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Raving Trump is in medical crisis — and he's hurling accusations that prove it

The GOP’s Favorite Lie Is Medical OpacityThe story the source tellsThe immediate reporting is simple: Trump’s allies are hiding basic facts about his health, while Republicans also circulate unsupported claims that Mitch McConnell is fine despite being absent. The article points to a familiar pattern: the same political machine that turns other people’s ailments into weapons now demands secrecy, deference, and obvious nonsense when the instability is theirs.Power Is the PointThis is not a mystery about old age. It is a power arrangement.Trump sits at the center of a party that controls the…

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