The WFEA Morning Update

Jeff’s Tuesday Morning Monologue (011325): Why Are ‘Things’ So Heated, so ‘Polarized?’

Posted on January 13, 2026 by Tom Novak

Scandals are affecting both the NH Democratic and Republican parties. Have the Democrats already started to walk away from the ‘affordability’ message? Does Middle America like words such as “Nazis” and “Gastabo.” Updates from Minnesota.

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