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AZJonnie

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2. Allow me to provide clarity into the very complex political calculations described in the article
Tue Dec 16, 2025, 03:15 PM
Dec 16

for those aren't able to follow the arcane workings in play:

1) A whole bunch of Americans are going to be pissed
2) The people in Trump's orbit don't want those people to be pissed at Trump, cause it'll put him in a bad mood
3) So they want him to STFU about the subject in hopes he won't be the subject of their ire

Also "Republicans’ failure to repeal Obamacare that fueled Democrats’ return to power in 2018."?

The M$M sucks I swear to Dog (and that includes Politico, a lot of the time)



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