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  "path": "/2026/05/21/post-loss-clarity-bill-cassidy-rediscovers-his-spine-as-a-lame-duck-senator/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-22T03:02:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.techdirt.com",
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    "bill cassidy",
    "donald trump",
    "iran",
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  "textContent": "Just a few days ago, I wrote a post about how Bill Cassidy had been primaried out of returning as a senator for Louisiana and how all of this bootlicking of the Trump administration obviously didn’t do the job he hoped it would do. As a result, he has been left as a lame duck […]",
  "title": "Post Loss Clarity: Bill Cassidy Rediscovers His Spine As A Lame Duck Senator"
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