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    President Trump's team has launched an early and aggressive behind-the-scenes effort to maintain the GOP's tenuous grip on the House in 2026 — and avoid his third impeachment.

    Why it matters: Trump allies believe — with good reason — that a Democrat-controlled House would launch investigations of the president and move to impeach him. That's exactly what happened after Democrats seized the chamber during Trump's first term.

    • Midterm elections are historically tough for the party occupying the White House, and senior Republicans privately acknowledge that retaining the speaker's gavel won't be easy.
    The twice-impeached Trump "knows the stakes firsthand. He saw what can happen. It's clear he doesn't want that again," said Matt Gorman, a top official for House Republicans' campaign arm in the 2018 midterms.

    • "Investigations, impeachment — he knows it's all on the table with a Speaker [Hakeem] Jeffries."
    • Already, some Democrats have signaled they want to investigate Trump's overhaul of the U.S. government, whether he manipulated markets and fostered insider trading with his tariff announcements, and whether he's helped Elon Musk secure deals for Starlink.
    • Then there's that $400 million jet from Qatar. Democrats and other critics say Trump violated the Constitution by accepting the gift.
    Zoom in: Here are five steps Trump's taking to try to keep Republican control of the House, where the GOP has an eight-seat majority — including vacancies created this year by the deaths of three Democrats.

    1. Trying to prevent retirements

    The White House     is targeting several Republicans in politically divided swing districts and urging them to not ditch their seats or run for higher office.

    • It has sent a clear message to New York Rep. Mike Lawler that Trump wants him to stay in the House rather than run for governor. This month Trump made a point of endorsing Lawler for re-election to his southern New York district, which Kamala Harris won in the presidential election last November.
    • Trump's team also has expressed concern about Michigan Rep. Bill Huizenga weighing a run for the Senate.
    Incumbent lawmakers with established fundraising and campaigning networks are almost always better positioned to win than any challengers.

    • Vacant seats also cost the party big bucks. Trump's allies have been passing around a spreadsheet with cost estimates to compete in the seats of 16 members if they depart. Among the estimated price tags: As much as $14 million for Lawler's seat and $3.7 million for Huizenga's.
    Trump's team hasn't been totally successful in dissuading ambitious lawmakers from jumping ship.

    • Michigan Rep. John James opted to run for governor. Trump is worried about the GOP's chances of keeping James' seat on the state's eastern shore, according to a person familiar with the president's thinking.
    • The White House also is worried about retaining the central Kentucky seat held by Rep. Andy Barr, who's running for Senate. Trump won Barr's district by 15 points in November, but Democrats hold an edge in registered voters there.
    2. Spending big

    Trump has built     a $500 million-plus political apparatus, and he's already unloading some of it with 2026 in mind.

    • Securing American Greatness, a pro-Trump group that works with the White House, has launched a multimillion-dollar ad campaign touting his economic agenda in the districts of eight vulnerable House Republicans.
    • The commercials also are airing in 13 districts where Trump won in November, but House GOP candidates lost
    • Trump also has a leadership PAC, Never Surrender, planning to give directly to Republican candidates.
    3. Taking primary challengers off the table

    Besides Lawler,     Trump has endorsed a slate of swing-district GOP incumbents in a series of moves aimed at shutting down would-be primary challengers before they get off the ground, people close to the president tell Axios.

    • Top Republicans are worried that competitive primaries could drain the party's resources and weaken lawmakers in next year's general election.
    The endorsements by Trump followed a recent meeting involving the president, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) chair Richard Hudson, and Georgia Rep. Brian Jack, a former Trump aide.

    • Trump proposed endorsing vulnerable Republicans early to ward off primary challenges and Johnson agreed, according to a person familiar with the discussion.
    • Corry Bliss, who formerly led a pro-House GOP super PAC, said Trump's popularity among Republican voters is likely to stop many potential primary challengers in their tracks............

     
    We are getting exponentially more primary campaign mailers than ever before

    I swear between my girlfriend and I we get 1 to 2 dozen pieces every day
     
    Saw someone complaining that Talarico said god is nonbinary.

    They should ask people how big they think god's penis is when they say god isn't nonbinary.
     
    President Donald Trump and the Republican Party have been handed a fresh warning ahead of November’s midterms, as new analysis reveals Democratic voter turnout is up across the board, even in red districts.

    Analysts for The Washington Post examining 990 races across 25 states from the last three election cycles have found that liberal voters are showing signs of being unusually motivated to cast their ballots compared to their conservative counterparts, raising the prospect of a blue wave hitting in November.

    Turnout was up in 92 percent of the 121 Democratic House primaries held this year when compared with the last set of midterm elections in 2022 when Republicans flipped the House of Representatives – a feat the opposition hopes to emulate this time around.

    By contrast, turnout increased in just 57 percent of the 124 Republican races that have been staged over the same period.

    Democratic turnout also proved to be up in 40 of those races that were held in districts considered “solid Republican” and in another five “likely Republican” areas, with the Postpointing to a 70 percent increase in ballots cast in the party’s primary race in Georgia’s 10th congressional district as an ominous sign for the GOP.…….


    www.independent.co.uk

    Why Trump and the GOP should be worried for November based on primary voter turnout

    Democrats have been unusually motivated to cast their ballots in their party’s primaries and special elections this year, new analysis has found – an ill omen for Republican candidates standing this fall
    www.independent.co.uk www.independent.co.uk
     
    How deep do you research your primaries?

    I do for Governor, Senator, House Rep but then you get down the ballot and there's a dozen people I've never heard of running for a position I've never heard of and have no idea what it does

    Deputy Director of Transference??

    And some positions I can pick up to 8 out of the 12 running

    Is anyone else in that boat?
     
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    Optimus Prime said:
    How deep do you research the primaries?

    I do for Governor, Senator, House Rep but then you get down the ballot and there's a dozen people I've never heard of running for a position I've never heard of and have no idea what it does

    Deputy Director of Transference??

    And some positions I can pick up to 8 out of the 12 running

    Is anyone else in that boat?
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    Yep. Fortunately we have mail in ballots here, so when I receive mine I can look up the different candidates, research the ballot issues, and make informed decisions. Makes it easy.
     
    I would say they are scared shirtless they will be voted out of power. They have zero intention of ever doing anything that will help people. They serve other masters. They won’t change.
     
    Optimus Prime said:
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    He’s saying it because Republicans have nothing to run on but their rhetoric. Trump has abandoned all pretense that he’s in this for anybody but himself, that he understands or cares about the working class, and he’s fast becoming a drain on Republican electability outside of steadfast red districts. Republicans own a faltering economy and a new war. They are on the wrong side of a growing backlash to Big Tech. They are desperate and will do anything they can to lie, cheat, and steal in November.

    For completely opposing reasons, the tone of his message is correct - we’re in a fight for our [democracy], people need to wake up, and this might well be our last chance to blunt the complete takeover of our nation by the malignant predator class.
     

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