Louisiana Senator Cassidy Loses Primary After Trump Opposition
Track whether senators facing 2026 primaries change their votes on accountability measures (impeachment, ethics investigations, subpoena compliance) after this result—that's where the real constitutional damage occurs, not in the primary itself.
This is a textbook distraction event scoring B=66 vs A=19. While it demonstrates norm erosion around accountability voting (election driver=3, precedent=1.1), it's a single-state primary with no direct institutional lever. The B-score is elevated by extremely high intentionality (11/15): dropped same week as diplomatic purge and $1.776B ally compensation fund, follows established pattern of retribution primaries, and generates massive media coverage disproportionate to governance impact. The loyalty-test narrative is highly meme-able and media-friendly while displacing coverage of structural institutional capture.