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  "publishedAt": "2026-07-01T18:36:37.000Z",
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  "textContent": "As more centrist Democrats fall to socialists and far-left progressives, Republicans smell an opportunity to retain Congress. But, **Eric Garcia** writes, it is not that clear cut",
  "title": "The ‘AOC effect’ is now officially sweeping the primaries — and Republicans are licking their chops",
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