Mongoose: GOP Splitting, Trump to Lead Third Party?

Civil Society, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, Ethics, Government
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In Free-Range Trump, Many See Potential for a Third Party

To be sure, the barriers to creating a relevant third party are high and longstanding. But the nationalistic, conservative populist agenda that Mr. Trump ran on has wealthy patrons like the Mercer family, the software billionaires, and Peter Thiel, the Silicon Valley entrepreneur. They have told friends and associates that they are committed to seeing the movement that Mr. Trump ignited live on.

Mongoose: GOP & US CoC Against Steve Bannon

Commerce, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, Government
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Establishment gears up for Steve Bannon’s war on the GOP leadership

Deep-pocketed supporters of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and other GOP leaders have resolved to fight a protracted battle over the next year for the soul of the party in congressional primaries. “It’s shaping up to be McConnell, the Senate Leadership Fund and the Chamber against Bannon,” said Scott Reed, the senior political strategist for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. “And we will take that fight.”