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I was thinking about it this morning that actually the happiest people in Washington about Kirsten Cinema becoming independent are the former aides to Joe Manchin who now are

lobbyists who are suddenly back in demand again because for 48 hours they were all of a sudden

not that useful to anybody. I think she, and you could say this about Bernie Sanders too, these are

people who are like in the Groucho Marx club. They don't want to be part of any

club that will have them. I mean, I think, I was thinking about, you know, she is, it's so

on brand. This is a woman who wears a ring that says literally, fuck off.

Welcome to the political scene, a weekly discussion about the big questions in American

politics. I'm Evan Osnos, and I'm joined by my colleagues, Susan Glasser and Jane

Mayor. Hi to you both. Hi, Evan. Hey, Evan.

There is a lot to talk about this week. We've got the Georgia runoff, Kirsten Cinema, becoming an independent, a new primary calendar, perhaps, for the Democrats, and the criminal conviction of the Trump organization for tax fraud. But I think we have to start really with Donald Trump calling to quote unquote terminate the Constitution. He would like to be

reinstated somehow as president or at a minimum have what he describes as the 2020

election redone, makes it sound like an interior

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