1. Midterm Elections 2018: The Conservatives Who Want the GOP to Lose This Fall

From The Daily Beast: "The only way to save the Republican Party and the country from Donald Trump, some conservatives are openly saying, is for the Democrats to win this fall. They just might be right."

2. I lost because I wasn't Trump enough. All Republicans should worry.

From The Washington Post: "The Republican Party is facing an identity crisis."

3. Why We Are Leaving the G.O.P.

From The New York Times: "The Republican Party once opposed government intervention in the bedroom and the doctor's office. No longer."

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Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney — pictured during a hearing Monday, Dec. 15, 2025 — has cleared the way for Georgia's State Election Board to obtain Fulton ballots and other documents from the 2020 election. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney — pictured during a hearing Monday, Dec. 15, 2025 — has cleared the way for Georgia's State Election Board to obtain Fulton ballots and other documents from the 2020 election. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

Credit: Arvin Temkar/AJC