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With the Texas primaries, Trump has the Gop in his hand.

AGI - Republican Senator John Cornyn has become the latest victim of retribution by U.S. President Donald Trump, after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton decisively defeated the senator in the Republican primary runoff for the Senate seat. According to Decision Desk HQ, Paxton secured approximately 64 percent of the vote, with over 95 percent of ballots counted late Tuesday night.

The state attorney general – who received last-minute endorsement from the president but has been plagued by numerous controversies, with accusations of corruption and abuse of power – beat the senior Republican senator just days after other Trump-backed candidates had already eliminated him as opponents in the primaries: Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, and Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky. And this despite Cornyn having voted approximately 92 percent with the loyal majority backing Trump.

But the president showed he doesn’t much care for small concessions. During the campaign, Cornyn had sought Trump’s support and highlighted his alignment with him. The president, however, in his last-minute support for Paxton, openly expressed his complaints about the senator, calling him “a good man” but adding that “he wasn’t near when things got tough.”

**Trump’s Congratulations**

The tycoon congratulated Paxton today, thanking the defeated candidate: “John will be my friend for a long time, while together we will see Paxton become a fantastic and sensible senator, respected by all,” he wrote on his social platform Truth. With this success, Fox News reported, there are 110 candidates backed by the president who have won the primaries. None of those who received his support lost the race, signaling that the tycoon still has full control of the base and the party.

But even if Trump had another positive evening, Republicans now face a particularly risky Senate race in Texas, which will likely force the party to divert resources from other key elections in the fall. The nonpartisan Cook Political Report has already revised its assessment slightly to favor Democrats, after Paxton’s victory, although the Grand Old Party, as the Republican Party is known, remains the favorite for the November elections. But if Trump won for a day, from now until November, the majority will have to reckon with the revenge of the purged: the same Cornyn could make his vote count in the future. And the same applies to Cassidy and Massie.

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https://www.agi.it/estero/news/2026-05-27/primarie-texas-trump-gop-37258864/

So, for this entire year I’ve stopped listening to the #MSM via live audio streams like I usually do, and switched exclusively to listening to podcasts.

The upside to this is I’ve heard more right wing political commentary with #TimcastIRL and #TheBriefing w/ #AlMohler, and more in-depth news analysis with #UnbiasedPolitics w/ #JordanBerman and now #DecisionDeskHQ’s new show. I also get very quick rundowns of the biggest stories that the #MSM has been covering with #NBCNightlyNews.

However, the big thing I miss is live, rolling coverage of breaking news events that I’d like to hear, but most people forget about within 12 hours, it not 24 hours of them happening. For example, #NBCNewsNow and #NewsNation coverage of war and mass shootings, and #CSPANRadio’s rebroadcasts of #Congress’ hearings and #Trump’s speeches.

I also do miss listening to #PMSLive on #ESPN’s audio feed during the day, but frankly if I really had time to sit and listen to #PatMcAfee’s show I’d just download those podcast episodes too.

>>Democrat Catelin Drey has flipped an open Iowa state Senate seat, adding to the party’s successes in special elections this year, Decision Desk HQ projected.<<

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5471284-drey-victory-breaks-gop-majority/
#Iowa #DecisionDeskHQ #CatelinDrey #USPol

Want to know what's really happening tonight? #NewsNation is doing a stellar job with #DecisionDeskHQ. Combine that with the #NYTimes "Needle" and you'll get a good feeling for things... #Election2024

Links:
- https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/11/05/us/elections/results-president-forecast-needle.html
- https://decisiondeskhq.com/results/2024/General/President/

America's Next Top Model:

#DecisionDeskHQ

vs.

#FiveThirtyEight

Pun aside, I just wanted to note that it is interesting that Trump's chances went from 56% to 58% with #DDHQ's model over the same period Trump's chances went from 51% to 49% with #538.

Just goes to show that models are imperfect measures and what goes into them is important to what comes out of them!

DDHQ: https://elections2024.thehill.com/forecast/2024/president/

538: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2024-election-forecast/

#polls #polling #uspol #politics #uspolitics #biden #trump