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The framing by Solender is a hodgepodge: nonsensical, divergent. He includes the usual kernel of truth, then proceeds to gaslight us.

"stunner" is the tell. 'Read and allow me to stun your mind.'

#SensemakingAssault

https://www.axios.com/2023/12/19/118-congress-bills-least-unproductive-chart
10:00 AM - Dec 29, 2023
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h/t @emptywheel for the image with her red edit: "Do Nothing Republicans"

The headline: "Capitol Hill stunner: 2023 led to fewest laws in decades"

The passive "led to" (attributed to a year, yet) is of a piece: ongoing assault on our sense-making ability.
10:06 AM - Dec 29, 2023
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Section headings: "Why it matters", "The big picture", "Zoom in", "What we're watching", barely apply.

More passive framing in the text ("unlikely to see") as well as vague negativity ("becomes even more bleak").

A careful reading--and re-reading--is instructive and worthwhile.

#diligence
10:17 AM - Dec 29, 2023
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