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As I bring you Tina’s letter today, I’m reminded how, in the summer of 2021, when Democrats were trying to pass the Build Back Better package, they were unable to because there was disagreement in their ranks, for which Republicans mercilessly taunted them. “Dems in Disarray” appeared on t-shirts and birthday cakes on the Hill. I can’t help but think of that now as the G.O.P. is convulsed with an intra-party struggle, both over Kevin McCarthy’s future and George Santos’s past. But clichés are clichés for a reason, and Democrats are notorious in #ThisTown for being bad at carpe-ing the political diem—any Democrat will despondently tell you so. Anyway, as you read Tina’s (as always) fascinating dispatching from the wildlands of MAGA and the Republican rumpus, see if you can think of an alliterative something to put on a sheet cake for your favorite Hill staffer.

Good night, and see you next year,
Julia

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