Patrick Basham

My very harsh assessment of why voters punished Trump and "MAGA" (whatever that even means now) and the GOP midterm defeat. Every single word, is true. Also, lot of noteworthy takes people should read to get a clue. Now, Go Read Burn It Down! newyorker.com/news/the-polit…

This interview of @honestpollster by @thevivafrei is must-see if you want to know what happened to all the other "independent pollsters" this cycle. This is a phenomenal interview.

Netanyahu's campaign ran a network of Pahlavist bots in order to promote his campaign

That's me!

Republicans had a terrible night with Hispanic voters, and the corrupt corporate media and weak establishment RINOs are already pushing a new hoax. They claim Hispanics turned on Republicans over immigration enforcement. It’s a lie designed to stop mass deportations. Pre-election polls and exit polls showed that prices drove Hispanic anger far more than immigration did. I warned about the affordability problem for months before the midterms. Hispanics are overwhelmingly working class, so inflation stings them harder than most Americans. Their households tend to be larger, with more mouths to feed. And at nearly a decade younger than the average American, many haven’t had time to build significant assets, which means they’ve missed much of the recent run-up in stock prices and home values. We can win back these patriotic Hispanic voters in 2028 and beyond. But we have to earn it by tackling affordability and fixing our problems here at home. End the war.

Three things neocons do best: 1. Confession through projection. 2. Literally and figuratively blow everything up, then refuse to take accountability for the destruction. 3. Destroy coalitions. The only regimes they've ever successfully changed were Republican regimes at home.

On the presidential rumblings to date: Be aware of shifting political winds. People are looking for something different. Very different. Knowing nothing about his politics, to me the person who seems to have struck the tone right is @McConaughey

Well said.

🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 Republicans lost Texas, Georgia and North Carolina in one night... this is the honest post-mortem the party needs to hear Will Chamberlain called the war a “mild footnote” and now concedes he was wrong, because he assumed a short war with few casualties couldn’t hurt like Iraq and missed that Trump voters took it the way Bush voters took “no new taxes.” Rich Baris says he knew the day bombs fell on Fordow that a 100-year defeat was coming, and his polling has Trump at 35% approval. Will still says the war gutted Iran’s military and that tariffs started the slide, while Rich says the GOP blew up a majority coalition. Both warn that Republicans who vote to impeach Hegseth are walking into a Democratic trap. They also get into the Hegseth impeachment push, why Michigan swung less than everywhere else, and Rich’s polling showing no religious group opposed the war more than American Jews. Republicans in every state need to have this same conversation RIGHT NOW, while there’s still time to learn from Tuesday and win those voters back before 2028. @willchamberlain @Peoples_Pundit @WeTheBrandon