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The biggest and most fundamental MAGA lie of all is the idea that immigrants are to blame for the social crisis afflicting young MAGA men.
Alan Elrod“What’s actually threatening to the MAGA project, then, is the underlying idea that Mullin endorsed: that immigration can be made to function in the national interest” @gregsargent.bsky.social is spot on. For MAGA, immigration is the ur-crisis of America. It’s *always against* the nat’l interest
Essential point here. In saying migrant farmworkers help the economy, Markwayne Mullin was speaking for a genuine constituency inside the GOP that continues to get overruled by Stephen Miller, who knows he absolutely cannot open the door a tiny crack to the idea that immigration is ever good for USA
Anna O. LawTheir coalition was a fragile one. There are fissures and larger cracks.
MAGA is raging at DHS Sec Markwayne Mullin for discussing immigration reform. But the real reason MAGA is so furious is he admitted immigration can be managed in a way that benefits our country. This is absolutely lethal to white nationalist ideology. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/2138...
MAGA Erupts at Trump DHS Chief—and Accidentally Exposes Big MAGA ScamMarkwayne Mullin just said the unsayable: That immigration can sometimes help the economy and the country. Now MAGA wants his head.newrepublic.comVery good @brianbeutler.bsky.social look at the folly of imaging that Dems can win young men over the long haul "with a dozen more Rogan appearances and a ten percent increase in bearded senators." Instead try "demonstrating an interest in their fellowship." www.offmessage.net/p/maga-donal...
MAGA Squandered Young Men's Trust; Making Them Stay Democrats Is The Hard PartThe right discredited itself. The left can't win them back with beards and podcast appearances alone.www.offmessage.netSenator Thom Tillis's latest broadside at Trump over the IRS slush fund is really one for the ages. Tillis basically treated Trump like a squealing toddler who needs a very firm "no." On the pod, @emmarjanssen.bsky.social on why this defeat for Trump is significant: newrepublic.com/article/2138...
Trump Rages as GOP Senator Nukes IRS Slush Fund in Perfect HumiliationAs Trump’s fury grows over the demise of his corrupt IRS “lawsuit” settlement, the author of TNR’s new politics newsletter explains how Democrats are exploiting these deepening Trump-GOP schisms.newrepublic.comGood @gelliottmorris.com piece showing Trump's deportations are unpopular in *all* the swing states. Key point: Republicans know Trump is deeply vulnerable on the issue, even if pundits refuse to see it. He discusses my piece on Susan Collins/Dems at length: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/even-repub...
Even Republicans in Congress can see how unpopular Trump's immigration agenda isTrump's deportation agenda is underwater in every swing state. Plus, Sabato moves 13 House ratings toward Democrats. Your weekly political data roundup for August 2, 2026.www.gelliottmorris.comYep, this is the right framing:
Simon RosenbergWhat the Iranian attack confirms is that Trump is no longer capable of operating in the real world when it dissents from the Trump as God Emperor narrative. He can't process information that dissents from the narrative. Thus he cannot lead or protect us; and we are in danger bsky.app/profile/did:...
Remarkable: Dems have now pulled even with the GOP *on immigration* in two new national polls. A third finds Trump 22 points underwater on the the issue, and *32 points* underwater among independents. Trump has absolutely destroyed the GOP advantage on immigration. newrepublic.com/article/2138...
Awful: The local press in Maine is crediting Susan Collins for getting Trump to agree to ICE bodycams nationwide. It's cynical BS: She voted for $70 billion in ICE money and against requiring bodycams. But this kind of thing is why she could still win. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/2138...