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“Livid”: Trump Team Loses It Over Advisers Helping Russia-Linked Group

MAGA world has turned its fire and fury toward two of the president’s closest advisers, Chris LaCivita and James Blair, after it was revealed that the pair were more interested in assisting a pro-Russia Balkan regime than helping Republicans win the midterms. “This has opened the floodgates,” a person close to the White House told Politico Thursday. “The…

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