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2 Feb, 4 tweets, 2 min read

If she were applying for a job at Politico, the person doing the interview wouldn't write 'controversial' on their assessment, they'd write 'unhinged.' In other words, Politico doesn't agree with Politico, which is an everyday example of a deep current.
politico.com/news/2021/02/0…

View this as a transcript of American society, 2020, because of the types of players and their roles:
axios.com/trump-oval-off…

The voice of sanity in the piece (and maybe the source):
bloomberg.com/profile/person…

A different source:
sltrib.com/news/politics/…

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