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Truly pause to consider that: Among the people in America with the most power and money and means and clout, precious few have stood up to Trump in his second term; many more of our supposed best and brightest, and certainly our best-resourced, have gotten on their knees and groveled.

Finding staffers who show total loyalty to Trump and who aren’t suspected to be ideologically compromised by, say, working for a Republican or even a former Trump official who has fallen out of the president’s favor, leaves precious few qualified candidates to choose from.

Together they make a thoughtfully conceived and composed character into a narrative impetus not usually seen in stories about grief and healing, and there are precious few of those in the first place.

While there remains precious few Black rock and metal bands, Ice-T says the initial goal with Body Count was “to find an audience to play for so Ernie could play his guitar.”

And there are a precious few public figures, NPR host Mary Louise Kelly comes to mind, who speak openly about the benefits of wearing hearing aids.