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Three days into the government shutdown, the talking points were flying faster than the facts. Republicans call it “fiscal responsibility.” Democrats call it “hostage politics.”

But what we called it tonight — with CNN’s Jim Acosta — is exactly what it is: manufactured chaos.

We broke down how the MAGA movement learned that breaking government is good bus…