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markodochartaigh

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3. I first heard about this on Brad Friedman's

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 06:43 PM

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Bradcast a couple of months ago. Apparently there is some hope that the Democratic politicians can extract some concessions from Republicans since programs that the Republicans like will face mandatory cuts too. It looks like a hell of a situation and mainstream media is just ignoring it.

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