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Internal GOP polling on Trump project sends Republicans into panic: ‘This was a bad idea’

President Donald Trump’s $1.7 billion “anti-weaponization fund” is even more disliked among voters than previously known, according to new internal GOP polling that has circulated among prominent GOP organizations “in recent days,” sending several Republican operatives into an all-out panic, Zeteo reported Wednesday.

“This could really f--- us,” a “well-connected national GOP consultant” told Zeteo, speaking on the condition of anonymity. “Why do you think everyone’s so upset?”

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GOP lawmaker hammered with questions about Trump by angry town hall attendees

Rep. Mike Flood (R-NE) faced a hostile crowd at a Norfolk town hall Tuesday night, where constituents repeatedly battered him over his support for Donald Trump's controversial policies — from the $1.8 billion "weaponization slush fund" to soaring food and gas prices.

According to NOTUS, Flood, who was notably shouted down by voters at a Lincoln town hall last August, was forced to justify his party's loyalty to Trump across a range of contentious issues, including the unpopular Iran war, the president's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, and multi-million dollar White House renovation projects.

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MS NOW panel giddy over 'huge win for Democrats' after election blowout

All four co-hosts of MS NOW’s “Morning Joe” were uncommonly happy on Wednesday morning after watching a clip of newly anointed Texas US Senate candidate Ken Paxton deliver his victory speech over incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, calling it a gift to Democrats.

Paxton’s win over the 4-term senator was largely made possible by the endorsement of Donald Trump, and now Republicans after expending millions and millions on the primary, are now saddled with a candidate with a wealth of scandals and criminal charges in his past.

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Insiders expose colossal failure of Trump's Board of Peace: 'Not one US dollar'

As President Donald Trump's Board of Peace – the international body established to oversee Gaza's reconstruction, with Trump as its lifelong chairman – approaches its six-month anniversary, not a single dollar has been deposited into its fund, or spent towards Gaza projects, several insiders told the Financial Times.

“Zero dollars have been deposited,” one person familiar with the matter told the Financial Times in its report Tuesday regarding the Board of Peace’s fund, despite there being $17 billion in pledges.

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Biographer shares sobering prediction about how Trump admin will end: 'This is it'

One of President Donald Trump's biographers shared a sobering prediction about how the second Trump administration will end during a new podcast interview on Tuesday.

Michael Wolff, a journalist who has written four books about Trump, discussed Trump's health with Joanna Coles, the Daily Beast's chief content officer, on a new episode of "Inside Trump's Head," the podcast they co-host. Wolff said Trump's "sense of the dramatic" makes it likely that his presidency will end suddenly and surprisingly, almost certainly in a way that gives Trump the place in history that he seems to crave.

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Ken Paxton roundly mocked by observers after victory speech: 'He has no juice!'

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was roundly mocked on Tuesday night after he gave his victory speech for defeating incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) in the state's runoff election.

Paxton was declared the winner just after polls closed at 9 p.m. ET. He will move on to face Democratic Texas state lawmaker James Talarico in November, a race that some GOP pundits have suggested will be expensive because Paxton is not known for his fundraising skills.

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GOP scheme to boost extremist candidate in primary race backfires spectacularly

Republican efforts to interfere in a Democratic congressional primary in Texas ended in failure on Tuesday night.

According to Decision Desk HQ and the Associated Press, Bexar County Sheriff's Deputy Johnny Garcia has defeated sex therapist Maureen Galindo in a closely-watched contest for the Democratic nomination for Texas's 35th Congressional District.

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CNN election guru stunned as Trump's grip on the GOP revealed in Texas

CNN election guru John King was stunned on Tuesday after the Texas Senate primary race showed how much President Donald Trump's grip on the Republican Party had grown.

Scandal-plagued Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton defeated incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) resoundingly in the runoff elections, with CNN and the Wall Street Journal calling the race for Paxton just after polls closed at 9 p.m. ET. Paxton will face Democratic Texas state lawmaker James Talarico in the November election.

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Pam Bondi returning to the Trump admin — to work in wildly different role: report

President Donald Trump's disgraced former attorney general, Pam Bondi, is coming back to the Trump administration — only this time, she's working in a very different role.

According to Axios, "Bondi, whom Trump ousted as AG last month, will be on the Presidential Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). The panel is chaired by former White House AI adviser David Sacks and White House science adviser Michael Kratsios. It also includes more than a dozen tech executives, including Nvidia co-founder Jensen Huang, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison."

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Trump left the door wide open for midterms with '$100 million' mistake: GOP analyst

As results came in for the Texas GOP Senate primary, CNN analysts weighed in on what the cost will be down the line.

Veteran CNN correspondent Brian Todd said that President Donald Trump's decision to endorse Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is a "$100 million mistake." Trump chose to endorse Paxton over Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), whom political pundit Alyssa Farah Griffin described as a "monster fundraiser and big contributor to Senate Republicans."

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Republican voter claims he switched sides in Texas primary after Trump endorsement

A Republican voter in Texas claimed on Tuesday that he had stopped supporting MAGA front-runner Ken Paxton in the state's Senate primary race after President Donald Trump endorsed him.

"I made one vote, and that was for [Sen. John] Cornyn," Rodney Hall, a Republican voter, told CNN's Arlette Saenz.

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Trump's health scares have destroyed a key piece of his political brand: analyst

President Donald Trump has spent his political career building up an image of himself as a physically powerful and intimidating man, pollster Cornell Belcher told a panel on MS NOW's "The Weeknight" — and now his mounting health problems, barely assuaged by his latest physical results, and visible signs of aging, are bringing that down.

"We've seen him sort of taking that little five-minute nap while others are talking," said anchor and former Republican chair Michael Steele, who then put up images of Trump next to football players to drive home a key point. "Last April, the White House physician claimed that Donald Trump was six three, six foot three ... and 224 pounds. So let's take a look. Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver DK Metcalf is six feet four, 229 pounds. He has 4 percent body fat. Donald Trump claims the doctor said he has 5 percent body fat."

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Trump officials to send Ebola-exposed Americans to Kenya rather than bring them home: NYT

The Trump administration wants to send U.S. citizens living abroad who are exposed to the deadly Ebola virus to Kenya rather than bring them home, according to new reporting by the New York Times.

Three people familiar with the Trump administration's plans spoke with the NYT, which noted that previous administrations brought Americans home for observation and treatment.

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