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They think they have the political cover to do so because today’s newscycle is dominated by President Trump’s tariffs and their cataclysmic effects on markets rather than arcane topics like legislative processes and budget scoring.

The arcane theological dispute concerned the precise meaning of Jesus’ suffering during crucifixion, which Pynchon wrote was not the true source of sinners’ redemption — the larger example of the prophet’s life was.

Even when his party was in the minority, McConnell used arcane procedures and blunt political force to achieve sometimes seismic results.

Tears fell as a mother enveloped her child or a husband sifted through paperwork, hoping he had the dates and numbers and all the arcane details that make a life.

Under arcane California rules, if a party’s statewide voter registration numbers dropped below a certain threshold, that party’s candidates couldn’t be on a ballot.