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Congress just skipped town for two months while an unauthorized Iran war grinds on, Trump sits at 19% approval, and his own party is quietly writing him out of their ads. Meanwhile, a Macklemore chant at an Ed Sheeran show exposed the real fault line most Americans are actually living on when it comes to Israel and Gaza. Paul Rieckhoff breaks down what independents should be watching — and closes with Football Friday picks to get you into the weekend.

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Congress has left the building — for two months. No AI legislation, no check on an Iran war the American people never signed up for, no…

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Why Congress bailing for two months during an Iran war, an A. Why Congress bailing for two months during an Iran war, an AI arms race, and a market wobble is a full institutional failure

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Trump at 19% approval. and the tell that his own party is scrubbing him from their re-election ads

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J.D. Vance and Pete Hegseth already positioning as heirs, pl. J.D. Vance and Pete Hegseth already positioning as heirs, plus Thomas Massie’s articles of impeachment against Hegseth

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The independent veteran bench that’s actually building power. Bengs (SD), Osborn (NE), Bodnar (MT), Achilles (ID)

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