Trump attacks elections while Congress sleepwalks toward November
Trump is telegraphing his punches on the November elections, Congress is sleepwalking, and Zelensky is in Washington the same week the Senate honors Lindsey Graham. Paul Rieckhoff files from Rocket City — Huntsville, Alabama — with a no-BS read on why the Graham Ukraine bill has to pass now, why loyalty is beating competence across the intelligence community, and why an independent Green Beret can actually win Montana if the Democratic spoiler steps aside.
From the shadow of the Saturn V in Huntsville, Alabama, Paul Rieckhoff delivers a no-BS field report on a week when the stakes could not be…
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