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Congressional Republicans vs Trump

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Posted By: FlyRight, 1/10/2026 3:14:44 AM

There is a battle across the Anglosphere on the Right side of the political spectrum. We see it in Britain between a ‘we mean business on immigration’ insurgent Reform Party riding high in the polls and the established Tory Party that really did nothing (and repeatedly broke manifesto promises) on that issue and a host of other issues for 14 years. We see it in Australia between a lifeless, Labour-lite dominated Liberal Party – that is unelectable – and the various conservative splinter parties, most noticeably One Nation. And we see it, in a different guise, even in the US.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: scottj 1/10/2026 3:47:08 AM (No. 2052481)
Congressional Republicans is just another word for RHINO. Its time to clean house.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: mifla 1/10/2026 5:14:50 AM (No. 2052491)
Dems vote in lockstep and pass bad laws. Repubs have mavericks who block good laws.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Venturer 1/10/2026 6:46:28 AM (No. 2052526)
These aren't mavericks they are traitors who are Democrats calling themselves Republicans.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: nerdowell 1/10/2026 9:31:30 AM (No. 2052632)
President Trump's amazing takedown of Madura is raising his esteem here as well as on the international stage. No one's talking about it, but I can't see this could not have increased his estimation within the previously demoralized FBI and CIA. The RINOs are on the losing side and discredited. They will kowtow sooner than later.
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