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Vance sidelined‼️: President Trump kicked JD Vance off foreign policy today and told him to focus on “corruption.”
What I am thinking💭: Two people Trump can’t fire — Vance and Melania
“I have asked Vice President Vance to focus his complete and total attention on the Massive Corruption and Crime taking place in Democrat run Cities and States throughout the U.S ... We don’t need a deal with Iran. Those days have long since passed,” posted Trump on Truth Social
This comes after Vance blamed the Iran war for the reason Republicans lost so badly in the midterms.
Tonight📺: Chris Cillizza on whether this is the latest signal of Trump saying goodbye to Vance as a possible nominee or inheritor of MAGA
Marco Rubio leads the 2028 Atlas GOP presidential primary poll at 45.6% — and Vance follows at 32.9%
We Must Fix the System‼️
🚨Mike Allen’s notes on Nvidia continue to ring louder alarms — tonight he headlined, “It’s way bigger than just Nvidia”
YES AND: Jensen Huang’s nuclear-like implosion/explosion is the symptom of a much larger disease in D.C.
The refusal by this and past administrations to deal with China and this administration’s single-minded focus on the stock market.
Plus Howard Lutnick’s inexplicable refusal of presidential orders to crack down on AI chips going to China
Look back🔙: We told you Monday that “nobody gets caught on their first time”
Not Huang’s affairs
Not Chinese espionage against and compromise of American companies
Now I’ll add one more — this isn’t the first time this administration totally botched protecting American secrets and security.
Botched is the nicest word I can come up with
“He’s gone, but he should be prosecuted. This is national security!” said Bill O’Reilly.
Great, Bill — but what about the people in the US government, including the president, who knew about it and let it happen?
If Huang was doing it — so are others — you never get caught on your first time.
Tonight📺: Dmitri Alperovitch, Steve Yates and Kristin Davison
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Nobody Gets It🤦
It’s clear neither side is getting the lessons of the 2026 election.
Democrats are going all in on going after Trump and lawfare
This is Rep. Robert Garcia on prosecuting Trump and his administration:
“Maybe it’s because I’m gay, but pettiness is a thing. We’re not going to forget these crimes.”
Flipside: Republicans are still not understanding why they lost — and now talking about how their big priorities are blocking Democrats.
Point made‼️: “We Republicans in the Senate need to stop thinking we’re so smart. This was not a normal midterm election loss; if you think that, congratulations, you’re stupid,” says Republican Senator John Kennedy.
The message was to throw the bums out so that we get people who will actually work together.
This is what so many members of the new Democratic caucus promised to do but aren’t being vocal enough —
The other half of the party has decided the real message of 2026 is to go after Trump and do worse onto Republicans.
Americans want politicians that are going to look out for them. Politicians who will help them at the gas pump or at the grocery store.
No one is talking about how to deliver for the American people — and that leaves a real opportunity for a 2028 candidate.
Tonight📺: Carine Hajjar and Mike Nellis
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Democrats in Disarray🌪️
‼️Democrats had this massive victory in the midterms as a rejection of Donald Trump’s policies and now have to explain what their own policies are — and they’re having a hard time doing that.
Since winning, all Democrats want to do is investigate Trump and his administration — but that’s not the American people’s priority.
“Out of eight options, investigating the Trump administration was about tied for the lowest priority. It ranked far behind things like lowering prices, ending the Iran war and regulating artificial intelligence. It even ranked behind immigration reform,” writes CNN.
📰“Democrats Have Power Now. They Shouldn’t Waste It on Woke,” writes a New York Times op-ed.
So much of what we’re hearing again are these pipe dreams that do not involve compromise in any way, shape or form
“On Jan. 3, Democrats run into reality,” headlines George Will in the Washington Post, writing,
“In November, Democrats did well with voters, but beginning on Jan. 3, reality gets a vote. Consider four subjects: climate change, campaign finance, Medicare-for-all and racial gerrymandering.”
Americans want who they voted for to solve their problems — then they can go and investigate.
Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego writes, “My party needs to learn that Americans want us to fight for their interests, not to act as hall monitors”
Tonight📺: Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., on the Democrats’ progressive utopia.
Already gave thru Erik’s Substack earlier. Thanks for also doing this, no one should go hungry in USA.
Watching Chris’s show- Madeleine Dean - poor Chris suffering this fool.
Glad I sold my farm in pa and left, moved to Florida.
DNC will NOT go after Nvidea-
Not smart enough to do the hard work
Leland do your best - keep your zeal- whinny Dean is like nails on a chalkboard-