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Senator Rubio folded the newspaper and let out a brief sigh.  The press had been merciless in their criticism of his decision to endorse Donald Trump and support him at the convention, after he had adamantly and unequivocally opposed Trump during the primaries.  They called him a coward, a “finger-in-the-air politician” who was shamelessly chasing popular opinion.

The Senator pressed the intercom button on his desk, and a moment later Sofia Chesterfield, his trusted aide, appeared at the door.  Rubio gestured for her to take a seat across from his desk.  He remained silent until she was seated.  She saw the headline on the newspaper he was still holding, and looked concerned.  He noticed her expression, and set the newspaper aside.

“The press bought it,” he began.  “And this morning I heard from the man himself — he wants me to introduce him at the convention.  I’m supposed to try to get him back in the good graces of the Mexicans, or something like that.”

“Are you sure you want to do this?  I mean, go through with this?” Sofia asked.

“I talked to Ryan and Priebus.  They’ll cover for me.  It’ll be OK, eventually.”

“Sir, I’m not sure I can do this.  I mean, I’ll support your decision, but I don’t know if I can be a part of this.  I think there’s going to be fallout.”

“If you want to resign, I’ll write you a glowing letter of recommendation.  You’ve done a superb job here.  You won’t have any trouble getting another job.  But before you go, I’d like you to help me set up a meeting with Jon Favreau and Gregory Bell.  I’d like their help with something.”

Sofia noticed that he was smiling.

Despite scoring fewer points than their opponents in Super Bowl 50 on February 7th, many of the Carolina Panther players and fans remain optimistic that their team will receive the Super Bowl rings that will be awarded on June 12th, in a ceremony in Denver.

“We know we didn’t outscore [the Denver Broncos] back in February, and most of the other statistics weren’t in our favor,” wrote an anonymous spokesman, “But we feel confident that the ring makers will ignore that and take into account that we are a better team now, and will be going forward into the coming season, particularly now that Peyton Manning has retired.  What happened back in February shouldn’t rule us out from winning in the end.”

Panthers fans, even more than the players themselves, are vehement that the Super Bowl rings should be awarded to the Panthers, rather than the more likely outcome, as reported universally by the corporate-owned mainstream media, that the rings will be awarded to the winners of the Super Bowl.  Their outrage was summed up by blogger #StillPanthers:

“The Broncos won on the field, on paper, and especially in the press, but we simply don’t trust them.  The Broncos were favored all along by the establishment.  There’s something really fishy about how Manning recovered at the end of the season — really fishy.  And some of those calls?  The only possible explanation is that the officials were rigging the game.  We will be vindicated in the end.  Our struggles continue.”