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Thom Tillis is predicting a “whoop-ass” for Republicans in the midterms — even labeling it in his calendar as such.
“When the bullshit becomes policy that's problematic,” he told our @jmart. “You get this November.”
Listen to his interview: politi.co/4ib1c0L
Kevin McCarthy predicts GOP will lose House majority politi.co/4i2SEKA
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NEW: Top MAHA ally Calley Means has resigned from the Trump administration.
Means, one the loudest advocates for the movement left in the admin, had grown frustrated with what he saw as a lack of progress on MAHA priorities, according to administration officials.
Story ⬇️
BREAKING: Calley Means, senior adviser to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., resigned over frustrations that the MAHA agenda had stalled inside the White House.
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Calley Means, top MAHA ally, resigns from Trump administration politi.co/4yEo6DR
Thom Tillis argued that not every idea coming out of the Trump administration is from the president himself.
“I'm not gonna impeach him,” he told our @jmart. “The only thing I can change are the people around him.”
Listen to his full interview: politi.co/4ib1c0L
‘It’s wrong’: DeWine condemns Ramaswamy campaign ad featuring Acton’s estranged mother politi.co/4jA38SP
The good, the bad and the unruly from over two dozen candidate debates politi.co/4sfDkxn
GOP senator questions Elon Musk’s influence over military assets politi.co/488SWJT
Trump plans to fast-track arch despite legal challenge politi.co/3VVpynK
Judge orders Trump to sit for deposition he canceled in BBC lawsuit politi.co/4slCAaa
Ways and Means Democrats ask Treasury about delayed IRS data politi.co/4iyC7hn
POLITICO retweeted
New: I got a tip a little while ago about a shadowy Pentagon entity called "TSO" with a lot of money and a desire for offensive hacking tools.
Turns out TSO is a new DoD agency. And it does a lot more than hacking.
w/@JackDetsch and @paulmcleary
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POLITICO retweeted
Scoop from me in today's Decoded: @Replit is ramping up efforts to sell its vibe coding software to the U.S. government. politico.com/newsletters/dec…
COLUMN: "The latest blowup over Ukraine is emblematic of Trump’s wily persistence, and it suggests a challenging two years lie ahead for the international set even if Democrats gain some power in the midterm elections," writes our @nahaltoosi.
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POLITICO retweeted
NEW COLUMN: On Ukraine and beyond, we know Donald Trump can seem inconsistent and incoherent. But his persistence — and creativity — in pushing an agenda are underrated. So is it even possible to "Trump-proof" the world?
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How a fake pollster may have moved some 2026 elections politi.co/4ia0alw
Crypto shareholder sues Trump, family-backed crypto venture politi.co/4z3kFHR
America’s Breadbasket needs bread, and soaring diesel prices and fertilizer costs are putting the squeeze on farmers who voted for President Donald Trump, prompting some to rethink their Republican loyalties.
🎧 Playbook Pod: politi.co/4z4B12M
Mamdani to campaign with Hochul, cementing a fruitful alliance politi.co/4BlWW74
This House Democrat sees an opening to beat John Fetterman in 2028 politi.co/4dQsqbz
