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Let's be clear; the Senate Dems' government funding bill received a majority, 47-45, but was blocked by a GOP filibuster.
The Senate GOP's funding bill failed, receiving 44 yes votes to 48 no votes.
Please make sure you report accurately.
@nytimes.com @talkingpointsmemo.com @washingtonpost.com
https://

Lee Fink (@leekfink.bsky.social)
Let's be clear; the Senate Dems' government funding bill received a majority, 47-45, but was blocked by a GOP filibuster. The Senate GOP's funding bill failed, receiving 44 yes votes to 48 no votes. Please make sure you report accurately. @nytimes.com @talkingpointsmemo.com @washingtonpost.com

GOP senator says "there would have to be adjustments" to Obamacare subsidies (Dana Bash/CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/19/politics/video/gop-alabama-senator-katie-britt-on-obamacare-subsidies-government-shutdown-ivf-trump
http://www.memeorandum.com/251019/p57#a251019p57

Name the One American Political Party Led by Those Who Call for Violence – Mother Jones https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/09/charlie-kirk-republicans-gop-violence-democrats-hypocrisy/

Name the one political party led by those who call for violence
Hint: It is not the Democrats.

Republican lawmaker resigns under mounting pressure for role in racist group chat - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/gop-group-chat/

#GOP dreaming of a glorious past: https://youtu.be/JPrAuF2f_oI?si=IYWuna4i1BJvncf6

#GOP dreaming of a glorious past: https://youtu.be/JPrAuF2f_oI?si=IYWuna4i1BJvncf6

Nikki Haley’s campaign manager warned influential donors Tuesday that the GOP would lose control of the U.S. House of Representatives
if Donald Trump is the party’s presidential nominee,
leaning into concerns about down-ballot races
as some anti-Trump Republicans view the fight over Congress as a better investment than the presidential race.

Haley camp seeks to convince top donors that Trump would cost GOP the House
The move marked the latest effort by a campaign many Republicans have written off to hit back against the overwhelming GOP favorite.

Nearly 3 weeks in, White House and GOP remain aligned on shutdown (Alex Gangitano/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/19/nearly-three-weeks-in-white-house-and-gop-remain-aligned-on-shutdown-00614384
http://www.memeorandum.com/251019/p39#a251019p39

Trump selling off America to Putin because of course he is.
✅ Trump reportedly offering Putin natural resources off Alaska sparks fury
https://www.newsweek.com/alaska-russia-trump-resources-2113295

Trump Reportedly Offering Putin Natural Resources Off Alaska Sparks Fury
"Lets see Republicans defend this," former GOP Representative Adam Kinzinger wrote on X.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@QasimRashid/115227429617220798
Exactly. Dems are feckless, GOP is fascist. Such a wonderful political system we have.

Lawsuit, threat of criminal charges part of GOP effort to block vote on Missouri map | News From The States
https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/lawsuit-threat-criminal-charges-part-gop-effort-block-vote-missouri-map

Beware of snakes like Tricia Cotham in NC who switched parties and gave MAGA a veto-proof majority in the house.
https://ncnewsline.com/2023/04/05/rep-tricia-cothams-party-switch-gives-the-house-gop-a-veto-proof-majority/

Senate Republicans share an AI-generated video falsely depicting Chuck Schumer saying on camera comments he made in a print interview on the government shutdown (Thomas Beaumont/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/schumer-art

GOP uses AI-generated video in anti-Schumer ad
Senate Republican campaign leaders are using artificial intelligence-generated video to falsely depict Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer appearing to say on camera comments he made in a print publication interview about the political impacts of the partial government shutdown. The 30-second digital ad from the National Republican Senate Committee features the Democratic New York senator appearing to say on camera about the shutdown, now in its 3rd week, “Every day gets better for us.” …

“‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat”
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/14/private-chat-among-young-gop-club-members-00592146
This is the organized, sanctioned youth wing of today’s Republican …

Behind the Curtain: GOP future foretold (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/17/behind-the-curtain-gop-future-foretold
http://www.memeorandum.com/250917/p22#a250917p22

"The GOP is now brazenly lying about the breadth and popularity of the No Kings movement, and the fact that the millions who will turn out are Americans citizens and residents who oppose authoritarian, fascist policies and officials and want to save our democracy and the rule of law. They are scared, and we are getting to them."

The Resistance Finds Its Footing
Five reasons to smile and cheer in these difficult and troubling times

A 🧵worth reading.
(What I don't understand is why #GOP Congresspersons from these agricultural communities aren't vocal about the damage to the constituency current policies are causing.)
https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/11504462…

A 🧵worth reading.
(What I don't understand is why #GOP Congresspersons from these agricultural communities aren't vocal about the damage to the constituency current policies are causing.)
https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/11504462…

The killing of Irnya Zarutska symbolizes US inaction on Ukraine. GOP needs to rise up and help the country that wants to be like us, not the county that wants to turn us into glass.

This week's monologues - watched them all, Colbert's and Kimmel's - referred to the most jaw-dropping and upsetting things I think I've ever heard of America. It looks like a vaudeville production of The First Days of the Third Reich over there. Lie is truth, wrong is right, crook is President ->
Trump Cashing in Bigly, GOP Calls No Kings Protest the "Hate America" Rally & RFK Junior Jr. is Back - Jimmy Kimmel Live

Great fact checking on JD Vance.
#Trump

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"
We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

Former GOP officials fear US strikes on alleged drug smugglers aren't legal (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/16/trump-gop-officials-strikes-venezuela-00567212
http://www.memeorandum.com/250916/p169#a250916p169

'Not based on law': Texas GOP's 'critical' admission about redistricting stuns expert - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/web-push-notification/redistricting/

The War Between the States - Slightly more civility... for now:
Missouri House Gives Preliminary Approval to GOP Gerrymander, Ballot Initiative Attack
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/missouri-h…

Missouri House Gives Preliminary Approval to GOP Gerrymander, Ballot Initiative Attack
Read more here.

The Winklevoss twins have become major GOP donors; a source says they've donated $32M since 2017, including $21M to a new pro-Trump and pro-crypto super PAC (Alex Isenstadt/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/05/winklevoss-twins-gop-crypto-megadonors

Winklevoss twins join the GOP's crypto megadonor set
They're part of a rising group of millennial and Generation X crypto and tech billionaires who could dominate the GOP donor world for decades.

Batshit crazy.
Women shouldn’t hold office, says GOP woman now running for office
https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/female-arizona-senate-candidate-women-shouldnt-hold-office-22263834

Women shouldn’t hold office, says GOP woman now running for office
“I don’t know if I would vote for any female,” said state senate hopeful Mylie Biggs, the daughter of GOP Rep. Andy Biggs.

GOP=Gang Of Pedos
#ProjectionProjectionProjection
https://www.comicsands.com/rj-may-child-pornography

RJ May Resigns After Arrest For Child Pornography: VIDEO
I'm sensing a pattern...

Johnson tries to tamp down House GOP shutdown anxiety (Meredith Lee Hill/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/10/16/congress/gop-shutdown-anxiety-grows-00612834
http://www.memeorandum.com/251016/p170#a251016p170

Thousands across #InlandEmpire in #SouthernCalifornia turn up for numerous #NoKings rallies despite top #GOP elected officials labeling …

Don't miss today's Metacurity for the critical infosec developments you should know, including
--DOGE killed $324 million in grants for cybersecurity diversity, global partners
--US is the top investor in global spyware,
--Kenyan authorities accused of installing spyware on filmmakers' phones,
--GOP senators press Zuckerberg on WhatsApp whistleblower's claims,
--Wyden accuses Microsoft of negligence in Ascension attack,
--CISA says CVE shoul…

DOGE killed $324 million in grants for cybersecurity diversity, global partners
US is the top investor in global spyware, Kenyan authorities accused of installing spyware on filmmakers' phones, GOP senators press Zuckerberg on WhatsApp whistleblower's claims, Wyden accuses Microsoft of negligence in Ascension attack, CISA says CVE should remain public, much more

Democrats to propose alternative to GOP stopgap (Jordain Carney/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/09/16/congress/senate-democrats-to-propose-alternative-to-gop-stopgap-00567238
http://www.memeorandum.com/250916/p174#a250916p174

Not one person on the Right acknowledges that Iryna Zarutska was in the US was because she was a refugee, forced to leave her country because of lack of support of Ukraine. The GOP is weak on Russia, a country whose leadership daily vows to destroy the US. Why so weak, why so goddamned weak, eh?

'They just yanked $1 billion': Reporter stumps Montana GOP sen with rundown of how Trump hurts his state - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/sheehy-trump-gop/

GOP states pour National Guard troops into D.C. as Trump tightens control (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/19/trump-dc-national-guard-republican-states/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250819/p132#a250819p132

PBS Slashes Budget After GOP Claws Back Funding - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/08/pbs-slashes-budget-after-gop-claws-back-funding/

It isn’t just that conservatives saw Kirk’s death as a convenient cudgel, a way to attack the left.
It’s also that they genuinely believe he was a hero and are furious that anyone would suggest otherwise.
In their world, he loomed so very large.
He put a respectable face on bigotry and freed others to display theirs as well

There are no MAGA heroes
They cannot exist within the modern GOP.

Florida GOP removes new immigration merchandise after Home Depot objects (Lawrence Mower/Miami Herald)
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article311733859.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250818/p66#a250818p66

The #Trump_Tariff_Inflation is affecting more than one industry - and for no benefit to anyone.
If the #GOP actually wanted to support small business, they'd be letting their constituents know how the #tariffs

The #Trump_Tariff_Inflation is affecting more than one industry - and for no benefit to anyone.
If the #GOP actually wanted to support small business, they'd be letting their constituents know how the #tariffs

The unusual GOP alliance pushing earmarks in this fall's funding fight (Meredith Lee Hill/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/18/republicans-government-shutdown-earmarks-00512878
http://www.memeorandum.com/250818/p4#a250818p4

“𝗜 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗿” - Boebert’s poisoned worldview is trickling down to Young Republicans.
In a groundbreaking expose, Politico just released the messages of the GOP's "brightest" rising stars.
What they said is beyond disturbing.
They called for rape, violence, and for their opponents to be sent to gas chambers,
expressed their adoration of Hitler and Nazism,
and called Black people monkeys and the N-word.
𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆. …

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Democrats are returning to Texas, clearing way for GOP to draw new map (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/18/texas-redistricting-democrats-return/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250818/p63#a250818p63

GOP lawmaker demands "parental consent" be required for doctors to treat teens' STIs - LGBTQ Nation
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/gop-lawmaker-demands-parental-consent-be-required-for-doctors-to-treat-teens-stis/

GOP representative blames swastika flag in his office on a 'ruse' (Samuel Benson/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/16/gop-congressman-blames-swastika-flag-in-his-office-on-a-ruse-00612783
http://www.memeorandum.com/251016/p166#a251016p166

'Citizens United 2.0': GOP Pushing a Pair of Supreme Court Cases That Would Further Legalize Bribery | Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/gop-scotus-legalize-bribery-sirota

'No Kings' protests against Trump bring a street party vibe as GOP calls them 'hate America' rallies (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/no-kings-rallies-demonstrations-trump-4baa5de2fab057a0e6ab726f5d7747fd
http://www.memeorandum.com/251018/p48#a251018p48

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson predicts the federal government shutdown may become the longest in histor
Marjorie Taylor Greene, tearing into her own party, says GOP men in Congress are ‘weak’
Officials have reversed more than half of the about 1,300 layoff notices sent to staff members at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
sparing personnel who were leading the response to measles outbreaks in the United States and an Ebola outbreak abroad.
But …

Marjorie Taylor Greene, tearing into her own party, says GOP men in Congress are ‘weak’
“There’s a lot of weak Republican men and they’re more afraid of strong Republican women,” Greene said.

House GOP zeroes in on lawmaker security plan in government shutdown patch (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/09/15/congress/house-gop-zeroes-in-on-lawmaker-security-plan-in-government-shutdown-patch-00565092
http://www.memeorandum.com/250916/p40#a250916p40

Politico creates colorful collage of leaked Young GOP group chat - National Zero
https://nationalzero.com/2025/10/14/politico-creates-colorful-collage-of-leaked-young-gop-group-chat/

Multiple GOP congressional offices received flags with 'optical illusion' swastikas earlier this year (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/multiple-gop-congressional-offices-received-flags-optical-illusion-swa-rcna238059
http://www.memeorandum.com/251016/p108#a251016p108

Why Marjorie Taylor Greene is suddenly trashing her party (Vox)
https://www.vox.com/podcasts/464972/marjorie-taylor-greene-trump-shutdown-healthcare-gop
http://www.memeorandum.com/251017/p24#a251017p24

GOP Rep: I'll Get Kirk Critics Banned From Social Media, Blacklist Their Businesses And Revoke Drivers Licenses - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/09/gop-rep-ill-get-kirk-critics-banned-from-social-media-blacklist-their-businesses-revoke-their-drivers-licenses/

JD Vance vows retribution on liberal institutions after Charlie Kirk killing
Vice President JD Vance vowed to dismantle institutions on the left that he said promote violence and terrorism,
denouncing two of the country’s most prominent liberal foundations in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Donald Trump later in the day also attacked groups on the left and renewed his talk about potential racketeering prosecutions of unspecified g…

JD Vance vows retribution on liberal institutions after Charlie Kirk killing
Vice President JD Vance hosted Charlie Kirk’s podcast as he mourns his friend and potentially cements his position as the heir to the political movement built by Kirk, a powerful GOP force.

"Donald Trump cannot perform on the world stage because he simply does not have the intellect to match up with these world leaders. He's not Barack Obama, he's not Hillary Clinton, he's not even George [W.] Bush when it comes to being able to maneuver in these environments.”"
'Trump does not have the intellect': GOP strategist schooled after blaming Russia on Obama - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/send/trump-putin-obama/

Senate tanks GOP funding patch for eighth time amid shutdown gridlock (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/10/14/congress/senate-tanks-gop-funding-patch-for-eighth-time-amid-shutdown-gridlock-00608407
http://www.memeorandum.com/251014/p158#a251014p158

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office (Samuel Benson/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/15/capitol-police-investigating-swastika-in-gop-congressional-office-00609704
http://www.memeorandum.com/251015/p96#a251015p96

The mainstream media loves making it seam like dysfunction in Washington is coming from both parties.
Hello?
Much of the GOP no longer accepts the rule of law, or the norms of democracy, or the legitimacy of the opposing party.
Enough of the false equivalence.
https://bsky.app/profile/rbr…

Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social)
The mainstream media loves making it seam like dysfunction in Washington is coming from both parties. Hello? Much of the GOP no longer accepts the rule of law, or the norms of democracy, or the legitimacy of the opposing party. Enough of the false equivalence.

Missouri Republicans Sue to Block 'People's Veto' of GOP Gerrymander (Jen Rice/Democracy Docket)
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/missouri-republicans-sue-to-block-peoples-veto-of-gop-gerrymander/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251015/p143#a251015p143

Texas 2026 Poll: Cornyn and Paxton in Dead Heat for GOP Senate Nomination (Camille Mumford/Emerson Polling)
https://emersoncollegepolling.com/texas-2026-poll-cornyn-and-paxton-in-dead-heat-for-gop-senate-nomination/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250815/p53#a250815p53

Missouri Secretary of State Erects New Hurdle for 'People's Veto' of GOP Gerrymander (Jen Rice/Democracy Docket)
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/missouri-secretary-of-state-erects-new-hurdle-for-peoples-veto-of-gop-gerrymander/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251015/p93#a251015p93

Watch this GOP lawmaker brag about hunting Texas Democrats
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/8/11/2337881/-Watch-this-GOP-lawmaker-brag-about-hunting-Texas-Democrats

The Shutdown Narrative Is Slipping Away From the GOP - WhoWhatWhy
https://whowhatwhy.org/politics/us-politics/the-shutdown-narrative-is-slipping-away-from-the-gop/

House GOP eyes lawmaker security boost in bill to avert shutdown (Meredith Lee Hill/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/14/house-gop-plans-lawmaker-security-boost-in-bill-to-avert-shutdown-00563253
http://www.memeorandum.com/250914/p32#a250914p32

And I thought everybody just kinda knew murder ain't legal
'Gonna drill down': GOP senator to probe legality of Trump's lethal drug boat strike - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/roger-wicker-2673997056/

Trump blasts 'weakened' Schumer as Democrats again block GOP effort to reopen government (Fox News)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-blasts-weakened-schumer-democrats-again-block-gop-effort-reopen-government
http://www.memeorandum.com/251014/p145#a251014p145

Bar Complaints Pile Up Against Jay Jones Over Violent Texts Against GOP Lawmakers (Andrew Kerr/The Washington Free Beacon)
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/bar-complaints-pile-up-against-jay-jones-over-violent-texts-against-gop-lawmakers/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251014/p150#a251014p150

GOP Lawmakers Are Talking Out Of Both Sides Of Their Mouths On Political Violence (Jennifer Bendery/HuffPost)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republican-lawmakers-political-violence-charlie-kirk_n_68c96b5ee4b04bfe9a700241
http://www.memeorandum.com/250916/p159#a250916p159

Trump And GOP Plot Primary Challenge For GOP New Hampshire Gov For Resisting Redistricting Demands - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/09/trump-and-gop-plot-primary-challenge-for-gop-new-hampshire-gov-for-resisting-redistricting-demands/

GOP-led states sending National Guard troops to D.C. (Avery Lotz/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/17/national-guard-dc-republican-governors
http://www.memeorandum.com/250817/p19#a250817p19

What to know as GOP governors plan to send National Guard units to D.C. (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/08/17/national-guard-deployments-washington-developments/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250817/p47#a250817p47

GOP Rep Posts Fake Nudes Of Dem Rep. Mark Pocan - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/08/gop-rep-posts-fake-nudes-of-dem-rep-mark-pocan/

GOP momentum grows to force Trump DOJ to release Epstein files
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5501751-congress-republicans-release-epstein-files/

GOP Bill Would Create "National Day Of The Bible" - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/09/gop-bill-would-create-national-day-of-the-bible/

JB Pritzker urges Republicans to oppose federal troop deployment
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5551994-pritzker-gop-troop-deployment/

Johnson names members for new GOP-led House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack (Hailey Fuchs/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/09/11/congress/johnson-members-gop-jan-6-panel-investigation-00559228
http://www.memeorandum.com/250911/p182#a250911p182

Republicans have abandoned their promise to protect rural America
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5498512-gop-betrayal-rural-healthcare/

'Fanning the flames': 3 ex-GOP governors slam Trump's 'infuriating' use of National Guard - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/trump-national-guard-governors-gop/

The GOP's coordinated attack on the 'No Kings' rally is ridiculous (MSNBC)
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/no-kings-protests-trump-republican-warnings-rcna237845
http://www.memeorandum.com/251016/p76#a251016p76

"In a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) opinion piece published Sunday, the founder/CEO of investment behemoth Citadel criticized Trump's attacks on the Federal Reserve and challenged the credibility of economic data used by the administration to justify the firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics."
'Shame on the administration': Top GOP megadonor rallies investors against Trump - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/gop-megadonor-trump/

Trump tells GOP to cut out Democrats on funding bill as Schumer warns of shutdown (Sahil Kapur/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/government-shutdown-deadline-sept-30-trump-republicans-go-alone-rcna231424
http://www.memeorandum.com/250915/p160#a250915p160

Democrats declare GOP funding plan a no-go (Stephen Neukam/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/16/schumer-jeffries-cr-nov-20-oppose-shutdown
http://www.memeorandum.com/250916/p118#a250916p118

‘Talking to a Bunch of Morons’: Fox Host Explodes at GOP Hypocrisy, Reminds Republicans Speaker Johnson Pulled the Same Move as Texas Dems, Leaves Co-hosts Speechless
https://atlantablackstar.com/2025/08/08/ox-host-explodes-at-gop-hypocrisy/

Democrats retaliate against GOP for Ilhan Omar censure vote (Andrew Solender/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/09/16/ilhan-omar-censure-cory-mills-charlie-kirk
http://www.memeorandum.com/250916/p142#a250916p142

RFK Jr. lambasted over bizarre claim about 8-year-old Charlie Kirk: 'Weird even for GOP' - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/charlie-kirk-2673995314/

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker blasts Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Trump over GOP redistricting efforts (Alexandra Marquez/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/illinois-gov-jb-pritzker-blasts-texas-gov-greg-abbott-trump-gop-redist-rcna224081
http://www.memeorandum.com/250810/p67#a250810p67

GOP leaders shrug off Trump's possible note in Epstein birthday book (Hailey Fuchs/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/09/09/congress/gop-leaders-shrug-off-birthday-book-00552309
http://www.memeorandum.com/250909/p82#a250909p82

Private GOP call reveals early fissures over Mike Johnson's shutdown strategy (Mychael Schnell/MSNBC)
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/private-call-fissures-gop-shutdown-strategy-rcna236697
http://www.memeorandum.com/251009/p124#a251009p124

Capitol agenda: Trump muddies the GOP shutdown message (Mia McCarthy/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/10/08/congress/trump-gop-shutdown-message-thune-johnson-00597568
http://www.memeorandum.com/251009/p5#a251009p5

Missouri House Gives Preliminary Approval to GOP Gerrymander, Ballot Initiative Attack (Jen Rice/Democracy Docket)
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/missouri-house-gives-preliminary-approval-to-gop-gerrymander-ballot-initiative-attack/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250909/p72#a250909p72

Texas Complaint Asks California to Arrest Democrats Blocking GOP Congressional Map (Jen Rice/Democracy Docket)
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/texas-complaint-asks-california-to-arrest-democrats-blocking-gop-congressional-map/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250809/p42#a250809p42

GOP sets the stage for extended shutdown (Al Weaver/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5555676-shutdown-white-house-pressure-points/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251015/p31#a251015p31

GOP's idea of free speech is you must praise Charlie Kirk or they will destroy you (Dean Obeidallah/The Dean's Report)
https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/gops-idea-of-free-speech-is-you-must
http://www.memeorandum.com/250915/p141#a250915p141

GOP populists plot to repeatedly bypass Mike Johnson (Andrew Solender/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/14/mike-johnson-jeffrey-epstein-stock-trading
http://www.memeorandum.com/250814/p136#a250814p136

No One in the GOP Hitler Chat Was a "Kid" (Julianne McShane/Mother Jones)
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/republican-hitler-group-chat-nazi-politico/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251015/p142#a251015p142

GOP senator: ObamaCare messaging 'very challenging,' polls 'asking the wrong questions' (Joseph Choi/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/5543034-roger-marshall-obamacare-gop-messaging/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251007/p140#a251007p140

GOP Could Lock in House Control for a Generation if SCOTUS Ends Key VRA Protection, Report Warns (Yunior Rivas/Democracy Docket)
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/gop-could-lock-in-house-control-for-a-generation-if-scotus-ends-key-vra-protection-report-warns/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251008/p143#a251008p143

Trump vows to punish critics after slaying of Charlie Kirk (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/11/trump-kirk-consequences-gop-conservative/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250911/p178#a250911p178

Abbott: Texas can 'eliminate' 10 Democratic districts in response to California (Caroline Vakil/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5447180-texas-gop-redistricting-threat/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250811/p121#a250811p121