…
Midterms predicted to 'strip MAGA from power' at every level of government: ex-GOP insiderFormer Republican strategist Steve Schmidt predicted Sunday that next month’s midterm elections will deliver a sweeping defeat to Trump’s movement nationwide. In his Substack newsletter, "The Warning ," Schmidt said the election “will strip MAGA from power in the Congress, statehouses, governors’ mansions, town councils and county offices from east to…
GOP operative shatters MAGA hopes with warning there's 'nothing that Trump can do': reportA Republican operative working on battleground races offered a bleak verdict on whether President Donald Trump can still turn things around for his party . This operative, who was granted anonymity to speak freely, told Politico in a report on Saturday that Trump has no moves left to reverse Republicans' sinking midterm prospects with Election Day weeks…
Dan Rather spots 'devastating' trick Trump is hiding up his sleeve for after the midtermsPresident Donald Trump is hiding a devastating trick up his sleeve that he plans to play after the midterms, according to one analyst. Last year, Trump and Republicans in Congress passed a bill that delayed implementation of drastic reductions in Medicaid spending and new work requirements for social benefits until after the midterms. That could put a…