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Navigating the Nonsense

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Trial Balloon · Ep. 189: Navigating the Nonsense

The GOP’s Biden Attack Boomerangs Back on Trump

November 3, 2025 · 3:30 pm ET · Leave a Comment

House Republicans have spent months pushing the idea that Joe Biden wasn’t really in charge.

Their latest House Oversight Committee report went even further — claiming Biden was so disengaged as president that he didn’t even know who he pardoned.

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