Inside the CIA’s secret Kabul base, burned out and abandoned in haste

A Taliban commander invited the media to inspect the site where America plotted killing raids and tortured prisoners…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/03/inside-the-cias-secret-kabul-base-burned-out-and-abandoned-in-haste

Trump’s SCOTUS pick could ‘fracture’ his own voting base: polling expert – Raw Story

President Donald Trump and his Republican allies believe that the coming fight over replacing the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will provide welcome reprieve from focus on the president’s handling of the novel coronavirus pandemic, which so far has killed nearly 200,000 Americans. However, Cook Political elections expert David Wasserman thinks there’s potentially a major downside for the president and his party in igniting a massive fight over the court just weeks before the 2020 presidential election.....
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/09/trumps-scotus-pick-could-fracture-his-own-voting-base-polling-expert/

A New Face of White Supremacy: Plots Expose Danger of the ‘Base’ - NYTimes

A secret domestic terrorism investigation revealed that the violent neo-Nazi group was recruiting cells across the United States ....
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/22/us/white-supremacy-the-base.html

Trump's 'grand strategy' of playing to his rabid base is about to blow up in his face: conservative commentator - Raw Story

According to conservative columnist Jennifer Rubin, President Donald Trump's increasing appeal to his most rabid fans for support in the wake of the Mueller report and his ongoing fights with Congress are going to blow up in his face and cost him re-election in 2020.....
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/05/trumps-grand-strategy-of-playing-to-his-rabid-base-is-about-to-blow-up-in-his-face-conservative-commentator/

A fight inside the White House exposes Trump’s depravity and unfitness - The Washington Post: Opinion

Once again, Trump engages in extraordinary recklessness to please his base. .....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/03/28/fight-inside-white-house-exposes-trumps-depravity-unfitness/

‘What the f*ck were we thinking?’: Trump’s hardcore supporters are finally turning on him

Whenever a poll shows him with low approval ratings, President Donald Trump’s response has been to fire up his hardcore base as aggressively as possible. And in the 2018 midterms, Trump’s rally-the-base strategy seemed to help Republicans achieve narrow victories in certain Senate and gubernatorial races in swing states or red states. But a new Washington Post piece by Matt Viser finds that during the partial shutdown of the federal government, even some of Trump’s once-enthusiastic supporters are starting to reject him.....
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/fck-thinking-trumps-hardcore-supporters-finally-turning/

Trump's evangelical base has shrunk - Religion News Service

At the beginning of the year, the Washington Post asked Jerry Falwell, Jr. whether there was anything Donald Trump could do that would endanger his support among evangelical leaders. “No,” Falwell replied. “I know anything he does, it may not be ideologically ‘conservative,’ but it’s going to be what’s best for this country, and I can’t imagine him doing anything that’s not good for the country.” Well, Falwell and his fellow leaders may be standing firm, but when it comes to the evangelical rank in file, maybe not so much....
https://religionnews.com/2019/01/18/trumps-evangelical-base-has-shrunk/

Trump’s Tampa circus proves you can’t reason with his base - The Washington Post: Opinion

Trump fans' politics is not the politics of rationality. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2018/08/01/trumps-tampa-circus-proves-you-cant-reason-with-his-base/

Democrats need to stop believing this myth about Trump's base - CNN

Economic suffering didn't drive most of President Trump's "base" in states such as Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan, writes Julian Zelizer. Democrats should be basing their 2020 election strategy on what is actually true. ....
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/28/opinions/trump-base-economy-myth-opinion-zelizer/index.html

Why Republicans should start panicking, in 1 chart - CNNPolitics

Midterm elections are about one thing: Base enthusiasm.....
http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/18/politics/midterms-enthusiasm/index.html