How Did Texas Slip Into the MAGA Abyss?

Biden Protest Vote • Navalny Fallout • Santos Sues Kimmel [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( How Did Texas Slip Into the MAGA Abyss? Good morning from the Hive newsroom! Mark McKinnon, who worked years back for a couple of Texas governors, Democrat Ann Richards and Republican George W. Bush, [traces]( GOP politics in the Lone Star State from “compassionate conservatism to the tea party to MAGA extremists,” or rather, “from bighearted to coldhearted to heartless.” Elsewhere, Eric Lutz [finds]( Donald Trump finally breaking his silence about the [death]( of Alexey Navalny only “to seemingly compare his own legal situation to the fate of the Russian opposition leader.” And Jack McCordick [writes]( how Rep. Rashida Tlaib is urging Michigan Democrats to vote “uncommitted” in the state’s upcoming primary, [a protest]( against Joe Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war. Thanks for reading. [Image may contain: Ted Cruz, Greg Abbott, Photography, Art, Collage, Advertisement, Adult, Person, Poster, Painting, and Face]( [How Did Texas Slip Into the MAGA Abyss?]( By [Mark McKinnon]( [A longtime resident—and former adviser to George W. Bush—offers a woeful ode to the Lone Star State.]( [Read more button](   [Trump: I’m Basically Like Alexey Navalny]( By [Eric Lutz]( [The former president finally broke his silence on the death of Putin’s fiercest critic—by comparing his own legal predicament to the persecution of the late Russian opposition leader.]( [Read more button](   [Rep. Rashida Tlaib Endorses Protest Vote Against Biden in Michigan Democratic Primary]( By [Jack McCordick]( [Arab American and Muslim leaders hope to pressure the White House to change its approach to the war between Israel and Hamas.]( [Read more button](   [Nikki Haley Accuses Trump of Plotting to Use RNC as a “Piggy Bank” for Rising Legal Costs]( By [Jack McCordick]( [The jab came after a NY judge issued a staggering $355 million fine against the former president in a civil fraud case.]( [Read more button](   [George Santos Is Suing Jimmy Kimmel for Ridiculing His “Gregarious Personality”]( By [Jack McCordick]( [The lawsuit accuses the late-night host of fraud for generating “phony” requests on the celebrity video app Cameo.]( [Read more button](   Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now](   [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn](   This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2024 Condé Nast