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Trump’s praise for Mamdani upends Republican talking points
as they bond over New York, working class and FDR
President and mayor-elect refused to be drawn into talking about their differences despite repeated attempts to nudge them into conflict

Republican congressman slams Trump's Russia policy, Greenland threats: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/21/republican-congressman-slams-trumps-russia.html

Republicans Cut Into Greenland Cake in Shocking Kennedy Center Party (Malcolm Ferguson/New Republic)
https://newrepublic.com/post/205498/republicans-greenland-cake-us-flag
http://www.memeorandum.com/260121/p87#a260121p87

'Not ShamWoW!!' Shock as ex-infomercial actor files to run for office as a Republican - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/republican-infomercial-shamwow-election/

Why did Republicans close ranks around Donald Trump in 2016,
when they could have salvaged their old party and rebuilt after losing?
From the vantage point of today, it’s easy to dismiss the notion. “That’s just what parties do, of course, particularly Republicans in their era of hyperpartisanship.”
But the people who might say that have forgotten how unsettled Republicans were a decade ago.
The idea that they might be forced to withdraw support from Trump and accep…

MAGA Disarray And The Accumulated Debt Of Corruption
They'd bring America down rather than face accountability, but accountability is not optional.

Republicans and Democrats pitch competing plans to tackle affordability (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/22/congress-affordability-democrats-republicans/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251222/p6#a251222p6

Congress leaves town until 2026
with no health care deal,
forcing premium hikes
Four Republicans teamed up with Democrats to require a vote to revive ACA funds in early 2026.
But Senate Republicans tell NBC News that bill is dead on arrival across the Capitol.

Congress leaves town until 2026 with no health care deal, forcing premium hikes
The Republican-led House and Senate adjourned Thursday until the new year with no solution on expiring health care subsidies under the Affordable Care Act, meaning insurance premiums for about 22 million Americans will rise next month.

Inside Turning Point's effort to take over Arizona's Republican Party (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/22/turning-point-usa-arizona-republican-party-00702306
http://www.memeorandum.com/251222/p75#a251222p75

Embattled Republican Representative Cory Mills
was caught with sex workers on an unofficial mission to Afghanistan in 2021, when he was still a congressional candidate. 
Mills was traveling with a group to Afghanistan to save Americans after former President Biden’s withdrawal from the country left the Taliban in power.
On their way, the group stopped in Tbilisi, Georgia, where Mills was caught in a hallway with sex workers,
leaving the group he traveled with irate, NO…

Republican Rep. Caught With Sex Workers Ahead of Trip to Afghanistan
Cory Mills can’t have one day without a scandal, apparently.

The willingness of congressional Republicans to defy Trump and back legislation requiring the disclosure of federal files on Jeffrey Epstein,
was the clearest evidence yet that G.O.P. lawmakers are starting to look beyond Trump’s tenure to their self-preservation in midterm elections next year.
There are other signs as well,
notably the refusal by Senate Republicans to bow to Trump’s demand to gut the filibuster during the shutdown fight,
and resistance in some states…

Congressional Republicans Begin to Look Beyond Trump
Election defeats earlier this month and the approach of 2026 have G.O.P. lawmakers cautiously asserting themselves.