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Vol. V · No. 598Wednesday Edition
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Joe Manchin held the line as the deciding vote in a 50-50 Senate. Now he and his daughter Heather are taking that same no-BS independence national — with a strategy, a target list, and real horsepower behind independent veterans like Seth Bodnar in Montana. This is the moment the independent movement stops asking for permission and starts winning seats.

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Senator Joe Manchin & Heather Manchin. The plan to break the two-party machine. Why Montana could change everything.
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For the first time on Independent Americans, Senator Joe Manchin and Heather Manchin sit down with Paul Rieckhoff to lay out exactly how…

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→ Four things from today’s episode
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Joe Manchin on being the one vote that made the 117th Congress work. and why setting hard parameters forced both parties to negotiate

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Heather Manchin's "canyon chart". billions on the left, billions on the right, and a politically homeless sensible majority in the middle

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Why 47 states run partisan primaries and 16 states shut inde. Why 47 states run partisan primaries and 16 states shut independents out completely — and why taxpayers are funding elections they can't fully participate in

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The Montana breakdown. Seth Bodnar needs 220,000 votes, out-raised both party candidates, and now has a true three-way race

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