The Partisan Playbook
Politics is a rough sport... and we're keeping score
Week 1
President Trump orders a brazen military operation to capture and detain Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife and extradites them to New York City where they await trial on Narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy, possession of machine guns and destructive devices as well as conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices. Not a single U.S. Military Personal life was lost in the operation.
One time Vice President Candidate Tim Walz announces he will not seek third term as Governor of Minnesota amid a sprawling fraud scandal involving state-administered social service programs including childcare, nutrition, housing support, autism therapy, and other public assistance programs.
Democrats kickoff the New Year. Republicans receive the ball on their own 20 yard line and run it in to the end zone in for the first score of 2026.