It is imperative to overlay what the Charles Koch network, specifically Americans for Prosperity (AFP), really represents when considering their announcement to withdraw financial support for Nikki Haley.
Koch and AFP are part of the network of multinational/Wall Street entities who previously held all power in the Republican apparatus. All of the systems of the Republican Party apparatus were essentially controlled by a small group of big money influence makers and political interests.
The corporation known as the RNC was molded over a few generations to focus on the money part of political outcomes, not the policy or ideology – the money. Frustrated conservative voters had a difficult time understanding why their voting to put the Decepticon (GOPe Republicans) in power rarely generated a change in overall domestic policy.
Battered conservative syndrome is an outcome of the majority of those Republican voters misunderstanding that corporate desires of the Republican and Democrat club apparatus are essentially merged into one party. Give the Democrats control over policy, and they are happy. Give the Republicans (leadership mostly) money to acquiesce, and they too are happy. And so it goes.
Then came Donald Trump who turned that dynamic on its end. Suddenly, an America First agenda was being pushed by a Republican candidate, and it didn’t take long for the abused Republican and middle class voter to see their best interests were represented by Trump. A substantive conflict was immediately created between Trump and the corporate Republican apparatus. A battle for control began.
As a candidate, Nikki Haley has always represented the effort of the corporate Republican establishment. The corporate Republican network, who thrives on the status quo, have used Ron DeSantis and then Nikki Haley in their effort to rid themselves of the problem represented by Trump and the MAGA base of economically minded voters and supporters. However, both efforts have failed against the scale of the MAGA movement.
MAGA is the Republican Party now, and the corporate Republican world has been dragged to the inflection point. The corporatists still have control over many of the internal mechanisms of the professional Republican Party, but that control is slipping as more and more MAGA-minded people move into local, state and national political networks.
In the announcement that Charles Koch and AFP are withdrawing financial support for Nikki Haley, they are admitting the institutional Republican apparatus is now dropping back to control their Senate and Congressional power systems. In essence, if they cannot control the presidency, they will control all of the systems that stem from the office of the presidency and thereby block Trump from delivering on the America First agenda.
This is what President Trump first encountered in 2017 when the professional republican system recoiled at the change that Trump represented. The largest amount of aversion to the America First agenda comes from the Republican wing inside the Senate; this is the core of the Decepticon construct.
With Donald J. Trump shifting to become the “presumptive nominee,” an outcome of his support by the base voter, Charles Koch, AFP and to a larger extent all of the various professional Republican elements (corporate republicanism) are now creating their last line of defense. All of the institutions are again aligned to try and stop President Trump from fracturing the political control system within the USA political apparatus.
Trump is the weapon to destroy the long-created Republican ‘illusion of choice’. This is why people see masks dropping as the opposition to Trump becomes so transparent. Politicians and people within the political system, long thought to be Republicans who represented the alternative to leftism, are increasingly exposed as mere illusions of pushback. These revelations will continue as MAGA pushes deeper into the Republican political network.
The old Republican Party is consistently fighting a losing battle, losing power to the voters – the MAGA base and larger Trump coalition. The old guard has money, lots of money, and they are using it to fortify their defensive positions of power.
Nikki Haley has been rewarded for her efforts, but the Decepticons must retreat now to financially support Mitch McConnell, John Thune and the masters at the center of the illusion of choice. The institutions that will oppose Donald Trump must be fortified by the professional Republicans against the increased likelihood Trump will win the election.
Keep in mind, Koch Inc. alone had vowed last year to spend $70 million against President Trump and the Republican base voter. Politico is estimating they spent around $50 million so far.
(Via Politico) – Americans For Prosperity Action, the powerful conservative group supporting Nikki Haley in the Republican presidential primary, will no longer spend money on behalf of her campaign.
In an email to staff obtained by POLITICO, Americans For Prosperity CEO Emily Seidel said Sunday that the group’s political arm, AFP Action, had to “take stock” of its spending priorities after Haley’s loss in the South Carolina primary. The Koch-aligned group, Seidel said, will now focus its efforts on competitive Senate and House races.
“She has made it clear that she will continue to fight and we wholeheartedly support her in this effort,” Seidel wrote of Haley. “But given the challenges in the primary states ahead, we don’t believe any outside group can make a material difference to widen her path to victory.”
AFP Action’s decision is the latest blow to Haley’s longshot presidential bid, which has sustained losses in four early nominating states and the Virgin Islands, including on Saturday, when former President Donald Trump beat Haley in her home state by 20 points. Haley declared she will continue on in her primary fight, but has only committed to running through Super Tuesday on March 5.
AFP Action had funded advertisements and field operations for months last year that were designed to persuade Republican voters to back someone other than Trump in the presidential primary. But it wasn’t until late November that AFP Action tapped Haley as its desired Trump alternative. Since then, AFP has reached out to more than 3 million voters in early nominating and Super Tuesday states, as well as purchased millions of dollars worth of ads on Haley’s behalf. (read more)
A few remaining points of emphasis…. I am increasingly sure that Donald Trump will win the 2024 election. The Lawfare effort against him is running into the reality of the problem, their fake constructs. People see through the manipulative schemes more than ever, and the MAGA movement is now far larger, cuts across all political spectrums and is now much smarter and strategic.
As an outcome of the likelihood for Trump victory, it becomes even more important to prepare for it. By “preparing”, I mean to have the systems in place to confront the professional Republican apparatus on day one. The opposition from Democrats is transparent; however, our weakness in 2017 was not having the support system in place to confront the DeceptiCons immediately. In 2025, this must be rectified.
The professional Republican apparatus, including the Koch network, AFP, Business Roundtable, US Chamber of Commerce, and the system of corporate republicanism will align to support Joe Biden or Gavin Newsom (DNC convention outcome), or any entity that will retain the status quo before they accept losing power. This is the unfortunate reality that must be accepted.
“It must be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage than a new system. For the initiator has the enmity of all who would profit by the preservation of the old institution and merely lukewarm defenders in those who gain by the new ones. ”
I think Trump is trying to make a Deal with the RINO GOPe by offering to embed Tim Scott in his administration and make them richer than they ever could dream of in a China Cartel
Sad to say, we might not have Republican Ragnorak, but instead Republican Gay Old Party House Wives
Doubt Scott gets anywhere.
Sundance and others are working on what comes after the inauguration.
Treepers arm themselves daily with the animating contest for freedom right here!
DWAC is tied into Wall Street
Trump Org is tied into Wall Street and Duetche Bank
Trump admin wants a structural surplus and a tilt back in balance of trade to Main Street
Trump admin absolutely does not want a revolution, but to win
if GOPe deal with Trump, Tim Scott will be the hostage princess
I think Trump’s people will see us puking about Tim Scott and kill that rumor at some point. I suspect it originated from the eGOP just like the Nikki Romney VP baloney and all the Conservative Inc frauds like Hugh Hewitt giving cabinet recommendations.
Round 2 of the Government Party Civil War will be way worse than 2017. Trump needs somebody so MAGA that the prospect of removing Trump will terrify them even more.
keep your friends close, enemies closer
frenemies
Trump wants GOPe in his pocket, there is a deal brewing
remember Mike Pence?
Ive thought that as well. Donald is a negotiator. Compromise is the core of every real estate deal. So is exercising leverage.
Suddenly Ron is VP talk and Jeb writes a WSJ piece. Something is up.
yep, Trump has the most amazing capacity to put up with absolute scumbags to make a deal
he is converting the GOP for f67ks sake, 99% of which are reprobates and losers
I’ve been getting an mRNA vibe lately from the RNC, GOP and Trump
Trump and RNC and GOPe will soon be all friends and we will be expected to all jam up the clot shots of the GOP big tent
FWIW
I posted this today
https://www.dynamic.gop/p/284-gossip-to-government-his-story-to-history
can MAGA grassroots and even MAGA Inc govern? unfortunately, I don’t think they can, they simply don’t have the expertise of the technical knowledge Can they be good tribunes? Maybe
Gossip to Government, His Story to HistoryMAGA must change from gossip merchants to the gravitas of government
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New MAGA American System
MAGA Inc cannot be seen to celebrate the collapse of Main Street USA. Events like CPAC and Turning Point present an inspiring spectacle which contradicts the economic precariat of Main Street USA.
The MAGA critique of the UniParty Managerial Class was that they profited from Managing the Decline.
From Main Street USA, from my perspective, it looks a lot like MAGA Inc if now also Profiting from Commenting the Decline.
Gossip to GovernmentGone are the Gossip economy success metrics of clicks, viewers, likes, engagement, subscribers, and sponsors.
In the New MAGA American System, the success metrics will not be merchandise and virtual but hard, physical, economic, moral, and actual.
The political economy of the New American System will be an augmented reality where the online and new media platforms will be a secondary domain, not a primary domain, to the offices of hard power of physical institutions.
In the New MAGA American System, the former Gossip Economy success metrics will be seen as profiteering and grifting and a new form of corruption, a MAGA Inc.
His Story to HistoryAs Main Street USA flee to the New MAGA American system, they will need help. Real answers to hard questions. These people are everyday Americans suffering under the collapsing weight of the corruption of the Illegal Republic.
These citizen refugees, coming to the New MAGA American System, will be everyday people with jobs and families who are greatly stressed.
This American Precariat, the middle-class Americans in precarious economic and social conditions, want answers; they need help. Their personal and family situations are rapidly deteriorating.
Will the American Precariat come to the New MAGA American Political Entrepreneur and be faced with a wall of long-form, auto-biographical content, cross-sells and upsells, influence peddling, sponsor promos, gossip and self-aggrandizements, culture wars, and subscription paywalls?
At this moment, long-form, open-ended, auto-biographical, free-wheeling, influencer-follower ecosystems need to change to seize the Historical Moment and lead with empowering and concise recipes for action.
The political economy of the historical moment is changing quickly, and the political entrepreneurs and their networks need to answer this moment.
The New MAGA American system is a dynamic renewal of the American system, which is an alternative to the left-right, worker-capitalist frameworks of Europe.
In the New MAGA American system, the entrepreneur and the employee, the worker and the boss live in a renewed social contract, where the entrepreneur shares his or her knowledge and specialist organizational abilities with the worker and the employee.
The MAGA Online Influencer and Political Entrepreneur must model this New MAGA American System, and transcend gossip to form government, and skip self-centered autobiographies to strongly shape history.
Uh… just no.
Nice try though!
“Paul Ingrassia is arguably one of President Trump’s favorite writers.”
RSBN Interviews Paul Ingrassia at CPAC 2024 – 2/24/24
A filibuster does not help.
I don’t think so. Nobody pays the price Trump already has, except to do right. Nothing else could make all this worthwhile. fwiw I think Trump is seeing this as his hour of patriotic combat. He is ready to throw himself on the grenade. He is not about to sell out.
Thank you Former Dean. President Trump will go down in history as one of the best ever if he neglects the Old Guard, all of them, and picks the winners nobody knows to date. He is not going to sell out! As for MAC above, keep bloviating as I find it amusing. The time has come for a “Game Changer” and after all the BS President Trump has gone through, I’m doubting he has any intention of playing the same old BS games of the past 40 years. KILL the status quo! New game in town and President Trump is the QB!! MAGA 2924
The Jeb! thing was interesting. The big money people were sending a message to the NY loonies about the Trump trials and who better to send it than Jeb! who may be the #1 Never Trumper. Made me think there was some substance to the rumors of a capital flight from NY and not just conservative wish-casting.
There are rumors that NYSE is looking to leave NYC. Can’t substantiate it yet and it may have been quashed already.
I am so old, I remember GHW Bush. That didn’t end well either.
The mention of GHW makes me want to puke. He sold out America and his boys have been carrying out his legacy since he first appeared in TX. We, the people, have a problem on our hands.
Ramaswamy
I agree. He’s sharp as a tack. And he wa red pilled in the course of his campaign. And he didn’t pull any punches in the later debates against those who he realized were phonies. (Incidentally, I saw a video recently where he was at a Las Vegas gun show. What other candidate would show up in a venue like that?)
Sad to say
“Obama is a decent person. You do not have to be scared of him as President of the United States. He’s decent, a family man, a citizen. He’s not an Arab.”
–John McCain Oct. 10, 2008
The uniparty prefers comic book cutouts in superhero costumes regardless if they’re in drag.
Scott McKay author of ‘Racism, Revenge, and Ruin: It’s all Obama’ and recent Tucker Carlson interviewee agrees, as do I.
Democrat gobbledygook, nonsense.
Gobbledygook Definition & Meaning – Merriam-WebsterThe meaning of GOBBLEDYGOOK is wordy and generally unintelligible jargon. How to use gobbledygook in a sentence.
Their goal is abolition of consent of the governed. They’re one cycle away. Stop it we must.
Exactly!
Bob Costas railed on PDJT on CNN. What do they have on you Bob? Epstein? Little girls? Little boys?
All of the above.
Holy Crap!
https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/26/exclusive-hazmat-unit-descends-on-donald-trump-jr-s-home-after-he-received-death-threat-white-powder-photos/
There’s a vax for that.
“It’s just become a little bit too commonplace that this sort of stuff happens.”
–Donald J. Trump Jr.
The Largely Forgotten 2001 Anthrax Attacks That Produced An Anthrax Vaccine
https://rumble.com/v2pcs3i-system-update-85.html
“This is actually the second white powder substance envelope that’s been mailed to me. The last time we had this happen, it was during my father’s presidency and my then-wife opened it up with my kids by her side.”
“It’s just sad that we live in a society where politics and the left’s hatred of my father would drive people to do such crazy things, but that’s where we are unfortunately.”
Everything is about long term Power and Control.
Start there and everything else makes sense.
Maintaining that Power and Control is more easily accomplished when the masses are either asleep, distracted with bread and circuses or fighting amongst themselves.
It is very difficult to maintain Power and Control when the masses are awake, focused and aligned.
“And so it goes.”
One down…
Ha! That photo of Halley and Race Bannon is primo! Two notorious RINOs.
It captures them both perfectly.
For the love of money is the root of all evil
What I continue to struggle with: why has DJT continued to endorse one DecepiCon after another? The list of GOP US Senators that voted for more Ukraine money laundering were nearly all endorsed by Trump. McCarthy? Trump endorsed. McDaniel? Trump endorsed. Lindsey Graham? Trump endorsed. Tim Scott? Trump endorsed.
He knows stuff we don’t. Let’s accept we need someone who knows how to win and the path might surprise us.
Haley will stay in for as long as she can to draw in Dim voters who will help elect in open primaries
the Deceptions’ Rino candidates down ballot from Trump. Pernicious pols!
Reading this cuz gonna go see Nikki this weekend before Super Tuesday. Apparently will see the DeceptiCon roadshow.
So your telling me Koch pulled out of Haley? The real question is why would anyone want to go in there in the first place? It’s a dark, cold, damp and cavernous place to put yourself. She should come with a warning label.