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Given how hard it is to vote, and how actively some states discourage voting, America elects legal presidents—but not legitimate ones.
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Politics
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CBS Surrenders to Trump CBS Surrenders to Trump
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After the Holocaust, Israel was hailed as the solution to an essentially antisemitic debate. Now, as another genocide unfolds—in Gaza—Jews are once again questioning the question….
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