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🔮 The point is, this run-of-the-mill public corruption case got prosecuted in a D.C. courtroom when, just a few blocks away, the president of the United States is accepting bribes and favors that dwarf anything White could even dream of.

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🔮 At home that night, I couldn’t even bend my left elbow enough to remove my earrings or necklace.

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🔮 But of all the Republican politicians to criticize El-Sayed, JD Vance may be the least well suited, because when it comes to tolerance for extremism and antisemitism, Vance and El-Sayed are almost equally matched players in a dangerous, illiberal game.

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Trump Is Wrecking His Own Agenda—and for What? Mona Charen is joined by Bill Galston, Linda Chavez, and Damon Linker for a “Beg to Differ” reunion! Mona Charen is joined by Bill Galston, Linda Chavez, and Damon Linker for a "Beg to Differ" reunion! asserted

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