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📰 Above the fold

Politico’s Jonathan Martin just floated Utah Gov. Spencer Cox as a 2028 GOP contender — not for Cox’s “disagree better” shtick, but for his crusade against Big Tech.

The pitch is simple: Cox the tech pessimist, not Cox the civility mascot.