DL Open Thread Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023

An ex-president is dying, but it's the wrong one. Jimmy Carter, who at 98 has lived longer than any U.S. president, has entered hospice care. Speculation on how Republicans will…

The DEGOP civil war that wasn’t

I had been expecting a headline like the one below for a long time, but the coup has come and gone. DEGOP moderates never stood a chance so they never put up a fight. It's like after Castle lost to O'Donnell, they just all said "fuck it."   They're all MAGA nutbags and really aren't concerned with ever winning state wide ever again.  

'Like a coup': Michigan Republicans raise alarms at militant far-right takeover of their party

Story by Tom Bogging
Moderate Republicans in Michigan are growing increasingly alarmed at the antics of far-right members of their party who are making major inroads at taking over the party using methods including armed intimidation at GOP events.

According to a report from Reuters, the extremist members of America First Republicans "now control local party leadership in more than half of Michigan's 83 counties" and that has officials alarmed as they prepare to hold internal elections this Saturday that could influence the direction of the party in the state.

Of concern among party members is that the failure of extremist candidates on the 2022 midterm ballot handed the state party its worst election results since 1984 -- and they fear a repeat in 2024.

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