USA cattle industry is strongly opposed to Trump's beef from Argentina plan. x.com/i/trending/1...

Are they as mad at #POTUS #Trump as they were at #Oprah? THEN THEY'RE REALLY PISSED!😡

Did they donate to the ballroom, too?
So much for #moneyandpower & #MAGAPower.
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#MAGApower “It’s a shame,” the #HouseGOP member said. “Politics trumps substance, work ethic and experience.”

And common sense, another added: “You have a two-seat majority, and you shot one of your members.”
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#MAGApower
“Mike Turner is not going to go gently into that good night,” said one incensed senior GOP aide who isn’t necessarily a Turner fan.

#MAGApower Perhaps more importantly, he has made a new enemy in Turner, who declined to comment.
#Turner is not exactly a beloved figure. He can be brusque, even condescending, some say. But he has a close group of allies on national security issues who are now aghast at Johnson’s move —

#MAGApower but the speaker’s decision to briefly cite “concerns from #Mar-a-Lago” as a justification for his decision vexed #Trump’s inner circle, who said that the president-elect had nothing to do with the matter and accused Johnson of trying to paper over his own political considerations.

#MAGApower The easygoing, always smiling Johnson is quickly learning that wielding power means making enemies — especially when you bungle the execution.
Johnson entered his private meeting with Turner armed with a host of internal conference reasons for firing him,

#MAGApower and found a consolation prize for Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.), who lost out on the Foreign Affairs Committee gavel.

Problems solved. But, also, problems created.
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#MAGApower In, too, came a new crop of rank-and-file Intel members — each of whom helped Johnson with parochial political problems in the House. He rewarded Rep. Pat Fallon (R-Texas), who helped run his speaker vote whip operation,

#MAGApower After more than a year tiptoeing around a Republican Conference where intervening in even miniscule factional disputes could risk his gavel, the speaker’s intel machinations this week represented an uncharacteristic — and messy — show of political muscle. @adamkinzinger.bsky.social

When Speaker #MikeJohnson summarily fired #HouseIntelligence Chair #MikeTurner this week, everyone assumed it was for Trump.

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Actually, it was about #MAGApower — not the incoming president’s, but Johnson’s.
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