Don't be fooled, Mike Lawler was never a "moderate." Any House member voting consistently with Trump is full on MAGA. Voters are fed up, and the GOP can expect more town halls just like this one heading into the midterms.
Trump doesn’t know what he wants from this war, and Americans don’t want war at all. Rick Wilson joins Back Room with Andy Ostroy to chronicle Trump’s failures in Iran:
Fox: Latest read on consumer sentiment came in at 47.6. Huge drop from the expectation of 52. Inflation expectations coming in at 4.8%, up a full percent from the prior month. High gas prices weighing on consumers.
@therickwilson.bsky.social's back in THE BACK ROOM discussing the Iran war, Trump's unhinged behavior, the Epstein cover-up, MAGA, the midterms and more podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
Texas drivers on rising gas prices:
"I blame Trump directly.... I don't think it's right that we the people of America should have to suffer for that. It's all about power, greed, and control. And we're paying for it."
Epstein isn’t going away—and thanks to Melania Trump’s bizarre press statement, it just hijacked the entire week. Rick Wilson breaks down the PR meltdown.
WATCH: https://youtu.be/VhZNIji7HVY
Melania defended herself against Epstein claims, but said zilch in defense of Donny. Rick Wilson breaks down the strange timing, the careful wording, and what it could signal is coming next. Catch it on YouTube.
LP friend James Carville on why the work of Lincoln Project is essential, now more than ever:
Doesn't seem like he has any clue what is going on, does it?
Melania demands justice for Epstein victims. Sweetie, the call is coming from inside the White House.
All new episode of The Breakdown is up in 1 HOUR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAiXr5Xrppo
Fox: Is Trump expecting to pay back $168B in tariff revenue post the SCOTUS decision?
Hassett: Uh...there's alternative authorities that perhaps could reduce that number quite a bit. Uh...it's a work in progress.
You're not getting a tariff refund.
Between oil futures, prediction markets, and the new “joint venture” with Iran, someone needs to find out exactly how much money the Trump family might be making off of this war while American soldiers take casualties.
UPDATE: Letters from Leo can now independently confirm that the meeting took place — and that the Vatican was so alarmed by the Pentagon’s tactics that Leo shelved plans to visit America.
Some officials saw their reference to an Avignon papacy as a threat to use military force against the Holy See.
“There is an uptick in traffic in the strait today”
She knows it’s only 3 ships. Before the war? 135 ships/day.
Seems like Iran is still calling the shots.
"Trump has always survived opposition by discrediting it... That playbook is harder to run when the critics helped build his movement." www.axios.com/2026/04/08/trump-maga-tu...
“If Trump tells me to cut my balls off and put them in his pocket, I will say thank you, I love you sir”
Iran now controls a Strait that was fully open before Trump started this. American lives are lost, more than 300 injured, sanctions lifted, gas almost $5, damage to US bases...
Now, Trump is getting us into a joint venture that puts Iran in an even better position than before.
“I genuinely believe that if Trump wins and gets the nuclear codes there is an excellent possibility it will lead to the end of civilization.” - Trump's ‘The Art of the Deal’ ghostwriter, 2016 www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/25/dona...
With approval ratings sinking and Republican nerves heightening, James Carville paints for us how this November will be one to remember. Watch the LP Pod here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd7OFR1hhvQ
When you're so crazy, you've completely lost the conspiracy theorists
Trump’s ICE has arrested the wife of a soldier while he prepares to go fight Trump’s War in Iran. LP Senior Advisor Stuart Stevens joins MSNOW to highlight this cruelty and how it endangers our national security.
We have never seen a political party collapse like this before, and still no Republican in Congress has the nerve to reject Trump. LP Senior Advisor Stuart Stevens joins MSNOW to paint that picture:
Our country was designed to protect us from people like Donald Trump. #NoKings
https://youtu.be/y-KkbwtQgjc?si=4Al9JTEV-n5SbKvN
If you like the way America is going, then vote to keep these people in office.
https://youtu.be/CB8zBIoV-6Y?si=9JSib5X1xyl2PPGc
Pam Bondi got redacted—and the timing says everything. Rick Wilson breaks down why Bondi got cut loose, and what it signals about the escalating Epstein fallout.
WATCH HERE: https://youtu.be/0oxReUpiyRU
GOP Rep. Jeff Van Drew to Americans struggling with rising costs:
"Better just keep breaking your back and working hard, maybe get yet another job."
No new Breakdown episode this week, but we will be back soon. You can subscribe to our YouTube channel to catch up on The LP Podcast and all other Lincoln Project content here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLincolnProject
10,000 Veterans and their families to lose their homes due to Trump's VA: www.npr.org/2026/04/02/nx-s1-5750814...
Tulsi, let today be a reminder that you, too, are expendable to him. You'll be tossed aside by this administration but we won't forget all the lawlessness-like this photo:
Todd Blanche has the experience Donald Trump was looking for. After bribing Ghislaine Maxwell with cushy new country club incarceration to keep quiet about Donald, Blanche has already shown both the willingness and ability to cover-up the crimes of pedophiles.
