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GOP screwups.

That’s the broad theme this week—all the ways Republicans just suck at life. They were handed full power—the White House, Congress, and the Supreme Court. And they’ve somehow managed to turn the whole country against them, even their natural allies. 

Take my story on the manosphere, for example. The network of young “alpha” men on podcasts, YouTube, and other social media outlets was all-in for President Donald Trump in 2024. Yet, as he has with so many of his allies, Trump has systematically alienated that crowd.

• The manosphere sours on Trump

The lawyer representing the reprehensible Tate brothers is now threatening Trump with electoral consequences if he doesn’t bail out the two alleged sex offenders currently being extradited to the United Kingdom. But the damage is already done. The war with Iran and the ICE gestapo raids, among other things, have already done their damage. 

These noxious bros thought they were supporting an America-first alpha manly man. Instead, they’ve gotten a stooge of a president who, well, does this:

• Trump thinks an AI filter can mask his physical decrepitude

The manosphere bros are the worst, but if they decide politics ain’t for them, then we all win. Because otherwise, they’ll keep enabling the most incompetent fools possible.

And there’s plenty of incompetence to go around.

• Bigot Lauren Boebert’s family faces predator allegations
• Trump finally admits his pool guy screwed up the Reflecting Pool
• Trump stands up to Mamdani to protect the poor little billionaires

Meanwhile, nutso primaries in Wisconsin and Michigan gave Democrats a preview of the Great Ideological Battles of 2027, as we all approach the 2028 presidential primary season.

In Michigan, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic Senate primary, giving the party’s left flank a huge opportunity to strengthen the Senate’s progressive wing. In a neutral political year, his name and ideology might prove a tough fit for a state Trump won two out of three times. In this anti-Republican environment? He’s definitely running in a good year. 

In Wisconsin, Democrats dodged a bullet by narrowly defeating DSA candidate Francesca Hong, who embodied the worst excesses of the “Woke 1.0” era—calls for the total abolition of police, eliminating Thanksgiving as a “colonizer” holiday, and more.

Asked about Hong’s positions on a Sunday morning talk show, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez—who admitted she is considering a presidential run—laughed it off, saying, “Woke One was crazy!”

• AOC laughs off ‘Woke 1.0’—but few find it so funny

Objectively, it was. And its strongest adherents—at least the ones who want to win elections—are now backtracking.

It’s not surprising that one of Zohran Mamdani’s first acts in office was to hire more cops. Public safety is popular. Undermining it is electoral poison. And Mamdani is not dumb. 

But the leftist-moderate rift is certainly real. It may be muted now, with everyone focused on November, but expect that debate to go supernova once the presidential primary cycle gets underway.

• Andrew Cuomo emerges from loserdom to attack progressives on Fox News

For now, though, Democrats have bigger fish to fry.

Because, believe it or not, they are now slightly favored to win the Senate this November.

• Democrats gain momentum in flipping the Senate

The fact that this is even remotely possible is mind-blowing. The path to a Democratic majority runs through solidly red states like Alaska, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Ohio, and Texas. In any normal political environment, that should make a Senate takeover nearly impossible.

But this isn’t a normal political environment.

Republicans really are that incompetent.

It isn’t just the manosphere bros abandoning them. Trump and his party have spent years building a coalition around grievance, resentment, and the promise that they alone could smash the system and make everything work again.

Now they have power.

And voters are getting to see what happens when these people actually try to use it.

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