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Trump’s Iran war is metastasizing into a full-spectrum political crisis for the GOP — and the party’s own pollsters in Iowa are sounding the alarm that even R+15 districts are now competitive. Four Republican senators just broke ranks on the latest war powers vote while John Fetterman sided with Trump. Independents are moving, gas prices are climbing, and independent veteran candidates are gaining real ground in Idaho, Nebraska, and Montana. Here’s the no-BS read on where the winds are actually blowing.
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