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The Public Sphere

This week we're engaging in some good old fashioned punditry. December saw a couple of profiles published about how the Trump White House operates. We've been getting edges of the puzzle for months now as personnel, like Steve Bannon, have left and the Russia investigation continues. But the Dec. 9 NY Times article from Maggie Haberman, Glenn Thrush, and Peter Baker is daily picture of life in the White House (and the Florida golf resort that they call the "Winter White House."

"Inside Trump’s Hour-by-Hour Battle for Self-Preservation" is a classic example of palace intrigue. But what do we learn that we didn't know before?

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