Political Coffee 8-18-26: Can Dem infighting be used against them to win? Kotax blames Trump for everything, Bynum voted against insider stock trading ban, Deep Capture how bureaucrats run everything

Can conservatives effectively use the OR Dems infighting to win in close races? https://oregoncatalyst.com/98675-oregon-democrat-infighting-wave-2.html Kotax uses Trump to deflect blame for unaffordability: https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2026/08/kotek-targets-trump-snap-cuts-as-she-builds-reelection-message.html Blame for high prices is Biden/Kotax’s fault: Long before Trump: https://thefederalist.com/2026/08/18/blame-mostly-biden-for-high-prices-1/ Millionaire Congresswoman Bynum voted against stopping insider trading act. https://oregoncatalyst.com/98646-rep-bynum-votes-stop-insider-trading-act.html Deep Capture: how the bureaucrats run the country and not elected officials: https://www.zerohedge.com/political/deep-capture-administrative-states-intellectual-origins