Yes, This Was A Very Bad Week For Trump And The RepublicansLet's keep working for Johnny Garcia in TX-35 this weekend.......
Morning all. We’ve all been searching for the right words to describe the dramatic events we saw in Washington this week - meltdown, breach, collapse, FUBAR……. Let’s spend the morning rummaging through the Trumpian rubble. Trump ends the week with this his worst poll numbers of the second term on FiftyPlusOne’s job approval average:
His staggering unpopularity is starting to show up now in the generic ballot. The NYT and Quinnipiac this week had Dems with an 11 point lead, and the Real Clear Politics average is now D+ 7.4, higher than it was on Election Day on 2018, an election we won by 8.6 points. Look at the angle of the downward slope of the Rs. Big yikes!
A generic ballot of D+ 7.4 is a 9 point shift since early 2025 in the national battlefield yielding a Senate battlefield that gives the Dems a shot to take back the majority in what is a very tough 2026 map for us. Here is a selection of recent Senate polls. They are encouraging:
The influential University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment survey released on Friday not only showed it’s lowest reading in 65 years, look at this summary of their findings:
Look at these charts! Holy Trump is a huge fuck-up Batman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here’s the lead story in the NYT this morning:
Here’s the lead story in the Washington Post:
An excerpt:
From The Hill this morning:
As we’ve been discussing this week as bad as things are now for Trump and the Rs it is likely to get worse. Soon Washington will come to understand that Trump has lost the war to Iran and has done enormous harm to our national security and global standing. Orban is gone, and Putin is losing his war too. Trump is likely to be rebuked in Congress on both the Iranian and Ukrainian wars in the coming days, an extraordinary humiliation. The dramatic cuts to our health care system are going to start to be felt by more people. His greed and gluttony has made his escalating, historic corruption impossible to hide or ignore. Things almost always get worse for the party in power as we get closer to the election, and today we are already sitting at 2018 general election blow out levels with more room for Rs to fall. Ugly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For months I’ve been arguing that there were limits to what the Congressional Republicans would be willing to do. We are hitting them now, and while it won’t be neat and clear, perhaps something a like rough national unity government could emerge in the coming months, one where members of both parties begin working together, regularly to block Trump and even attempt to repeal some of the terrible things he has done. For part of what happened this week is that many Republicans began seeing Trump as we see him - old, unhinged, corrupt, reckless, failed, ridiculous, dangerous, and irredeemable…… Littered throughout the stories this week are quotes and sentiments from Republicans that we have not seen in this term, or perhaps ever, about Trump. Something changed in Washington this week. Trump’s working to defeat two prominent Republican Senators and Massie in the House was a breach, a before and after moment, an OK we really can’t trust these assholes in the White House any more moment. Look at the sentiment in the quote from Susan Collins as they all come to terms with having to rally behind one of the most lawless and disgusting politicians in modern American history (from that WaPo article, above), Ken Paxton, one that Trump is working to shove down their throats:
Something broke in the Washington this week and I am not sure Trump is going to be able to repair it before the election, or ever. Through his arrogance and megalomania he is now far more alone and exposed than he was before, which makes his eventual fall now far more likely. Happy Saturday all! We have some terrific new conversations for your holiday weekend viewing and listening pleasure:
Now, Heads Down, And Let’s Go Out And Win This Frigging Election!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Our fundraising campaign for Johnny Garcia in TX-35 has already raised $16,000, beating our weekend goal of $10,000. Thank you all! But we aren’t stopping there, however, and encourage you to learn more about why we’ve launched an emergency fundraising campaign for Garcia for his Tuesday run-off here. Consider donating to Garcia today directly here, or by supporting our new Winning The House - Second Wave campaign where is one of the five recipients along with Bob Brooks (PA-07), Bob Harvie (PA-01), Denise Powell (NE-02) and Bobby Pulido (TX-15). We can do this people!!!!!!! Winning The Midterms, Competing In Red States and Red Places, Expanding The MapHopium’s Winning The House Campaign - $718,200 raised, $1,000,000 goal (new ambitious, audacious even, q2 goal) - Donate to all twelve of our endorsed House challengers with a single contribution split twelve ways | Get to know Jamie Ager (NC-11), Christina Bohannan (IA-01), Paige Cognetti (PA-08), Rebecca Cooke (WI-03), Elaine Luria (VA-02), Sean McCann (MI-04), Jo Mendoza (AZ-06), Chaz Molder (TN-05), Jonathan Nez (AZ-02), Janelle Stelson (PA-10), Shannon Taylor (VA-01), and Sarah Trone Garriott (IA-03) by watching our recently recorded Hopium interviews. Friends if these twelve win, the House will flip, no matter redistricting madness the Rs execute in the coming days. So eyes on the prize here. Hopium’s Winning The House - Second Wave - $16,300 raised, $250,000 goal - We’ve launched a second House fund this week, one targeting candidate who’ve recently emerged from primaries or have to run in new districts. Our initial crew is
More on this exciting new initiative in the coming days…… Mary Peltola For Alaska Senate - $95,500 raised, $250,000 goal - Donate | Learn more through my uplifting conversation with Mary Peltola as she fights to turn Alaska blue James Talarico For Texas - $73,500 raised, $250,000 - Donate | Learn more from my inspiring interview with Rep. Talarico as he fights to turn Texas blue Winning Ohio - $147,300 raised, $250,000 goal - Our new campaign splits contributions evenly among Sherrod Brown, the Acton/Pepper ticket, and the Ohio Democratic Party | Donate today and help us turn this critical 2026 battleground blue | Watch my new discussions with US Senate candidate Sherrod Brown, our candidate for Governor Dr. Amy Acton, Lt. Gov candidate David Pepper, and Ohio Dem Chair Kathleen Clyde This total includes $21,000 sent by a Hopium community member directly to each of our three Buckeye State partners! Hopium’s Audacious Expansion Fund - $570,600 raised, $1,000,000 goal (new stretch goal) - Join our campaign that has helped expand our map by investing in the Democratic Parties of Alaska, Florida, Iowa, Maine, and Texas, all now central battlegrounds in the 2026 election | Catch interviews with the five intrepid state chairs leading their troops into battle this year - will get you fired up! | Contribute to all five state parties with one contribution split evenly among these five new battlegrounds Many thanks to two generous Hopium community members who have audaciously donated $20,000 to each of our five state parties over the past two years Roy Cooper for NC Senate - $113,700 raised, $250,000 goal - Donate | Learn more through my new discussion with Gov. Cooper as he fights to turn North Carolina blue Jon Ossoff GA Senate - $178,100 raised, $250,000 goal - Donate | Learm more through my uplifting conversation with Senator Ossoff Keep working hard everyone. We have a country to save, and these great candidates to elect, together! - Simon You're currently a free subscriber to Hopium Chronicles By Simon Rosenberg. For the full experience, upgrade your subscription.
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