zenox11 on "How can I add an offset parameter to this block of codes"

I want to display the second most recent post but I'm kinda new to wordpress... help please, anybody.

$args = array('posts_per_page' => $options['posts12number'], 'category__in' =>  $options['politics']);
        $the_query = new WP_Query($args);
        ?>

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