"Driving the news: Washington advanced a series of policies over the past week that would have triggered significant MAGA backlash at earlier points in the administration. This time, the reaction was mostly crickets - drowned out by online convulsions over Candace Owens, Turning Point USA, a MAGA podcaster's sexuality, and antisemitism. Artificial intelligence: President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that aims to gut state laws that regulate AI - a major initiative pushed by the GOP's tech allies."
"Backlash from MAGA thought leaders like Steve Bannon and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) helped kill a similar provision in Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" earlier this year. But this time, conservative efforts to influence the sweeping executive order were unsuccessful. Marijuana: Trump is expected to soon reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug under federal law, easing regulations and obstacles for medical research, as Axios reported Thursday."
MAGA activism has fragmented into grifter infighting and personality conflicts, leaving little philosophical or ideological focus. Corporate interests and the Trump administration advanced significant policy moves with minimal resistance from the conservative base. The administration issued a sweeping executive order on artificial intelligence that preempts state regulations, and conservative influencers failed to block the measure. The administration plans to reclassify marijuana to ease research and regulations, generating little right-wing backlash. The MAGA base remains torn between support for actions like strikes on drug-running boats and wariness of foreign entanglements. Redistricting fights and recent state election outcomes show GOP lawmakers resisting intimidation.
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