Morning Digest: Why the GOP may not have Peter Thiel to blame for terrible candidates next year

_{The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, and Stephen Wolf, with additional contributions from Daniel Donner, David Jarman, Steve Singiser, James Lambert and David Beard.}

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● Senate: Conservative megadonor Peter Thiel has informed his personal network that he doesn't plan to contribute to any candidates this cycle, according to a new report from Reuters—a development that may actually come as a relief to Senate Republicans who've watched in frustration as his money has gone to prop up some truly toxic candidates. Thiel's apparent withdrawal comes at a time when, according to Reuters, he's grown alienated from Donald Trump and angry with the GOP's "focus on hot-button U.S. cultural issues'' like abortion and anti-trans policies, though Thiel and Trump very much were on the same side in two crucial 2022 contests.