Today’s notice: Congressional Republicans on the biggest House primary of the year. Georgia Republicans look for a U.S. Senate hero. The president has a suggestion for senators frustrated with the parliamentarian: fire her. Democrats dump a ton of money on STEM candidates. And: More reporting on Trump’s stocks.

THE LATEST

Predicting a MAGA win in Kentucky: Republicans on the Hill are for the most part expecting Rep. Thomas Massie to be out of their political lives soon. The polls have been tight, but at this point many lawmakers think a Massie win would be a surprise.

How do they feel about it? Don’t expect a lot of tears from Massie’s colleagues in the House. Rep. Don Bacon, who has also come under Donald Trump’s scrutiny, said he doesn’t wish the congressman any harm but “I hate hearing his campaign be so anti-Israel and anti-Jew,” he told NOTUS’ Kadia Goba.

“I am for Trump!” said one Republican, who wanted to be quoted on background, “because I have to work with Massie for 6 more months.”

“He had it coming,” the lawmaker texted. “Tired of the grandstanding.”

Republicans who want some independence from Trump have had a rough run lately. Sen. Bill Cassidy will soon be out of a job. Many of the Indiana lawmakers who bucked the president on redistricting will soon be out of their jobs, too. Some Republicans on the Hill are worried about how the conference will look and act without one of its most vocal iconoclasts.

“Massie is a rare breed, a principled member of congress. Most of the people I work with are cowards who would never stand up to the party, the speaker, or the president,” one lawmaker texted. “I hope he wins.”

Trump has picked his battles in these primaries. Rep. David Valadao of California voted to impeach Trump in his first term. Trump snubbed him on an invite in January of last year, but that’s about it. Sen. Susan Collins, who the president literally said “should never be elected again,” did not get Massie’d with a Trump-endorsed opponent.

Those are two seats Republicans could actually lose in the general, so presidential vengeance has been tempered.

What happens when MAGA stays out of a primary? We’re going to find out in Georgia. Republicans need a strong candidate to square off against Sen. Jon Ossoff, a rising Democratic star, but they’re probably not going to get one tonight. NOTUS’ Christa Dutton reports that Republicans in the state expect a runoff. Trump loyalists are free to choose any of the top contenders, whom each have MAGA bona fides.

The smart money, Christa writes, is on Gov. Brian Kemp’s chosen candidate, the former football coach Derek Dooley, facing Rep. Mike Collins in a runoff. Rep. Buddy Carter is not in the mix. “It’s very clear it’s a two-person race at this point,” Jesse Hunt, a GOP strategist, said.

Open tabs: Trump is losing his grip on his most important demographic (CNN); Democratic district attorneys vow to prosecute federal agents who target voting sites (Politico); Nancy Pelosi Finally Endorses a Potential Successor (NOTUS); Trump official helped secure US visa for fugitive Polish minister (Reuters)

From the Hill

Trump wants the Senate parliamentarian fired. That’s what he told Majority Leader John Thune on a phone call yesterday, NOTUS’ Taylor Giorno and Al Weaver report. The president was incensed that the nonpartisan and respected Elizabeth MacDonough determined the White House ballroom funding Republicans submitted in their reconciliation bill did not pass muster.

“No,” was Thune’s response when NOTUS asked whether he would entertain dismissing MacDonough.

But yes is the plan on the ballroom funding itself. Al and NOTUS’ Igor Bobic report that Senate Republicans are trying to revise the language in their reconciliation bill to get the $1 billion in ballroom-related funding through MacDonough’s review. The goal is to get this bill passed through both chambers of Congress, with the ballroom money in it, by June 1.

A new problem is that several Republicans have expressed reservations about a reconciliation bill that funds the ballroom project, including Sens. Thom Tillis, Lisa Murkowski, John Curtis, Susan Collins and Rand Paul. Republicans can lose at most three votes on the party-line spending package.

From the White House

TrumpRx gets an upgrade: The president’s drug discount website had listed just several dozen medications since its launch earlier this year. But now it will list hundreds, passing users on to billionaire Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drugs and similar existing discount sites, NOTUS’ Paige Winfield Cunningham reports. At a press conference, the administration also announced a partnership with Amazon Pharmacy and a new tool on TrumpRx where users can search for individual pharmacies.

From the campaign trail

Follow-up: Revenge of the nerds. 314 Action Fund, a progressive spending group dedicated to getting STEM professionals elected — which we first told you about in January — announced this morning that it is putting nearly $8 million behind Democratic primary candidates, more than doubling its contributions from last cycle. Among the recipients are congressional candidates Daniel Biss (Illinois), Dr. Ala Stanford (Pennsylvania) and Dr. Richard Pan (California). Maine governor candidate Nirav Shah, who briefly served as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under Joe Biden, is also set to receive support from the group.

NEW ON NOTUS

Trump stocks follow-up: Reporting from NOTUS’ Samuel Larreal on the president’s prolific personal stock trades has caused quite a stir. In a new story today, Sam answers some of the most pressing questions about the president’s portfolio.

A sample: Does Trump himself know what stocks are in his financial portfolio? Yes, he does. Who actually manages Trump’s investments? That’s not entirely clear.

NOT US

• Can Hakeem Jeffries Lead a Democratic Takeover of the House? By Jason Zengerle for The New Yorker
  
• Indictment and Impeachment Only Made Him Stronger. Remind You of Anyone? By Michael Kruse and Lauren McGaughy for The New York Times
  
• How Nicki Minaj Became Trump’s ‘No. 1 Fan,’ by Erich Schwartzel, Josh Dawsey and Maggie Severns for The Wall Street Journal

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