Trump: Our socialism goooood, their socialism baaaaad

House Republican Rips Trump Admin Taking Stakes In 30 Private Companies: ‘Not the Conservative Position’

 

... In the clip Bacon shared, Lincicome fumed, “The reality is that, since last June, we’ve gone from the government owning zero shares in zero private companies to now owning equity stakes in 30 different companies. In some cases, the government is now the largest shareholder.” ...

 

It's pretty hard to run against Abdul's proposal for a 50% federal ownership stake in AI companies with a 50%+1 federal presence on their boards of directors when you do the same thing, which is probably why no one is talking about Abdul's proposal. 

Trump cuts off his nose in the primaries to spite his face

  Trump’s primary push could leave him with short-term problem in Congress 

... the defeated or retiring incumbents he’s targeted remain in office until the end of their terms.  

Those lawmakers, who no longer face voters and have little political incentive to fall in line, could make things difficult for Trump and GOP leaders as they feel more emboldened to push back against key partisan legislation. In a narrowly divided Congress, even a handful of GOP defections can derail a party-line bill. ...

You betcha.

 

Bill Cassidy in the Senate is already a problem for Trump post-defeat.

So is defeated Thomas Massie in the House.

Still in the crosshairs:

Sen. John Cornyn, Rep. Lauren Boebert, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick.

Already alienated and retiring:

Sen. Thom Tillis, Rep. Don Bacon. 

Expect little to pass easily before November under these new intra-GOP adversarial circumstances, and even less after a Blue Wave.

 

 

Representatives Massie, Kiley, and Bacon revolt against House GOP and vote with all Democrats to take back Congress' Article I tariff power from the president

Expect tariff votes in the U.S. House in the near future, but not necessarily victories.

 

GOP defectors help spike House measure to block tariff disapproval votes

 

... The House Rules Committee on Monday approved language that would block any House votes disapproving of Trump’s tariffs through July 31. ... The Senate has on multiple occasions voted to strike down tariffs issued by Trump, while the House has blocked votes on tariff-related resolutions. The latest prohibition on tariff votes expired at the end of January. ... 

Don Bacon: Please stop hating me

 

Republican critic of Donald Trump Don Bacon of purple district NE-2 will not run for re-election

 

Bacon not running for reelection 

 

Update Monday Jun 30:

 

Don Bacon won’t seek reelection in competitive Nebraska district

 

The 39 House Republicans Who Voted for the Same-Sex Marriage Bill, annotated

 The New York Times :

• Representative Kelly Armstrong of North Dakota

• Representative Don Bacon of Nebraska [re-elected 2022 with 51.3% of the vote]
  

• Representative Ken Calvert of California [re-elected 2022 with 52.3% of the vote]
  

• Representative Kat Cammack of Florida

• Representative Mike Carey of Ohio

• Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming [voted to impeach Trump, defeated in 2022 primary]
  

• Representative John Curtis of Utah

• Representative Rodney Davis of Illinois [defeated in 2022 primary by fellow Republican in redistricting-forced battle]
  

• Representative Tom Emmer of Minnesota [House GOP Majority Whip]
  

• Representative Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania

• *Representative Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin [flipped from Nay in summer to Yea now]
  

• Representative Andrew Garbarino of New York

• Representative Mike Garcia of California

• Representative Carlos Gimenez of Florida

• Representative Tony Gonzalez of Texas

• Representative Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio [voted to impeach Trump, retiring]
  

• *Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler of Washington [voted to impeach Trump, defeated in 2022 primary, flipped from Nay in summer to Yea now]
  

• Representative Ashley Hinson of Iowa

• Representative Darrell Issa of California

• Representative Ch[r]is Jacobs of New York [retiring after flipping position on guns after Buffalo mass shooting and angering supporters]
  

• Representative David Joyce of Ohio [leader of House Republican moderate caucus]
  

• Representative John Katko of New York [voted to impeach Trump, retiring]
  

• Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina

• Representative Nicole Malliotakis of New York

• Representative Peter Meijer of Michigan [voted to impeach Trump, defeated in 2022 primary]
  

• Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks of Iowa

• Representative Blake Moore of Utah

• Representative Dan Newhouse of Washington [voted to impeach Trump]
  

• Representative Jay Obernolte of California

• Representative Tom Rice of South Carolina [voted to impeach Trump, defeated in 2022 primary]
  

• Representative Mike Simpson of Idaho

• Representative Elise Stefanik of New York

• Representative Bryan Steil of Wisconsin

• Representative Chris Stewart of Utah

• Representative Mike Turner of Ohio

• Representative Fred Upton of Michigan [voted to impeach Trump, retiring]
  

• Representative David Valadao of California [voted to impeach Trump, re-elected with 51.5% of the vote]
  

• Representative Ann Wagner of Missouri [Republican phony of the year LOL: “This district is home to me, and there is no better feeling than representing our conservative, Midwest values in Congress.”]

• Representative Tim Waltz of Florida [LOL: NYT has Democrat Tim Walz, Minnesota Governor, on the brain; the actual name is Republican US Rep. Michael Waltz, who ran unopposed in FL-6 and was re-elected in 2022; the newspaper of record smdh]