The Daily Beast Latest Articles | Opinion: A Car Crash President Is Driving His Party Off a Cliff. Buckle Up! by Michael Ian Black

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The piece argues that, bizarrely, Donald Trump – portrayed as the most corrupt and unpopular modern president – still wields an “unbreakable chokehold” on the Republican Party, as evidenced by this week’s primaries where Trump‑backed challengers ousted incumbents such as Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy and Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie (the latter losing after demanding the full release of the “Epstein files”). The author notes that Trump has also turned on former allies like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert for similar reasons, and wonders what fuels his continued grip: raw charisma, a twisted vision of America, or a messianic appeal to a base that ignores constitutional limits. The article cites a February poll showing 60 % of MAGA hard‑liners still support a third Trump term, despite its illegality, and warns that his influence could shape the 2026 midterms and set up a “rigged election” narrative for 2028. Ultimately, the author laments the tragedy of a party loyal to a leader who has built a $1.8 billion slush fund, defended the Jan. 6 insurrectionists, and threatens democratic norms, urging millions of voters to choose a different path in the upcoming elections.

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yahoo news | Trump v Massie: Could president's Republican nemesis survive $20m attack to oust...

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In Kentucky’s 4th congressional district, libertarian Rep. Thomas Massie faces a Trump‑backed primary challenger, retired Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein, after the president launched a personal attack campaign for the “moron” who has repeatedly defied Trump’s agenda—voting against the 2023 tax bill, rescinding tariffs on Canada, limiting anti‑drug‑boat operations, and co‑sponsoring the release of Jeffrey Epstein’s DOJ files. Massie has framed his dissent as principled independence, drawing support from fellow anti‑Trump Republicans such as Lauren Boebert, Rand Paul and other “Tea Party” figures, while also attracting criticism that his maverick stance threatens the party’s narrow House majority. The race has become the most expensive House primary in U.S. history, with more than $32 million poured in by Trump allies, billionaire donors and pro‑Israel groups, alongside Massie’s own fundraising to counter negative ads that portray Gallrein as a puppet of the elite. A Massie loss would reinforce Trump’s grip on the GOP; a victory would signal that a Republican can survive a direct presidential assault and still retain his seat.

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In comments to 9News Denver on Friday, Boebert also said that she hoped the release of Peters would convince Trump to stop blocking funds for a federal project to bring clean drinking water to Colorado. “We were told that Tina was the reason we couldn’t get water,” Boebert said, an apparent reference to Trump exerting on Colorado’s governor the same kind of pressure he put on Ukraine’s president in 2019, when he withheld congressionally mandated military aid to try to force Ukraine to open a sham investigation into Joe Biden. Trump was impeached for that scheme in 2019.

In January, the president had vetoed a bill that would have funded a drinking water project in Boebert’s Colorado district, after it passed the House and Senate unanimously. Boebert, like all other Colorado lawmakers, had supported the bill, which would have supported clean water for 50,000 people in the region.

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#DonaldTrump publicly threatened to pull his endorsement from #LaurenBoebert and urged Republicans to challenge her in Colorado’s 4th District after attacking her support for #ThomasMassie. #Politics

Trump called Boebert “Weak Minded” and a “Carpetbagger,” referencing her 2023 decision to switch from Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District to the safer 4th District after a razor thin reelection win... https://instagr.am/p/DYavKPSRMLP/