MAGA rep TURNS on Trump in deep-red Florida

Top Stories for September 18:

Florida congresswoman running for reelection turns on Trump over immigration, says Hispanics feel “betrayed”
Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar is certainly reading the tea leaves in South Florida, and the message clearly isn’t a positive one. In a new campaign ad — and in a stunning sign of desperation with six weeks to go until the midterms — Salazar stared straight into the camera and told the MAGA cult leader that he “betrayed” the Hispanic voters who helped propel him back to the White House.

Salazar, of course, was happy to drape the MAGA flag around her in sunnier times, having picked up Donald’s “Complete and Total Endorsement” earlier this year. At the time, Trump told his flock that Salazar “WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!”

With her race against Democratic challenger Eliott Rodriguez tightening significantly, she’s suddenly changing her tune. Something tells us Donald will respond in kind any moment now.

Take Action: Pass a national ban on partisan gerrymandering!

VIDEO OF THE DAY: Attorney General Todd Blanche threatened with contempt charges by fed-up judge
A federal judge just put Attorney General Todd Blanche on formal notice that he is dangerously close to being held in contempt of court over the Epstein files. Brian Tyler Cohen discusses the significance of the ruling and what comes next for the president, his lackeys at the DOJ, and the dozens of unnamed co-conspirators in the world’s most notorious sex-trafficking scandal. Try as they may, Epstein just ain’t going away.

Take Action: Impeach Trump budget director Russell Vought!

POLITICAL EARTHQUAKE BREWING? New poll shows Gina Hinojosa BEATING Greg Abbott by FOUR points!
Gina Hinojosa for Texas: Hold on to your cowboy hats, folks. Something is happening in Texas. A new poll from the ReconMR/Siena found that former school president and state representative Gina Hinojosa is beating wildly corrupt MAGA lunatic Greg Abbott, by a 49%-45% margin. This proves that Gina has a REAL chance to make Blue Texas a reality, but only if she has the tools she needs to fight the avalanche of billionaire dark money that Abbott is going to throw at her. Will you chip in to help Gina make history in Texas and put an end to the Republican Party’s reign of corruption and cruelty?

Fox News’ Laura Ingraham alleges “many Republicans secretly want Trump to lose” Congress
Donald Trump’s dutiful foot soldiers at Fox are doing their best to drag their god-king across the proverbial finish line in November, even though he’s not officially on the ballot.

Laura Ingraham certainly took things several wild steps further last night in her conversation with fellow MAGA sycophant Larry Kudlow, claiming that “many Republicans” secretly want their party to lose in the midterms so they won’t “have the burden of having to pass legislation.”

It’s a remarkable, albeit insidious trait: a steadfast commitment to prop up and shield their cult leader from any culpability for driving the country, the economy, and his own party squarely into the ground. If and when Republicans lose in November, it will obviously be due to self-sabotage, not their president’s abysmal performance.

The buck stops literally everywhere except on Donald’s desk.

Take Action: Tell Google and Apple: Stop caving to Trump and his ridiculous name-change stunts!

Ted Cruz credits Trump’s “instinctual genius” for calling him “Lyin’ Ted”
Oh, Ted. There is groveling, boot-licking, and brown-nosing…and then there is this.

Federal judge ties Trump’s hands on changes to Kennedy Center
A federal judge ordered Donald Trump’s goons currently running roughshod over the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to give at least 30 days’ notice before launching anyone renovation or construction projects at the prestigious national theater, up to and including its demolition.

It’s small comfort, but a disturbing development nonetheless, as the president’s obsession with declaring the historic performing arts center and living memorial to the country’s 35th president his own continues apace.

AI cybersecurity risks explode as Anthropic’s Claude used to break into OpenAI’s ChatGPT
Lost in all the kerfuffle about humanity’s impending doom at the hands of our eventual AI overlords is this: what if we’re all just collateral damage as artificial superintelligence rivals battle it out for global supremacy? Whew! Good thing we already have the singular, solitary and in no way insufficient guardrail of our “high IQ president!” in place to stave off annihlation!

RFK Jr. promises anti-vaxxers they have a “friend at the White House” amid deadly measles outbreak
Unfortunately, measles, mumps, rubella, polio, HPV, and dozens of other communicable diseases ALSO have a friend at the White House.

Take Action: Tell Congress: Impeach and remove RFK Jr. now!

Killing endangered wildlife is now legal if they aren’t the target, insane new Trump rule says
Great news for Don Jr., Eric, and other irredeemable ass hats across the land! Now they can fire their boom sticks indiscriminately and feign ignorance when they inevitably wipe out one exotic species or another.

GOP House leadership meeting reportedly descends into chaos
As the gravity of their impending electoral doom sinks in and the collective desperation grows, the inevitable infighting and finger-pointing has officially begun. You love to hate to see it.

Pentagon admits talks over sending National Guard to polling stations
Republicans and Democrats alike were frustrated after a meeting with Defense Undersecretary Elbridge Colby left them “with more questions than when you went in,” as Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly noted. “It was not what we had expected,” said South Dakota Republican Sen. Mike Rounds. “Let’s just put it that way. They owe us a report, and we did not get the report.”

When questioned about sending troops to polling stations for intimidation purposes, Colby only said he was “aware of discussions” but was not leading them. “Never once said ‘yes’ or ‘no,’” groused Republican Sen. Kevin Cramer.

That seems concerning. If only there were some kind of elected body of legislators who could compel such testimony, perhaps through a subpoena. Well, nevertheless.