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Honorless Men

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  —→July Flash Sale:🔓 Unlock the full story. > For a limited time, you can tear down the paywall for 40% off —Just $6/month. . Get unfiltered, deep-dive political analysis from the sharpest strategists in the game when you upgrade now for just 16 cents per day! Honorless Men Max Miller, John Cornyn, and Thom Tillis symbolize the rot in the Republican Party. Rick Wilson Aug 9 ∙ Preview   Honor is out of fashion in this age of decline. The simple definition—the one that has any meaning in real political practice—is in fact much more difficult. Honor is doing the right thing when it costs you. A vote which involves no cost is not true courage, and a statement of concern with no risk involved is not actually a stand; the only test that has ever been important in this field is what a man does when acting rightly has a price attached, when that price is real, and he pays it anyway. That leads me to John Cornyn and Thom Tillis, who this week had to go through that test with the...

Ask the Editor in Chief: Maine Senate Updates, Mitch McConnell's Mystery, Trump's Pillow Guy Plug + More — 7/20/26

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    Watch now   Ask the Editor in Chief: Maine Senate Updates, Mitch McConnell's Mystery, Trump's Pillow Guy Plug + More — 7/20/26 Ron Filipkowski and Pablo Manríquez tackle the week's biggest questions from Meidas+ subscribers Ron Filipkowski , Pablo Manríquez , and MeidasTouch Network Jul 21 ∙ Another week, another round of subscriber questions put directly to MeidasTouch Editor-in-Chief Ron Filipkowski, with DC correspondent Pablo Manríquez running the show. Thank you to all our subscribers who submitted questions as comments to Ron’s daily bulletin! Read below for a full recap of this episode and watch above! Let’s dive in. Is Troy Jackson Maine’s best shot at unseating Susan Collins? The first question dug into the chaotic aftermath of Graham Platner’s implosion and whether Troy Jackson is really the answer for Maine Democrats. Filipkowski explained his frustration with how the nominating process played out. What was supposed to be a thoughtful, delegate-driven conve...