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The Low Bar MAGA’s Alternative Super Bowl Halftime Show Needs to Clear (and Why It Still Might Claim Victory)
(February 4, 2026) – Despite the major NFL history that looms in next Sunday’s Super Bowl LX matchup between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks, with the Patriots…