5 Signs You're Watching Propaganda

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Why Republicans can’t get traction on affordability legislation - POLITICO

“Instead of listening to the American people, Donald Trump and the GOP put forward a reconciliation bill that would force Americans to pay for Trump’s billion-dollar-ballroom and tens of billions of dollars more for Trump’s masked agents while including zero — zero — dollars to bring down Americans’ costs,” Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said on the Senate floor Tuesday…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/13/gop-affordability-pickle-ballroom-00918173

 

‘Divided us with a smile’: GOP groaning over Mike Johnson reaches a fever pitch - POLITICO

“Bullshit,” Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.) yelled at the speaker as he tried to explain what happened later in the day, according to three people who participated in the huddle and spoke on the condition of anonymity. 

This week’s floor chaos was just the latest example of Johnson leading crisis by crisis, ultimately pulling off GOP priorities but leaving a trail of disgruntled members and staffers in his wake, according to more than a dozen Republicans interviewed for this story...

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/01/mike-johnson-leadership-complaints-00902390 

Trump DECLARES WAR On MAGA In UNHINGED POST

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wYUS5bWyik

 

Democrats’ divisions over Israel-Gaza war flare up at DNC meeting - The Washington Post

"We're seeing this shift happening because, one, there's political pressure, but two, it's also the right thing to do," Minnerly said in an interview. "Our party leadership might not have caught up with that."

The debate was orderly, without the protesters or interruptions some had feared, but still emotional. Resolutions committee members said they had been bombarded with calls and emails. Martin huddled with Minnerly for several minutes on the sidelines of the meeting after her resolution failed...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/26/democrats-israel-gaza-divisions/

How Elon Musk’s X is fueling the MAGA-Trump split - POLITICO

Musk invited the conspiracists back on purpose. Now they're dividing the GOP...

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/15/elon-musk-x-maga-00455128

 

Johnson faces furious new GOP revolt on Trump's "big, beautiful bill"

"Our bill has been completely changed. ... It's a non-starter," Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) bemoaned to reporters on Tuesday. 

Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) said in a post on social media that he will introduce an amendment to the Senate bill that would delete all its text and replace it with the version passed by the House in May. 

One House Republican, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told Axios there are "well over 20" GOP lawmakers threatening to vote against the bill.

https://www.axios.com/2025/07/01/mike-johnson-trump-big-beautiful-bill

 

‘Collapse is how we win’: US far right aims to make gains on election division | US elections 2024 | The Guardian

To them, who wins or loses is less important than the effect: with already two assassination attempts on Donald Trump and both mainstream parties more at rhetorical war than ever before, they see signs of hope the US government is beginning to lose control of the country. 

For example, one popular Telegram account on the fringes of the far right gleefully asked followers in a survey what they think the outcome of the election could be. 

"Trump wins, civil war kicks off" was among the options, followed by "Kamala 'wins,' civil war kicks off".…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/05/far-right-election-trump-harris

‘Every day is a new conspiracy’: behind Trump’s ironclad grip on rightwing media

What rightwing outlets cover increasingly differs from the mainstream, furthering the bubbles a divided US lives in…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/07/trump-rightwing-media-tv-podcasts-sites

MN Gov. Tim Walz: MAGA Extremists Are 'Weird'

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DElmP2lqYoo

The China-linked EV battery mega factory dividing a US township

Plans for a sprawling factory in rural Michigan making batteries for electric cars offer an economic lifeline, but for some residents there is a big problem: the parent company is in China…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/15/gotion-ev-battery-mega-factory-green-charter-township-michigan-china-electric-cars

Party feud breaks out ahead of RNC meeting in Las Vegas - POLITICO

GOP county chairs and local activists warned the party isn't doing enough to compete in November...

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/29/republican-party-feud-turning-point-las-vegas-00138493

McConnell tells Senate GOP they are in ‘quandary’ over border and Ukraine package, uncertain about path ahead | CNN Politics

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell laid out the growing hurdles facing a national security package amid deep GOP divisions over immigration and Ukraine – and as former President Donald Trump has encouraged Republicans to sink a bipartisan compromise on new border security legislation...

https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/24/politics/mcconnell-senate-gop-border-ukraine-package/index.html

Israel cabinet shows divisions over war conduct, hostage policy - The Washington Post

A clear majority of Israelis support the war in Gaza, but the ferocity of Israel's three-month-long ground and air assault — in which more than 24,760 Palestinians have been killed and more than 62,100 wounded, according to the Gaza Health Ministry — has led to mounting international criticism and sparked skirmishes across the region, including in Lebanon, Iran, Syria, Yemen and Iraq...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/01/19/israel-gaza-hamas-war-hostages/

Is Putin Winning In Ukraine? Fiona Hill Says, ‘He’s About To. And It’s on Us.’ - POLITICO

"Ukraine has become a battlefield now for America and America's own future — whether we see it or not — for our own defensive posture and preparedness, for our reputation and our leadership," she told me. "For Putin, Ukraine is a proxy war against the United States, to remove the United States from the world stage."… 

"The problem is that many members of Congress don't want to see President Biden win on any front," she said. "People are incapable now of separating off 'giving Biden a win' from actually allowing Ukraine to win. They are thinking less about U.S. national security, European security, international security and foreign policy, and much more about how they can humiliate Biden."…

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/12/12/fiona-hill-ukraine-putin-00131285

'Hurting the American people': Jeffries speaks out on GOP 'civil war'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuLwCf7LemM

Trump’s call to defund DOJ, FBI puts Senate, House GOP at odds

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) has championed the message this year that the Biden administration and Democrats around the country are weak on crime, but now he's faced with Trump supporters in the House threatening to cut funding for the nation's top law enforcement agencies…

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3936557-trumps-call-to-defund-doj-fbi-puts-senate-house-gop-at-odds/

Staring Down a Debt Crisis, McCarthy Toils to Navigate G.O.P. Divisions - The New York Times

Mr. McCarthy has told colleagues he has no confidence in Mr. Arrington, the man responsible for delivering a budget framework laying out the spending cuts that Republicans have said they will demand in exchange for any move to increase the debt limit...

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/06/us/politics/mccarthy-republican-divisions-debt-ceiling.html

Opinion | Three Reasons the Republican Party Keeps Coming Apart at the Seams - The New York Times

It's not just the 14 votes Kevin McCarthy lost before promising away enough of his power and prestige to finally be named speaker. It's his predecessors, Paul Ryan and John Boehner, who both quit the job McCarthy now holds. It's the Tea Party repeatedly knocking off Republican incumbents. It's Ted Cruz and the Freedom Caucus forcing government shutdowns their colleagues never wanted. It's Donald Trump humiliating virtually the entire Republican Party establishment and becoming the erratic axis around which all Republican Party politics revolves. It's House Republicans ousting and isolating Liz Cheney because she insisted on investigating an armed assault on the chamber they inhabit. Today, a gaggle of Republicans isn't a party. It's closer to a riot...

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/15/opinion/mccarthy-republicans-coming-apart.html

What’s the fundamental divide in the GOP? Listen to what they say. - The Washington Post

McCarthy's allies talked about what they wanted to do (recognizing, at times, the limits imposed by a Democratic president and Senate). His opponents argued for upending the system...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/06/mccarthy-speaker-house-republicans/