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North Carolina senator says Trump’s Iran deal could be ‘doomed to fail’

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GOP’s YOLO caucus could be trouble for Trump agenda

In a Republican-led Congress defined by deference to Donald Trump, there’s a small but steadily growing cohort who have found themselves more willing to break with the White House.
Although the president maintains a firm grip on Republican voters, the expanding club could hinder his agenda on everything from the Iran war to immigration funding at a moment when his party holds a tenuous majority on Capitol Hill.
Sen. Bill #Cassidy of Louisiana is the newest member of the club.
Just days after losing his primary to a Trump-backed challenger, Cassidy on Tuesday reversed himself on legislation involving the war in Iran and voted with Democrats to rein in U.S. military action.
“The way our Constitution is set up, Congress should hold the executive branch accountable,” he told reporters the day before.
Sen. John #Cornyn of Texas could be next after Trump endorsed Ken Paxton, Cornyn’s rival for the Republican nomination in next week’s runoff.
Rep. Thomas #Massie of Kentucky is perhaps a founding member of the YOLO caucus — slang for “you only live once,” used to punctuate unbothered or even foolhardy behavior.
He frustrated Trump since the president’s first term, and his status was solidified after losing his primary on Tuesday to a Trump-backed challenger.
Massie has enraged Trump by voting against his signature tax and spending bill and by pushing for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
He hinted there’s more to come before he leaves office.
“I got seven months left in Congress,” Massie said with a grin during his concession speech as the crowd erupted.
Other similarly situated Republicans include Sen. Thom #Tillis, who was a fierce critic of former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and has more recently turned his attention to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
There’s also Sen. Lisa #Murkowski of Alaska, who joined Democrats last week in a bid to curb Trump’s war powers in Iran.
Sens. Susan #Collins of Maine and Mitch #McConnell of Kentucky have voted against some of Trump’s Cabinet picks.
And in the House, Rep. Don #Bacon of Nebraska has pushed to reclaim congressional power over tariffs.
“If the legislative branch always votes with the president, we do have a king,” Massie said in his concession speech Tuesday.
This hardly amounts to a revival of the Never Trump movement that some Republicans unsuccessfully hoped would curb the president’s excesses during his first term or block him from returning to office.
Many in the party, including Trump’s occasional detractors, have either stood by or been unable to block the president as he launched the war in Iran and presided over an aggressive immigration enforcement operation and the dismantling of the federal workforce.
Today’s unencumbered Republicans don’t fit into an ideological box.
But they are united by a sense of emboldening that can be attained in only a few ways in Trump’s Washington.
Many, like Tillis, McConnell and Bacon, have decided to retire and can cast votes knowing they’ll never again have to face Republican primary voters.
Others like Collins and Murkowski have more leeway because they represent states that tend to reward political independence.
And some like Massie banked on the idea that voters could support both Trump and someone who occasionally crossed him.
It’s a paradox for Trump.
As he demands total loyalty and pushes out Republican dissenters, he’s left with a growing cohort who, for one reason or another, owe Trump nothing.
That could be a problem for Senate Majority Leader John Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson,
who are already governing with threadbare majorities.
Shifting loyalties of even a few Republican lawmakers could dramatically complicate the ability for either chamber to pass substantial legislation ahead of the November midterm elections.
Thune called Cornyn a “principled conservative” and “very effective senator” on Tuesday.
“None of us control what the president does,” he said.
The next tests could come later this week as Thune pushes a funding package for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection designed to pass on a party line basis.
https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=4018a46d-2bd5-4f4e-ad82-a07a2a3ee630&v=sdk

GOP’s YOLO caucus could be trouble for Trump agenda

In a Republican-led Congress defined by deference to Donald Trump, there’s a small but steadily growing cohort who have found themselves more willing to break with the White House.
Although the president maintains a firm grip on Republican voters, the expanding club could hinder his agenda on everything from the Iran war to immigration funding at a moment when his party holds a tenuous majority on Capitol Hill.
Sen. Bill #Cassidy of Louisiana is the newest member of the club.
Just days after losing his primary to a Trump-backed challenger, Cassidy on Tuesday reversed himself on legislation involving the war in Iran and voted with Democrats to rein in U.S. military action.
“The way our Constitution is set up, Congress should hold the executive branch accountable,” he told reporters the day before.
Sen. John #Cornyn of Texas could be next after Trump endorsed Ken Paxton, Cornyn’s rival for the Republican nomination in next week’s runoff.
Rep. Thomas #Massie of Kentucky is perhaps a founding member of the YOLO caucus — slang for “you only live once,” used to punctuate unbothered or even foolhardy behavior.
He frustrated Trump since the president’s first term, and his status was solidified after losing his primary on Tuesday to a Trump-backed challenger.
Massie has enraged Trump by voting against his signature tax and spending bill and by pushing for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
He hinted there’s more to come before he leaves office.
“I got seven months left in Congress,” Massie said with a grin during his concession speech as the crowd erupted.
Other similarly situated Republicans include Sen. Thom #Tillis, who was a fierce critic of former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and has more recently turned his attention to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
There’s also Sen. Lisa #Murkowski of Alaska, who joined Democrats last week in a bid to curb Trump’s war powers in Iran.
Sens. Susan #Collins of Maine and Mitch #McConnell of Kentucky have voted against some of Trump’s Cabinet picks.
And in the House, Rep. Don #Bacon of Nebraska has pushed to reclaim congressional power over tariffs.
“If the legislative branch always votes with the president, we do have a king,” Massie said in his concession speech Tuesday.
This hardly amounts to a revival of the Never Trump movement that some Republicans unsuccessfully hoped would curb the president’s excesses during his first term or block him from returning to office.
Many in the party, including Trump’s occasional detractors, have either stood by or been unable to block the president as he launched the war in Iran and presided over an aggressive immigration enforcement operation and the dismantling of the federal workforce.
Today’s unencumbered Republicans don’t fit into an ideological box.
But they are united by a sense of emboldening that can be attained in only a few ways in Trump’s Washington.
Many, like Tillis, McConnell and Bacon, have decided to retire and can cast votes knowing they’ll never again have to face Republican primary voters.
Others like Collins and Murkowski have more leeway because they represent states that tend to reward political independence.
And some like Massie banked on the idea that voters could support both Trump and someone who occasionally crossed him.
It’s a paradox for Trump.
As he demands total loyalty and pushes out Republican dissenters, he’s left with a growing cohort who, for one reason or another, owe Trump nothing.
That could be a problem for Senate Majority Leader John Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson,
who are already governing with threadbare majorities.
Shifting loyalties of even a few Republican lawmakers could dramatically complicate the ability for either chamber to pass substantial legislation ahead of the November midterm elections.
Thune called Cornyn a “principled conservative” and “very effective senator” on Tuesday.
“None of us control what the president does,” he said.
The next tests could come later this week as Thune pushes a funding package for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection designed to pass on a party line basis.
https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=4018a46d-2bd5-4f4e-ad82-a07a2a3ee630&v=sdk

https://www.europesays.com/it/459587/ Fed, il Dipartimento di giustizia Usa archivia l’indagine penale contro Jerome Powell #Affari #archiviata #ArchiviataIndagine #ArchiviataIndaginePenale #attuale #banca #Business #conferma #dipartimento #DipartimentoGiustizia #fed #giustizia #indagine #IndaginePenale #IT #Italia #Italy #penale #powell #procuratrice #repubblicano #RepubblicanoThom #RepubblicanoThomTillis #thom #ThomTillis #tillis #warsh #WarshArchiviata #WarshArchiviataIndagine

The marquee matchup for the open US Senate seat in North Carolina will begin to resolve into focus Tuesday,
with a well-known former Democratic governor and a Donald Trump-endorsed but untested Republican appearing to lead the field.

In the Democratic primary, former two-term governor Roy #Cooper is ahead in recent polling against the slate of other candidates who have never held elected office. Cooper is widely seen among North Carolina’s Democrats as their best chance at flipping a Republican-controlled seat, now held by retiring US senator Thom #Tillis, a conservative who has turned hard against the Trump administration on its handling of healthcare, defense and the Epstein file disclosures.
For Republicans, Michael #Whatley, the former Republican National Committee chair, leads the field in polling, with his closest competitor, representative Don #Brown, in the single digits.

Polling in both primaries has been relatively scant and may have masked softness in conservative support for Whatley. About half of the Republican electorate remains undecided heading to voting booths Tuesday.
Whatley has Trump’s endorsement, but that hasn’t stopped the grumbling on the right.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/03/north-carolina-democratic-republican-primaries-senate?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

The marquee matchup for the open US Senate seat in North Carolina will begin to resolve into focus Tuesday,
with a well-known former Democratic governor and a Donald Trump-endorsed but untested Republican appearing to lead the field.

In the Democratic primary, former two-term governor Roy #Cooper is ahead in recent polling against the slate of other candidates who have never held elected office. Cooper is widely seen among North Carolina’s Democrats as their best chance at flipping a Republican-controlled seat, now held by retiring US senator Thom #Tillis, a conservative who has turned hard against the Trump administration on its handling of healthcare, defense and the Epstein file disclosures.
For Republicans, Michael #Whatley, the former Republican National Committee chair, leads the field in polling, with his closest competitor, representative Don #Brown, in the single digits.

Polling in both primaries has been relatively scant and may have masked softness in conservative support for Whatley. About half of the Republican electorate remains undecided heading to voting booths Tuesday.
Whatley has Trump’s endorsement, but that hasn’t stopped the grumbling on the right.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/03/north-carolina-democratic-republican-primaries-senate?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Trump can only afford to lose the support of four Republican senators in a vote for a new #Fed chair
-- which means #Tillis and #Murkowski’s vows not to support any nominee until the case against Powell is resolved carry significant weight.
A bipartisan group of economists who have served under US presidents dating back to Ronald Reagan
—including former Federal Reserve Chairs Alan #Greenspan, Ben #Bernanke, and Janet #Yellin
—released a joint statement on Monday denouncing what they described as an effort to strong-arm the Federal Reserve into doing the president’s bidding.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/jerome-powell-investigation-backlash

Trump can only afford to lose the support of four Republican senators in a vote for a new #Fed chair
-- which means #Tillis and #Murkowski’s vows not to support any nominee until the case against Powell is resolved carry significant weight.
A bipartisan group of economists who have served under US presidents dating back to Ronald Reagan
—including former Federal Reserve Chairs Alan #Greenspan, Ben #Bernanke, and Janet #Yellin
—released a joint statement on Monday denouncing what they described as an effort to strong-arm the Federal Reserve into doing the president’s bidding.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/jerome-powell-investigation-backlash

Darren Woods is known mostly as the chairman of ExxonMobil,
the largest U.S. oil company.

On Friday, however, he made noise in a different sphere by placing an obscure financial term into the political lexicon:

"#Uninvestible."

That's how Woods described Venezuela
—more specifically, Venezuela's oil industry.

His remark came during a meeting of some two dozen oil executives convened at the White House by President Trump,
whose goal was to collect their praise for his capture and arrest of Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro to face U.S. drug trafficking charges.

Trump opened the session with a lengthy spiel suggesting that the spigots of Venezuelan oil would soon be open,
flooding the market with cheap petroleum for the benefit of American taxpayers, Venezuelan citizens
and big oil companies.

He spoke with the confidence of a self-appointed Venezuelan Shogun
—indeed, over the weekend he amended his biography on his TruthSocial online platform to give himself the title of
"Acting President of Venezuela."

Trump told the gathered executives that the U.S. would somehow control which oil companies would be permitted to invest in Venezuela

—"We're going to be making the decision as to which oil companies are going to go in—that are we're going to allow to go in....
You're dealing with us directly, you're not dealing with Venezuela at all, we don't want you to deal with Venezuela."

Leaving aside that Trump's authority to make those judgments is questionable in the extreme,

so is the oil industry's interest in piling into Venezuela.

At current world oil prices hovering around $60 per barrel or less,
large investments in the Venezuelan oil fields would be marginally profitable at best.

The addition of a large new supply from Venezuela, which is thought to have the largest untapped reserves in the world, would only drive the price lower.

At Friday's roundtable, Woods was the most outspokenly pessimistic about reinvesting in Venezuela,
but his remarks corresponded to a new atmosphere in Trump's relationships with American institutions:
#resistance.

Most recently, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome #Powell responded forcefully to the disclosure that Trump's hand-picked U.S. Attorney in Washington, D.C., Jeanine Pirro, served subpoenas pointing to a criminal investigation of Powell and the the Fed
—ostensibly over the cost of renovations of the Fed's Washington headquarters.

On Sunday, Powell issued a written and video statement pushing back:

"This new threat is not about my testimony last June
or about the renovation of the Federal Reserve buildings," he said.

"The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Federal Reserve setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public,
rather than following the preferences of the President."

Remarkably, Powell received support from Sen. Thom #Tillis
(R-N.C.)
who sits on both the Senate Banking and Judiciary committees, which oversee the Fed and the Dept. of Justice, respectively.

"If there were any remaining doubt whether advisers within the Trump Administration are actively pushing to end the independence of the Federal Reserve,
there should now be none,”
said Tillis, who is not running for reelection.

“It is now the independence and credibility of the Department of Justice that are in question.”

He said he would oppose confirmation of any nominee to the Fed board
—including a looming nomination to succeed Powell
—"until this legal matter is fully resolved."

Powell's term as Fed chair ends in May, though his term as a Fed board member won't expire until 2028.

Tillis' concern was echoed Monday by another Republican senator,
Lisa #Murkowski of Alaska,
who labeled the Fed investigation Monday morning and called the administration's investigation
"nothing more than an attempt at coercion."

She said Tillis "is right in blocking any Federal Reserve nominees until this is resolved."

#Venezuela was one subject on which some Republican lawmakers have voted to thwart Trump:

♦️Five Republican senators joined Democrats to advance a measure that would require Trump to obtain congressional approval for any further military action in the country.

♦️And 17 GOP House members joined Democrats to pass a bill extending Affordable Care Act premium subsidies for three years,
despite Trump's explicit opposition to the extension.

♦️The fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis has drawn bipartisan criticism.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hiltzik-trumps-venezuelan-oil-adventure-202328739.html

Darren Woods is known mostly as the chairman of ExxonMobil,
the largest U.S. oil company.

On Friday, however, he made noise in a different sphere by placing an obscure financial term into the political lexicon:

"#Uninvestible."

That's how Woods described Venezuela
—more specifically, Venezuela's oil industry.

His remark came during a meeting of some two dozen oil executives convened at the White House by President Trump,
whose goal was to collect their praise for his capture and arrest of Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro to face U.S. drug trafficking charges.

Trump opened the session with a lengthy spiel suggesting that the spigots of Venezuelan oil would soon be open,
flooding the market with cheap petroleum for the benefit of American taxpayers, Venezuelan citizens
and big oil companies.

He spoke with the confidence of a self-appointed Venezuelan Shogun
—indeed, over the weekend he amended his biography on his TruthSocial online platform to give himself the title of
"Acting President of Venezuela."

Trump told the gathered executives that the U.S. would somehow control which oil companies would be permitted to invest in Venezuela

—"We're going to be making the decision as to which oil companies are going to go in—that are we're going to allow to go in....
You're dealing with us directly, you're not dealing with Venezuela at all, we don't want you to deal with Venezuela."

Leaving aside that Trump's authority to make those judgments is questionable in the extreme,

so is the oil industry's interest in piling into Venezuela.

At current world oil prices hovering around $60 per barrel or less,
large investments in the Venezuelan oil fields would be marginally profitable at best.

The addition of a large new supply from Venezuela, which is thought to have the largest untapped reserves in the world, would only drive the price lower.

At Friday's roundtable, Woods was the most outspokenly pessimistic about reinvesting in Venezuela,
but his remarks corresponded to a new atmosphere in Trump's relationships with American institutions:
#resistance.

Most recently, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome #Powell responded forcefully to the disclosure that Trump's hand-picked U.S. Attorney in Washington, D.C., Jeanine Pirro, served subpoenas pointing to a criminal investigation of Powell and the the Fed
—ostensibly over the cost of renovations of the Fed's Washington headquarters.

On Sunday, Powell issued a written and video statement pushing back:

"This new threat is not about my testimony last June
or about the renovation of the Federal Reserve buildings," he said.

"The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Federal Reserve setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public,
rather than following the preferences of the President."

Remarkably, Powell received support from Sen. Thom #Tillis
(R-N.C.)
who sits on both the Senate Banking and Judiciary committees, which oversee the Fed and the Dept. of Justice, respectively.

"If there were any remaining doubt whether advisers within the Trump Administration are actively pushing to end the independence of the Federal Reserve,
there should now be none,”
said Tillis, who is not running for reelection.

“It is now the independence and credibility of the Department of Justice that are in question.”

He said he would oppose confirmation of any nominee to the Fed board
—including a looming nomination to succeed Powell
—"until this legal matter is fully resolved."

Powell's term as Fed chair ends in May, though his term as a Fed board member won't expire until 2028.

Tillis' concern was echoed Monday by another Republican senator,
Lisa #Murkowski of Alaska,
who labeled the Fed investigation Monday morning and called the administration's investigation
"nothing more than an attempt at coercion."

She said Tillis "is right in blocking any Federal Reserve nominees until this is resolved."

#Venezuela was one subject on which some Republican lawmakers have voted to thwart Trump:

♦️Five Republican senators joined Democrats to advance a measure that would require Trump to obtain congressional approval for any further military action in the country.

♦️And 17 GOP House members joined Democrats to pass a bill extending Affordable Care Act premium subsidies for three years,
despite Trump's explicit opposition to the extension.

♦️The fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis has drawn bipartisan criticism.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/hiltzik-trumps-venezuelan-oil-adventure-202328739.html

#Republican Senator #ThomTillis delivers a BLISTERING, history-filled takedown of #StephenMiller and the Trump administration’s RECKLESS talk about taking #Greenland. In this clip, #Tillis explains why #Denmark and #NATO are some of America’s MOST loyal allies! 🇬🇱 🇩🇰 🇺🇸 youtu.be/Gy3YF3Frwxc?...

Republicans Finally Push Back:...

#Republican Senator #ThomTillis delivers a BLISTERING, history-filled takedown of #StephenMiller and the Trump administration’s RECKLESS talk about taking #Greenland. In this clip, #Tillis explains why #Denmark and #NATO are some of America’s MOST loyal allies! 🇬🇱 🇩🇰 🇺🇸 youtu.be/Gy3YF3Frwxc?...

Republicans Finally Push Back:...

U.S. Senator Thom #Tillis said Canada should repay $300B for decades of underspending on defense, despite now meeting NATO’s 2% target. Speaking at the Halifax Security Forum, he criticized Canada’s “shortfall” amid rising tensions over allied burden-sharing.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/22/gop-lawmaker-demands-300b-in-defense-dues-from-canada-00666112

#Ukraine #Russia #US #GOP #Canada #NATO

U.S. Senator Thom #Tillis said Canada should repay $300B for decades of underspending on defense, despite now meeting NATO’s 2% target. Speaking at the Halifax Security Forum, he criticized Canada’s “shortfall” amid rising tensions over allied burden-sharing.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/22/gop-lawmaker-demands-300b-in-defense-dues-from-canada-00666112

#Ukraine #Russia #US #GOP #Canada #NATO

#BigBeautifulBill - "This is the worst piece of legislation in modern American history." - @sanders.senate.gov #TaxCutsForTheRich #CutsToMedicaid #SnapsUnderFire #DebtRocket #ICEFundingSurge #NoGreenEnergy #ICE #Sustainability #Trump #JDVance #Sanders #AOC #Tillis www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xmx...

This is the worst piece of leg...

“Republican Sen. Thom #Tillis announced Sunday that he won't seek reelection in 2026, opening up a key seat in #NorthCarolina. The announcement came hours after Trump posted on Truth Social criticizing Tillis for his opp to some provisions within the” #BigUglyBill www.cbsnews.com/news/thom-ti...

Sen. Thom Tillis announces he ...

“Republican Sen. Thom #Tillis announced Sunday that he won't seek reelection in 2026, opening up a key seat in #NorthCarolina. The announcement came hours after Trump posted on Truth Social criticizing Tillis for his opp to some provisions within the” #BigUglyBill www.cbsnews.com/news/thom-ti...

Sen. Thom Tillis announces he ...

Letter to a #Senator / 22 June: Mr. #Tillis, I oppose the provision in the #OBBBA that permits the sale of #federallands to offset the #taxbreaks included in the bill. Relying on the sale of assets to cover ongoing expenses is demonstrably poor fiscal policy. It’s not #sustainable. 1/5

Letter to a #Senator / 19 May:: Mr. #Tillis_ My first letter today is to register my opposition to the #parade being billed as for the #Army, but what we all recognize as in alignment with the #POTUSINO’s #birthday. Where has fiscal conservatism gone with the #GOP? 1/3

Letter to a #Senator #2 / 25 Mar:: Mr. #Tillis_ #Military operations over an insecure phone using #Signal? Really? You voted *for* these nominees? What were you thinking? 1/2

Mr. #Tillis_ I’m heartened by the news of the #SupremeCourt that #POTUSINO must unfreeze congressional allocations for foreign aid. I hope you are. It was a partial acceptance of the #impoundment, however, if I understand things correctly. 1/10

Senators are privately (and publicly) saying they hope Donald Trump
💥stays out of the internal election to replace #Mitch #McConnell as Senate GOP leader.

Why it matters:
None of them know — or it's a damn good secret — whether the felon-candidate will make an endorsement.

But senators and advisors fear a Trump intervention could turn the secret ballot leader election into a public feud.

"I said, 'Sir, if I was you, I would stay out of the race, because there's no win for you in this,'" Sen. #Markwayne #Mullin (R-Okla.) told us about a recent call with Trump.

"I hope not," said Sen. #Thom #Tillis, when asked if he thinks Trump will weigh in. "I think outside influence could be problematic."

"He's offered some views on it to me,"Sen. #Josh #Hawley (R-Mo.) told us. "It's safe to say he has a pretty consistent prediction of who he thinks it'll be." -- Hawley said he did not know if Trump would weigh in.

Between the lines:
This the first real competitive Senate GOP leadership race of the Trump-era,
and his endorsement still carries a lot of weight with a segment of the conference.

McConnell has had a tumultuous relationship with the pussy-grabber.

The top two candidates
— Sens. John #Thune and John #Cornyn
— each have had rocky relationships with Trump.
However, they have worked to make amends.

After Jan. 6, Thune denounced Trump and initially endorsed Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) for president.

Cornyn has said the GOP needed to move on from Trump.

Senate sources do not talk about Sen. Rick #Scott's (R-Fla.) bid as seriously as Thune's or Cornyn's, though he has a good relationship with Trump.
"Sen. Scott is focused on dramatically changing the way the Senate operates and creating a member-driven process," according to spokesperson McKinley Lewis.

Sources often describe Thune as the likely favorite,
though they say not to discount how much Cornyn's long history of hard-dollar fundraising for Senate campaigns means to people.

Cornyn told us it's been a few weeks since he spoke with Trump about the leadership race.

But he visited Mar-a-Lago a couple months ago "to talk about planning for the future,"
adding they've been "visiting with some of the transition folks."

Mullin said Trump "likes" Thune despite their rocky past.

The Oklahoma Republican has publicly backed Thune.

Some sources suspect there could be a late entry:
NRSC Chair Steve #Daines (R-Mont.) is the most-floated name.

The bottom line:
There's not a lot of incentive for senators benefiting from both Thune and Cornyn's aggressive fundraising efforts to commit too early.

"If one of them felt that they really had a majority, I think they would not be shy about saying that,
but I don't think anybody does," Hawley said.

https://www.axios.com/2024/10/03/trump-senate-republicans-mcconnell-thune-cornyn

Senators are privately (and publicly) saying they hope Donald Trump
💥stays out of the internal election to replace #Mitch #McConnell as Senate GOP leader.

Why it matters:
None of them know — or it's a damn good secret — whether the felon-candidate will make an endorsement.

But senators and advisors fear a Trump intervention could turn the secret ballot leader election into a public feud.

"I said, 'Sir, if I was you, I would stay out of the race, because there's no win for you in this,'" Sen. #Markwayne #Mullin (R-Okla.) told us about a recent call with Trump.

"I hope not," said Sen. #Thom #Tillis, when asked if he thinks Trump will weigh in. "I think outside influence could be problematic."

"He's offered some views on it to me,"Sen. #Josh #Hawley (R-Mo.) told us. "It's safe to say he has a pretty consistent prediction of who he thinks it'll be." -- Hawley said he did not know if Trump would weigh in.

Between the lines:
This the first real competitive Senate GOP leadership race of the Trump-era,
and his endorsement still carries a lot of weight with a segment of the conference.

McConnell has had a tumultuous relationship with the pussy-grabber.

The top two candidates
— Sens. John #Thune and John #Cornyn
— each have had rocky relationships with Trump.
However, they have worked to make amends.

After Jan. 6, Thune denounced Trump and initially endorsed Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) for president.

Cornyn has said the GOP needed to move on from Trump.

Senate sources do not talk about Sen. Rick #Scott's (R-Fla.) bid as seriously as Thune's or Cornyn's, though he has a good relationship with Trump.
"Sen. Scott is focused on dramatically changing the way the Senate operates and creating a member-driven process," according to spokesperson McKinley Lewis.

Sources often describe Thune as the likely favorite,
though they say not to discount how much Cornyn's long history of hard-dollar fundraising for Senate campaigns means to people.

Cornyn told us it's been a few weeks since he spoke with Trump about the leadership race.

But he visited Mar-a-Lago a couple months ago "to talk about planning for the future,"
adding they've been "visiting with some of the transition folks."

Mullin said Trump "likes" Thune despite their rocky past.

The Oklahoma Republican has publicly backed Thune.

Some sources suspect there could be a late entry:
NRSC Chair Steve #Daines (R-Mont.) is the most-floated name.

The bottom line:
There's not a lot of incentive for senators benefiting from both Thune and Cornyn's aggressive fundraising efforts to commit too early.

"If one of them felt that they really had a majority, I think they would not be shy about saying that,
but I don't think anybody does," Hawley said.

https://www.axios.com/2024/10/03/trump-senate-republicans-mcconnell-thune-cornyn

⬆️ It's not just #Ukraine funding that #Hungary had to capitulate on ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111859568979319685

Now echoing language used by #EU threatening #Orban of "consequences," #US pressures Hungary to approve #Sweden's #NATO membership

"Hungary’s inaction risks irrevocably damaging its relationship with US & with NATO," Senators Jeanne #Shaheen, a #Democrat, & Thom #Tillis, a #Republican said in a #bipartisan statement

Hungary is the only one that hasn't approved the application

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-lawmakers-want-pressure-hungary-back-swedens-nato-membership-2024-02-01/

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Members on both sides are upset with #Trump’s attempt to kill #borderDeal to deny President #Biden a legislative win.

Sen. Thom #Tillis said it is “#immoral” for Republicans to reject border deal to help Trump.

Sen. Mitt #Romney called effort to kill bill “#appalling.” Romney argued that there is an issue at the southern border and anyone running for president should be attempting to solve it now — instead of solving it later and taking credit for it down the road.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4432079-thom-tillis-immoral-kill-border-deal-trump/

Tucker Carlson lost. The Jan. 6 committee won.

On Monday, Tucker Carlson used his popular primetime program in an effort to undermine the work of last year’s House Select Committee on the Jan. 6 Attack by presenting footage that, he claimed, would cast its conclusions into serious doubt.

It was a flop.

House Speaker Kevin #McCarthy gave #Carlson more than 40,000 hours of footage from that day, and the Fox News host used it to make the case that the vast majority of rioters were, in fact, peaceful “#sightseers” smeared through guilt by association with a few #bad #apples.

But to all but the most committed (or deluded) MAGA devotees, Carlson’s effort failed.

A growing number of Republican lawmakers — including Senate Minority Leader Mitch #McConnell, Sens. Mitt #Romney, Thom #Tillis, Mike #Rounds, Kevin #Cramer, Lindsey #Graham, Chuck #Grassley, and Joni #Ernst — have #condemned the push to rewrite history.

The episode quickly became a subject of widespread #mockery and #scorn, apparently failing to gain even an iota of traction among the Trump-skeptical conservatives it was designed to entice.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/03/tucker-carlson-lost-jan-6-committee-won.html

Tucker Carlson lost. The Jan. 6 committee won.

On Monday, Tucker Carlson used his popular primetime program in an effort to undermine the work of last year’s House Select Committee on the Jan. 6 Attack by presenting footage that, he claimed, would cast its conclusions into serious doubt.

It was a flop.

House Speaker Kevin #McCarthy gave #Carlson more than 40,000 hours of footage from that day, and the Fox News host used it to make the case that the vast majority of rioters were, in fact, peaceful “#sightseers” smeared through guilt by association with a few #bad #apples.

But to all but the most committed (or deluded) MAGA devotees, Carlson’s effort failed.

A growing number of Republican lawmakers — including Senate Minority Leader Mitch #McConnell, Sens. Mitt #Romney, Thom #Tillis, Mike #Rounds, Kevin #Cramer, Lindsey #Graham, Chuck #Grassley, and Joni #Ernst — have #condemned the push to rewrite history.

The episode quickly became a subject of widespread #mockery and #scorn, apparently failing to gain even an iota of traction among the Trump-skeptical conservatives it was designed to entice.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/03/tucker-carlson-lost-jan-6-committee-won.html

Judge slams senators' letter against FTX lawyers as 'inappropriate'

https://cointelegraph.com/news/judge-slams-senators-letter-against-ftx-lawyers-as-inappropriate

#Hickenlooper #Examiner #Senators #Delaware #Terrett #Winter #Tillis #Warren #Lummis #Dorsey #Law360

Judge slams senators' letter against FTX lawyers as 'inappropriate' - Bankruptcy judge John Dorsey called the bipartisan letter “inapp... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/judge-slams-senators-letter-against-ftx-lawyers-as-inappropriate #hickenlooper #examiner #senators #delaware #terrett #winter #tillis #warren #lummis #dorsey #law360

Judge slams senators' letter against FTX lawyers as 'inappropriate' - Bankruptcy judge John Dorsey called the bipartisan letter “inapp... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/judge-slams-senators-letter-against-ftx-lawyers-as-inappropriate #hickenlooper #examiner #senators #delaware #terrett #winter #tillis #warren #lummis #dorsey #law360