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MAGA Mondays: GOP Operative Roger Stone Panics Over Midterms, Calls in JD Vance

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Stein, S. (2026, November 2). MAGA Mondays: GOP Operative Roger Stone Panics Over Midterms, Calls in JD Vance. The Bulwark. https://www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-mondays-gop-operative-roger

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The article discusses Republican panic ahead of the midterm elections, focusing on GOP operative Roger Stone's efforts to support a Make America Great Again (MAGA) candidate. It mentions concerns over Trump's reaction to the $50 million pardon controversy involving Alina Habba and other issues like Tucker Carlson’s nuclear claims and MAGA supporters' fascination with Darth Vader.

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As the 2026 midterm elections approached, Republican operative Roger Stone expressed desperation over his party's prospects, reaching out to JD Vance for support. In a live video discussion on The Bulwark, Sam Stein and Will Sommer highlighted Stone's efforts to bolster a MAGA candidate amid growing panic within the GOP. They also noted former President Trump's anger over Alina Habba’s $50 million pardon controversy and discussed a failed investigation by a MAGA influencer in Alaska.

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Republicans are showing signs of panic, and some familiar election deniers are resurfacing at the White House.

left characterizes Republicans as panicking and using election denial tactics

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Sam Stein

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🔮 Sam Stein and Lauren Egan discuss the furious reaction from Democrats, the turmoil inside Stevens’ own office, what may have prompted her decision, and whether it could change the outcome of Tuesday’s election.

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🔮 Sam Stein and Will Sommer unpack a jaw-dropping Harvard Crimson investigation into Leo Terrell, Trump’s antisemitism czar, and the spectacular dysfunction inside his Justice Department task force.

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🔮 Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow joins Sam Stein for her take on how a fabricated poll had real consequences for her Senate campaign, drying up donations, rattling volunteers, and prompting reporters to ask when she would drop out.

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🔮 Trump would rather talk about men’s butts.

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🔮 Sam Stein and Will Sommer break down the foreign money scandal involving Alina Habba’s new husband, Ric Grenell, and the Kennedy Center.

2026-10-19 · assertive framing · MAGA Mondays with Will Sommer and Sam Stein

🔮 Sam and Andrew discuss Trump’s increasingly grievance-driven rallies, his lack of a positive vision for voters, and the disturbing implications of a president who seems willing to declare reality into existence.

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🔮 They also discuss Trump’s claim that annihilating Iran would create peace, his latest attempt to rewrite his four-to-six-week timeline, his complaints about “negative” questions, and his fixation on the White House renovations and other personal projects.

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🔮 They also dig into Hegseth’s new Project Meridian, which will bring together Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich to study the future of warfare, as well as his proposal to have governors compete for new troop deployments.

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Bulwark GOP MAGA MAGA Mondays Republicans

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MAGA ORG · 3× Bulwark ORG · 1× GOP ORG · 1× JD Vance PERSON · 1× Republicans NORP · 1× Roger Stone PERSON · 1× Roger Stone’s PERSON · 1× Sam Stein PERSON · 1× Will Sommer PERSON · 1× the White House ORG · 1×

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Sam Stein and Will Sommer discuss Roger Stone’s desperate effort to rescue a MAGA candidate, Trump’s fury over Alina Habba’s $50 million pardon controversy, and a MAGA influencer’s spectacularly failed investigation in Alaska.

framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-11-02

2026-11-02 · The Bulwark

MAGA Mondays: GOP Operative Roger Stone Panics Over Midterms, Calls in JD Vance · assertive framing

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MAGA Mondays: GOP Operative Roger Stone Panics Over Midterms, Calls in JD Vance asserted

Stone → panic → Vance

With Election Day looming, Republicans are showing signs of panic, and some familiar election deniers are resurfacing at the White House. asserted

deniers → loom → House

Stein → discuss → Alaska