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22
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
14%
3 of 22 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
Leans strongly left
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Publisher signals
61/100
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The probable fate President Donald Trump faces in the US congressional midterm elections is a consequence of him getting his own way on almost everything his heart desired.
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heart → face → everything
Thanks to compliant Republicans not reining him in, Trump has meddled with the judiciary and the media, introduced mad tariffs and started an unresolved war in Iran that has led to soaring fuel prices, among other things.
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that → rein → things
Unsurprisingly, his popularity has plummeted to a record 36 per cent approval rating.
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popularity → plummet → rating
He is also taking flak for abusing his position and helping himself and his family to unprecedented wealth, littering Washington with vanity projects and tainting Supreme Court appointments to ensure a conservative majority.
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He → take → majority
Meanwhile, the cost of living in the US continues to rise.
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cost → live → US
The Republicans have resorted to outrageous gerrymandering and unprecedented political donations to stop the Democrats, who are riding high in the polls.
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who → resort → polls
Trump’s support among many groups that changed their spots last election has evaporated, and his former backers are returning to the alternative.
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backers → change → alternative
Trump takes a Republican Party into an election that has developed into a referendum on his leadership.
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that → take → leadership
He even urged the Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas, Texas, last August, to “pretend, please, that I’m on the ballot.
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I → urge → ballot
It’s so important.”
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It → ’ → ?
The Democrats have taken him at his word.
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Democrats → take → word
And in the final weeks of the campaign, their election advertisements feature as the fourth-biggest factor voters raise in terms of turning away from the Republicans after healthcare, taxes and accusations of being beholden to special interests.
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voters → feature → interests
Even though its axiomatic that midterm elections are lost by the presidential incumbent and his party, Trump’s role will be seen as central if the Democrats seize control of the House of Representatives on November 3.
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Democrats → it → November
Both the House and the Senate are controlled by Republicans, albeit on a narrow margin.
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House → control → margin
The entire House of Representatives is up for election, and about a third of the Senate, which the Democrats could win with a net gain of four seats.
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Democrats → win → seats
It’s highly possible they might control both houses.
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they → ’ → houses
Despite the weakness of their opponents, the Democrats have found it difficult to articulate what they stand for in the face of Trump’s constant battering.
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they → find → battering
Torn between a left faction that dominates their electoral strongholds and a more nuanced faction creeping into Republican heartlands, voters are confused, and the final outcome may well depend on disillusioned independents who have cooled on the Trump circus.
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who → tear → circus
Trump has nothing to lose and his petulant refusal to accept the will of the people raises the spectre of him mounting some phantasmagorical challenge to 250 years of American history.
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him → have → history
Should the Democrats take control, it will be at least two months before they begin their attempts to stop the rot.
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they → take → rot
It cannot come quick enough for the US.
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It → come → US
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that → get → own
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